Trip Report
Close encounters of the 5th grade kind.
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Monday April 2, 2012 8:41pm
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This is Jack here.On saturday I climbed devils tower. This is me climbing the bowling alley leading up to the leaning pillar pitch. I am in the red helmet, my dads friend Keith is in the white, and his son Rowan is in the grey. We all waited as my dad lead to the bottom of pitch 2. They waited for us for about 4 hours as we toped out and came down. This is me stemming the leaning pillar, it was fun, but hard. This is a piton probably left by Durrance on his 1st climb of this route. This is me on the crux of the route this was my routine;move my leg, grunt, move my hand, grunt, foot, grunt, for 80 feet. This is me just past the jump tra verse. We climbed with people frm Canada. The veiw is awesome from 550 feet up. This is my dad and me on top after my first summiting of devil's tower. This all four of us in front of the tower.
mike m
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About the Author
mike m is a trad climber from black hills.O |
Comments
Phil_B
Social climber
CHC, en zed
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Sweet!!
Thanks for posting up. Appreciate climbing content, especially by tomorrow's rope guns.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Excellent trip report. Great pictures and some tough climbing. Way to go...post up more on your next outing!
Susan
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oh yeah, way to go Jack!
Pretty cool up there, isn't it!
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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Awesome! Looks like you got jamming and stemming dialed! Looking forward to your next tr. Thanks!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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How awesome is that???
Congratulations!!!!
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moacman
Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
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Way to go lads..............keep on climbing on..........
Stevo
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Good times!
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Good adventure, fellows.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nice work Jack! Killing it!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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TFPUAC - it reminds me of adventures I had with my father, around that age. Not climbing, but hiking and camping and snowshoeing.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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awesome job!
Beat me by a couple years. I did it when I was a young teenager via El Cracko.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Noyce!!Thing scared me and I'm 800 years old.Good work!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Awesome! Excellent work Jack - thanks for the TR.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Love it! Great to see parents out with their kids doing what they love.
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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Awesome! Good report Jack.
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Zander
climber
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Nice!
Climbing with your kids, it doesn't get any better than that.
Zander
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Apr 3, 2012 - 10:54pm PT
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Thanks for all of the nice comments. I was not sure he was ready but as there was a very small croud we decided to go for it. Nothing is better than doing this stuff with people you care about no matter the grade. I will not forget this day. I took him to the tower when he was two days old and 11 years later we stood on top. It would not have been the end of the world if we would not have done it but it was really fun when we did do it. This with good friends and people we just met.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks for a good trip report!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Jul 4, 2012 - 01:49am PT
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Jack here im out in the needles today and tomorrow with my dad and uncle. Tomorrow were aiming for spire 2. Ill put up a tr as a sequel to my spire 4 tr a couple years back
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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We'll be waiting to read it. Say hi to your dad and uncle from me.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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Great job and great to see what it actually looks like. That's a climb I've always wanted to do. Please keep posting posting up your trip reports!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Nov 30, 2012 - 09:32am PT
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Bumping my tr to the top of the list
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Nov 30, 2012 - 10:07am PT
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Jack, you're the man! And way to go, Dad! Thanks for this TR!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 30, 2012 - 10:07am PT
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Sweet Mike....that's what dads are all about!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 30, 2012 - 10:50am PT
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Heck yeah Jack!
Way to get after it dude!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:01pm PT
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For my tr
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:17pm PT
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Nice TR. Fun seeing it again.
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RyanD
climber
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Jan 21, 2013 - 02:04am PT
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Hey Jack, thanks for the bump. I missed this one before! Very cool!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 21, 2013 - 05:41am PT
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hey there say, jack! and mike m....
thanks for the really sweet trip report...
done with a caring heart, for sure...
well done, jack...
time well spent, mike m, :)
god bless to you both!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
West Slope of Powell Butte, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jan 21, 2013 - 11:32am PT
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Awesome. Great job on the trip report and good on you getting up the tower! That one is on my list.
I took my son up his first multi pitch at Beacon Rock. It has to be one of the greatest climbs ever. For him and me.
Here is the TR of that trip:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/climbing/2009/12/beacon_rock_-_bringing_up_the.html
You must have one proud dad.
Plaid/Dad
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Jan 21, 2013 - 11:53am PT
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That was Killer Jack! Thanks for sharing some Sick climbing with us.
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Jan 21, 2013 - 12:32pm PT
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Good stuff, that was the route we did back in the 60s. There was a sign on the top, "No climbing above this point". Is that still there?
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jan 21, 2013 - 03:10pm PT
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Thanks for the wonderful TR, and to those who bumped this. Tim Schiller, my main climbing partner for 45 years, and I took our daughters, both 10-years-old at the time, (i.e., fifth grade age) on their first multi-pitch climb 15 years ago. It took a while (like about 13 years), but my daughter returned to lead that climb, because it made a lasting impression on her.
I hope you and your friend get to enjoy climbing with your children as much as I have enjoyed climbing with mine.
John
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 21, 2013 - 04:15pm PT
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Pretty cool. TYFP!
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Jan 21, 2013 - 04:20pm PT
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Thanks for posting up! Those views looks amazing! One day...
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jan 21, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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YES!!!!
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Dirka
Trad climber
Hustle City
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Jan 21, 2013 - 06:24pm PT
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A good day!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
The Ocean
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Jan 23, 2013 - 11:48am PT
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Great climb! Big Grats!
Devils tower is the first vertical mountain I remember inspiring me to want to climb it when I was about 6 or 7. My dad had a picture of it. We drove by it on a road trip a couple years later. I was impressed.. it was much bigger than it looked in the picture. Dad asked me if I still wanted to climb it..
Yeah but it's too big for me I told him. So we hiked around it. Great memory of time with dad.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Jan 27, 2013 - 09:12pm PT
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Took the kids for a end of January camping trip. It was in the mid 50's both days and got to boulder for two days.
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limpingcrab
Gym climber
Minkler, CA
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Jan 27, 2013 - 10:07pm PT
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move my leg, grunt, move my hand, grunt, foot, grunt
Love it, sounds like every time I climb! TFPU
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Feb 24, 2013 - 10:10pm PT
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bump for my tr to the top of the list
Jack
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 24, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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Nice Job, Dude. And a very nice Trip Report. What you did is what life is made up of. Now you have a huge head start on the rest of your world.
Hope you post up more trip reports. Cheers to you! lynnie
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Borut
Mountain climber
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Feb 25, 2013 - 01:13am PT
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This is a very nice report. Thanks For Posting Up, Jack!
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Feb 25, 2013 - 01:20am PT
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Nice job. TFPU
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weezy
climber
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Feb 25, 2013 - 01:45am PT
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i really enjoy your trip reports, jack. hope to see more of your adventures with your dad on here.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Jun 1, 2013 - 06:44pm PT
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Went to Nemo today to look around, but couldn't do much since I got a badly sprained ankle playing baseball, feels pretty good now, but am not supposed to bend my able in the way climbing and hiking requires.so I am stuck in a clunky support boot for 4 more Weeks, I've had it for 2 already.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Lynnie, did you say he had a huge head after bagging the Tower?
He seems pretty humble to me.
Yuk yuk.
DE
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