20091231 Baden Powell NE Face - Time Attack!
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:28 pm
Time Attack = Japanese name for time trial, usually for auto racing, but it can be for anything. Sounds cooler to say ATTACK! than trial.
Did a brisk climb up the whole complex Northeast Face that has CJ's Hooker and Boulderdash, but took yet another new line this time, not that it's really any different than the last ones. Well, sorta. It's easier and faster, but routefinding still gets confusing halfway up the face.
Previous time was 2 hours and change (probably 2:10-2:15). Now, with my new nose, stopped the clock at the end of the 640 meter route with 1 hour 26 minutes. I blame my post surgery, functioning nose for such speed.
It can be done much faster, depending on conditions, of course.
Some lame pics:
Bottom hunk melted out
On route
Arm healed
Final push, on the big shield
View
Run up the ridge to the summit in 50 minutes
Top
Funny how my steps from two weeks ago are higher than the snow is now. Compacted.
Took Laurel Gulch down for the first time in a looong time. It is the fastest, least annoying way off the peak in winter.
Got home about an hour or so ago at 1330. Left home this morning around 0530. Fast day.
Also enjoyed a bit of sideways action on Swarthout Canyon Road. Old shitty suspension isn't so evident on dirt.
Video up in a bit.
Did a brisk climb up the whole complex Northeast Face that has CJ's Hooker and Boulderdash, but took yet another new line this time, not that it's really any different than the last ones. Well, sorta. It's easier and faster, but routefinding still gets confusing halfway up the face.
Previous time was 2 hours and change (probably 2:10-2:15). Now, with my new nose, stopped the clock at the end of the 640 meter route with 1 hour 26 minutes. I blame my post surgery, functioning nose for such speed.
It can be done much faster, depending on conditions, of course.Some lame pics:
Bottom hunk melted out
On route
Arm healed
Final push, on the big shield
View
Run up the ridge to the summit in 50 minutes
Top
Funny how my steps from two weeks ago are higher than the snow is now. Compacted.
Took Laurel Gulch down for the first time in a looong time. It is the fastest, least annoying way off the peak in winter.
Got home about an hour or so ago at 1330. Left home this morning around 0530. Fast day.
Also enjoyed a bit of sideways action on Swarthout Canyon Road. Old shitty suspension isn't so evident on dirt.
Video up in a bit.
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