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Rock-a-bye Babe
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 8, 2009 - 12:58am PT
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I married Dan in March 2008 and since he doesn’t post, I thought that on behalf of our hardworking Washington climbers, I’d spray some news about our fine Squire Creek granite that rivals Yosemite rock (okay, so we’ve got a little moss—at least it won’t eat you alive like poison oak!) Hats off to Dave Whitelaw and crew for pulling off The Slab Daddy. I stayed on the ground in a hotel writing while Dave, Bill and hubby Dan topped out. For you slab aficionados, check out the full length trip report on Northwest Mountaineering Journal.
http://www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/09/091_SquireCreekWall1.html
There’s only one correction (no offense, Dave). He wrote that “Dan got married… we coaxed him off the bench.” During that supposed “bench time” I was hauling water and gear to North Dome so Dan and Bob Steed could finish Nataraj!
The following pics are from:
http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/909893/1
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Yeah, that's my boy, the Drill Sargeant!
Way to go yous guys!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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big! neat
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perswig
climber
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Wow. Good story and some fine-looking rock (when it's dry!).
Dale
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Hi Suzy Q!
Thanks for letting me borrow your hubby this last labor day weekend. We had fun climbing "On Ramp".... and suffered big time on the slog out. All of my buddies who met Dan had such nice things to say about him.
Anyway, maybe we will see you two back in Cali this spring.
Bob
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Oh yeah, if anyone is interested in climbing "Slab Daddy" I have a PDF topo on my computer. Just shoot me an email.
Hey sooze, can you ask Dan if it's OK to distribute?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Mmmmmm, that's lot of slab. Sweet lookin'!
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Mazzystr
Gym climber
Homeless...
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WHOOO HOOOO!!! Oh Hell yea!!! This is the best news that I've heard all day!!!
Dave and Dan took me up to Slab Daddy in 2006 to climb the first 6 pitches. That is some damn fine slab climbing!
I have pictures of Dan climbing a very very dusty first pitch. Pollen and twigs, etc fall from the trees onto the snow then the snow melts and the twigs and pollen settles on the rock until it rains. That rock was some slippery business! Dave backed down and Dan took over to Me and Dave's amazement. And a-hem...I promptly fell through the 10ft snow drift at the edge of the rock and got stuck...Lol! I don't have pictures of that. ;)
I tell everyone I meet from the Northeast about Dan Dingle and Dave Whitelaw and how awesome the Weekend Rock: Washington book is.
It is great to hear news that you guys are still climbing hard.
Latah!
/Chris Callegari
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Tim Camuti
Trad climber
CA
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This looks so incredible! It is now on my ticklist. Thanks for the journal writeup and osting here! It is good to hear of people doing 3/8 bolting on lead...
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Really nice job, Gentlemen - Darrington climbing at it's finest! Way to get after it!
I bet some Scurlock photos helped? That guy is the new messiah of backcountry climbing with his little plane and big camera!
Cheers, Erik Wolfe
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Sisu
Social climber
Moving
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I've enjoyed that rock when I was living in Western Washington. We'd call it the Darrington Dance. Wonderful granite, lots of wildlife around if you are quiet and watchful while on the wall.
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Rock-a-bye Babe
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2009 - 11:54pm PT
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Good to hear from you Bob. It's never too early to plan our next trip.
Please feel free to post the pdf topo. It's ok with David.
Suzy
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Rock-a-bye Babe
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2009 - 12:43am PT
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Here's the Slab Daddy topo.
Suzy
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Lee Bow
Trad climber
wet island
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Oct 17, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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Hello, first time post (ever/anywhere)
As a fellow slab affectionado and a neighbor to the North, I think you just convinced me to get a passport so I can visit you country under the new rules...
Having spent the last several years working some 13p slabs in my neck of the woods I can appreciate how much hard work this is. Awesome and thank-you.
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Sioux Juan
Big Wall climber
Costa mesa
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Oct 20, 2009 - 03:59pm PT
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darn good looking topo
thanks for all the hard werk and $
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jimbo
climber
North Cascades
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Oct 20, 2009 - 06:29pm PT
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Got on this rig last month. A damn fine route it is.
I suppose this might actually draw folks to the D-town slabs, but I doubt it.
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50
climber
Stumptown
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Oct 21, 2009 - 12:54am PT
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Climbed the first seven pitches of Slab Daddy with a couple Tacoma buddies earlier this month. This was our first time venturing to Spire Creek Wall. Its as big as its cracked up to be and the location is amazing. As a bonus on our trip, we crossed paths with Dave Whitelaw and his friend Chris low on the route. These guys are very friendly and deserve special thanks for their hard work on the wall. Here are a few pics to commemorate the new route.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 21, 2009 - 12:55am PT
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As another Northwest climber, I mostly want to give this a bump. Nice looking climb and nice photos. I liked reading about the bolting logistics and return to ground up ethics. Thanks. It's funny, though, I don't think I see the word "approach" in any of the reports. Here's a panorama from Jumbo Mountain on the other side of the valley from Squire Creek Buttress. You can see the top of the Squire Creek buttress in the central foreground and inspiring White Horse lies on the right.
And as a slightly higher resolution photo:
http://bigstupid.org/MiscClimbing/WhiteHorse.jpg
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jimbo
climber
North Cascades
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Oct 21, 2009 - 01:11am PT
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"It's funny, though, I don't think I see the word "approach" in any of the reports."
That's because it is one of the easiest approaches in the area. It's pretty clear that all of the trips that Dave & co. have made up there have created a plenty obvious trail through old growth forest.
50 - Hope you have plans to go back up there. The route really gets better & better the higher you go. Almost feels like a different route from pitch 11 to the top.
Cheers & Slabbiness.
JImbo
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Oct 21, 2009 - 02:24am PT
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Dave Whitelaw and Chris Greyell at City of the Rocks, 1981
Caught in the Cookie Jar
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SuperTopo on the Web
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