The Bend 2017

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Summary

Cruel Harvest

Cruel Harvest.

We have a reasonably long tradition of introducing relative newbies to climbing. 90% of those cases have ended with them saying “fuck this” (and a good portion of those threw in the old “and fuck you guys”). Last Saturday we took our friends Josh & Carrie out to The Bend in Tieton for a quick intro. Did the usual Cruel Harvest, Tiers, and Salmon Song circuit but also mixed in the new to us Private Passion (5.7) and Another One Bites The Dust (5.8). The former is actually a pretty decent route, while the latter is ho-hum. A very enjoyable day out with good company. Hoping they’ll fall into the 10% bin!

Photos

The Bend

The crew at The Bend (Sept. 2017).


Cruel Harvest

Josh starting up Cruel Harvest (5.9) belayed by Carrie (Sept. 2017).


Cruel Harvest

Carrie on Cruel Harvest (5.9) belayed by Josh (Sept. 2017).


Cruel Harvest

More Carrie on Cruel Harvest (Sept. 2017).


The Bend

The views. Always thought it’s quite pretty in its own, low key way (Sept. 2017).


Salmon Song

Carrie under the roof of Salmon Song (Sept. 2017).


The Bend

Benny getting caught up in the excitement (Sept. 2017).


Private Passion

Shirley on Private Passion (5.7; Sept. 2017).


The Bend

Benito at The Bend (Sept. 2017).


Private Passion

Higher on the same nice pitch (Sept. 2017).


The Bend

Chillaxing (Sept. 2017).


Private Passion

Josh having his own Private Passion moment (Sept. 2017).


Another One Bites The Dust

Shirley on Another One Bites The Dust (5.8) – an OK route (Sept. 2017).


Another One Bites The Dust

More Shirley, more Another One Bites The Dust (Sept. 2017).


Another One Bites The Dust

Josh starting up Another One Bites The Dust (Sept. 2017).


Another One Bites The Dust

Josh on Another One Bites The Dust (Sept. 2017).


The Bend

So cute!


The Bend

Josh and Carrie on their approach to beer (Sept. 2017).

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