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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: December 21, 2009
- Miles Hiked: 2.0 (Estimate)
- Elevation Gain: 500' (Estimate)
- Hiking Partner(s): Jeff
Shafer
- Description:
- Jeff and I were just burning some leave before the end of the year and
decided to go to Hidden Falls since the mountain weather was bad and Jeff
had never been there. Despite it being a Monday, there were 10 people
at the falls throughout the morning and early afternoon. We even ran
into Eli Helmuth and Ryan Bogus, a couple of friends of ours. Similar to Hully Gully last weekend, I sport led the pitch using the three ice screws
of a climber that just went up the pitch. I was glad the ice was
hooked out and the gear was already in. I thought it was a moderately
hard pitch of ice that I got a little pumped out on. After brining Jeff up, we
walked down to the base of the climb and I led the left side of the flow
(placing my own screws) to
the bolts in the cave on the left and set up a top rope since another party was setting
up a top rope on the main ice. This second short lead I did was easier
and I felt more comfortable. We got a lot of laps in using our rope
and the ropes of everyone else. There was more ice at Hidden Falls
then I had ever seen on my previous three trips.
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