John Angulo and I headed up to Lillooet, BC after xmas and found some great ice conditions and did a bunch of fun climbing.
DAY #1 – Thursday afternoon Dec 27th
First sight of “Oregon Jack” (WI 3+ 1p 65m) on approach thru the woods
John preps at the base of “Oregon Jack”
Me leading “Oregon Jack” (WI 3+ 1p 65m)
DAY #2 – Friday Dec 28th
Dale and Brad, a team of Tacoma Mountaineers ahead
of us on “Rambles Center” pitch #1 (WI 2-3 40m)
John leads “Rambles Center” pitch #1
After John’s lead of “Rambles Right” pitch #2 (WI 1-2 90m)
Jeff queues up to lead “Rambles Right” pitch #3 (WI 3-4 25m)
Me preping at the car for the very nearby “Carl’s Berg” (WI 5 90m)
Me at the base of “Carl’s Berg”
Me leading “Carl’s Berg”
Back at the motel John displays damage sustained from the day
DAY #3 – Saturday Dec 29th
Breakfast of champions
John approaches the base of “Three Ring Circus” (WI 5 3p) after a 2 hour approach walk
Me starting the lead up “Three Ring Circus” pitch #1 (WI 5 40m)
Me at belay at the base of pitch #2 (WI 2-3 40m)
John starts up his lead of pitch #2
John high on pitch #2
Pitch #1 as seen from our descent ridge
DAY # 4 – Sunday Dec 30th
Pitch #1 (WI 3-4 40m) of “Icy BC” (WI 5 3p)
Me leading pitch #1 pausing to tighten my boots
"Icy BC" pitch #2 (WI 3-4 20m)
John leading pitch #2
Me leading pitch #3 (WI 4-5 35m)
Me leading a steep exit pillar at the top of “Icy BC” (special bonus pitch #3.5)
DAY #5 – Monday Dec 31st
John approaches the base of “Cherry Ice” (WI 3 1p)
John is ready to go
John leading “Cherry Ice”
John approaches the base of “Honeyman Falls” (WI 3 3p)
John leads up “Honeyman Falls Right” (WI 3)
Me leading “Honeyman Falls Left” (WI 3+)
Time to go home! We left Lillooet at 7:30pm and arrived home at 12:30am Tuesday very tired puppies.