Myself and 9 club members (John Angulo, Andy Gill, Rod Sawyer, Peter Heinz, Anita Cech, Marla Pickens, Doug Ruth, Jiri Richter and Grace Geng) headed to Lillooet, BC this past weekend for some ice climbing. The ice was quite good despite the ominously warm temps in town for the past few weeks. We used commons sense and targeted higher and shadier locations. Within this constraint everything was fat and dry. We all climbed together at Rambles Central and Right on Saturday. The Rambles is a very entertaining play ground offering a variety of short climbs in the WI 2-5 range. On Sunday and Monday we all went in various directions
On Sunday John and I took off to climb “Shriek Of Sheep” (WI 5/5+, 3p) and took unintended 1000 foot detour on our approach, climbed some extra WI3, scouted a WI5+/6 line, then descended and re-ascended to “Shriek Of Sheep” and ultimately got back to the car well after dark. On Sunday we bagged "Loose Lady" (WI 5/5+) , and rolled back in to Seattle around 12:45 am. Here's a photo essay of our weekend...
Saturday
John and Anita climbing "First Step" (WI 2/3) at the the Rambles Right
The "Rambles Right" upper cirque
From left to rght; "The Column" (WI 4), "White Room" (WI 5), "The Curtain" (WI 4), "PS Dihedral" (WI 3+/4)
Jiri climbing "White Room" (WI 5)
Andy climbing "The Curtain" and Marla climbing "PS Dihedral"
Sunday
View of the upper pitches of "Shriek of Sheep" (WI 5, 3p) from the Bridge River road
John leading an extra WI 3 pitch that we found after taking a wrong turn
on our way to "Shriek of Sheep"
The true 1st pitch (WI 3) of "Shriek of Sheep"
The view down to the Bridge River and road from the base of the1st pitch
Me leading the 1st pitch (WI 3) of "Shriek of Sheep"
John wallows in the deep snow as he nears the base of the upper pitches of "Shriek of Sheep"
Me leading the 2nd pitch (WI 4) of "Shriek of Sheep"
Monday
John gazes up at the 1st pitch (WI 3) of "Loose Lady"
John leading the 1st pitch of "Loose Lady"
John arrives at the base of the upper pitches of "Loose Lady"
John leading the 2nd pitch (WI 3+) of "Loose Lady"
Me leading the 3rd pitch ((WI 4+/5) of "Loose Lady"
At the top of "Loose Lady"
View from the top of "Loose Lady"
Descending the couloir below the upper pitches of "Loose Lady"
