Beacon Blah

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Summary

Jill's Thrill

Jill’s Thrill.

Thought we were going for a quickie 2hr outing but that turned into a half day due to some traffic on the route. Cruisin’ (5.7…really?) to the Snag Ledge followed by 3 mini pitches of Jill’s Thrill (5.9…soft) and exited via the Southeast Corner. Cruisin’ was surprisingly quality and fun while Jill’s was a ho-hum disappointment (one move wonder?). Anyway, it was nice to be climbing outside.

Pictaroos

Cruisin'

Starting up Cruisin’ (Sept. 2015).


Cruisin'

Higher on Cruisin’ – what a fun little pitch and the highlight of the day (Sept. 2015).


Cruisin'

Shirley topping out on Cruisin’. Don’t let the photo fool you – it’s a clean pitch of climbing!


Jill's Thrill

Unknown party on Jill’s Thrill as seen from Snag Ledge (Sept. 2015).


Cruisin'

Shirley on the quick traverse from Cruisin’ to the start of Jill’s Thrill. This is the Snag Ledge (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

Starting up Jill’s Thrill (5.9) with another party above (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

View west-ish from Jill’s Thrill. The mighty Columbia was running a bit low that day (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

Higher on pitch 1 of Jill’s Thrill. Kind of ho-hum (one 5.9 move?) – the whole route in fact…no wonder it gets no stars in the guidebook (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

Shirley on pitch 1 of Jill’s Thrill…a busy day on the south face of Beacon (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

Unknown party on the money pitch (#2) of the Southeast Corner route…as seen from top of P1 of Jill’s Thrill (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

Topping out on pitch 1.


Jill's Thrill

Looking back from the lead of pitch 2 of Jill’s Thrill (Sept. 2015).


Jill's Thrill

Shirley climbing through the brief crux of Jill’s Thrill (pitch 2).


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