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03 078 Chris H Belays Rudi M at the Issaquah Quarry. (205k)
03 079 Frozen Chris H on Midway Crux Castle Rock (320k)
In the middle of July during 1974 the climbers thought they were ready for the Leavenworth Rock Climbing Scene. They had worked their way through all the West side sport climbing areas and now, they had graduated East to the excellent granite found in Tumwater Canyon. Shown here on the Midway "step-across"; Hemp rope, Piton hammer and Mountaineering Boots were the gear of the day. Wenatchee Forest.
03 081 Castle Rk and Wenatchee R in Tumwater Canyon. (206k)
03 082 Rudi M and Chris H do Classic Crack along Icicle Ck. (223k)
03 083 Trigger Finger Peshastin Pinnacles Warren. (109k)
03 085 Warren above Hart and Nada Lakes. (296k)
03 085s Stark Enchantments Map (288k)
I was privileged enough to get a Stark Map in person from Bill and Peg the first time I walked over the dam at Snow Lakes. That was back in sixty something. By the third or forth hiking trip up Sylvester's High Route into the Enchantments, that poor map was in the final stages of disintegration. So I copied all the Stark Enchantment Theme names of the lakes and then updated with some of the Beckey crag handles.
03 084 High Priest Sketch (84k)
03 086 Snowy Enchantment basin from The High Priest (220k)
A wide angle view of the snowy Enchantment Lakes Basin from the summit of The High Priest. The Priest is a prominent peak along Temple Ridge and towers above the more popular and most photographed Prusik Peak shown here on the right. Although being well into mid July during this visit, Lake Viviane in the center-left foreground is only half melted-out. This evening climb produced an unplanned bivouac. '74.
03 087 Chris H on East Dragontail from Littletail (236k)
The solitary climber is dwarfed by the huge granite blocks that make up the summit of East Dragontail Peak. East Dragontail at 8760'+ would be an outstanding summit in its own right. But, it blends into obscurity amongst all the other eight thousand footers that ring the Valkyrie Lks (Upper Enchantments) area. In the background looking East is the aired vast flatness of Eastern Washington. Alpine Lakes Wilderness. 1974.
03 088 The Witches Tower with Temple Ridge beyond (248k)
Beyond the class 4 parallel chimneys of the blocky monolith of Witches Tower is the mythical and wondrous Enchantment Lakes area; the undisputed jewel of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
03 089 Lost World Plateau from Enchantment Pk. (264k)
03 090 Chessman Traverse Sketch (65k)
03 091 The Black Dwarves above Sprite Lakelet (233k)
The needle-like spires named the Black Dwarves stand in profile on the skyline; overlooking curious nooks of Tamarack and Heather set amongst bright granite blocks near Sprite Lakelet.
03 092 The Chessmen on McMillan Ridge Rudi M (259k)
Standing guard along the Southern rim of the Lower Enchantment Lakes are a string of seven individual granite towers called The Chessmen. The climbers made a traverse from right to left. The first tower (Western) with a blocky castle shape they called the Rook. Towers four and five stand close together like King and Queen. Between Five and Six is Chessmen notch. Tower six was named "Bishop" by Staley & Beckey in 52.
03 093 Temple Ridge and the lower Enchantment Lakes (292k)
This wide-angle view from the gentle rib just above a small tarn called Troll Sink looks Northeast across the Lower Enchantment Lakes Basin toward the jagged crest of Temple Ridge. Noted 1940s climber Ralph Widrig, who compiled numerous first ascents in the "Cashmere Crags" area, described the pointed towers as "tall threatening spires that streak skyward like Dantesque flames". Wenatchee Forest. July 74.
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