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Climbing with Mikey 2016

Mikey came out for 4 days to do some climbing. Climbing in Leavenworth for 2 days, and then sent The Becky Route on Liberty Bell. 47 photos
June 23, 2016

Thursday, June 23


3 PM

Teaching at the Mountaineers
23 Jun 2016 - 15:37

Friday, June 24


1 AM

Organize gear in camp
24 Jun 2016 - 01:02
Organize gear in camp
24 Jun 2016 - 01:03

Sorting through all our gear at Eight Mile Campground before climbing with Mikey

4 AM

Leavenworth
24 Jun 2016 - 04:46

Hanging out climbing with Mikey at Mountaineers Dome

11 AM

Mikey doing his first lead belay
24 Jun 2016 - 11:47
Climbing with Mikey 2016
24 Jun 2016 - 11:47

12 PM

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24 Jun 2016 - 12:23

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24 Jun 2016 - 12:26

Climbing with Mikey 2016
24 Jun 2016 - 12:27

Stacy belaying
24 Jun 2016 - 12:39
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24 Jun 2016 - 12:40

1 PM

Starting up Mikey's first multi-pitch
24 Jun 2016 - 13:45

R&D 5.6 4 pitches

4 PM

Mikey following R&D pitch 1
24 Jun 2016 - 16:33
Stacy leading up pitch 2
24 Jun 2016 - 16:51

R&D

5 PM

Stacy leading up pitch 2
24 Jun 2016 - 17:42

R&D

Saturday, June 25


1 PM

Lunch in Leavenworth
25 Jun 2016 - 13:14

2 PM

Lunch in Leavenworth
25 Jun 2016 - 14:17
Racking gear in the parking lot
25 Jun 2016 - 14:32

4 PM

Stacy leading up Right Crack on Mountaineers Dome
25 Jun 2016 - 16:10
Top of pitch 1, Right Crack
25 Jun 2016 - 16:38

Mountaineers Dome
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5 PM

Climbing with Mikey 2016
25 Jun 2016 - 17:12

Climbing with Mikey 2016
25 Jun 2016 - 17:36

Sunday, June 26


4 AM

Starting the approach: Liberty Bell
26 Jun 2016 - 04:27

Good morning! Getting ready to hit the trail up to Liberty Bell.

5 AM

We found a sweaty Yeti
26 Jun 2016 - 05:02

Liberty Bell in the background
Approach
26 Jun 2016 - 05:50

6 AM

Sweaty
26 Jun 2016 - 06:34

Lots of climbing over trees and elevation gain! On our way to start the climb of Liberty Bell
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26 Jun 2016 - 06:45

7 AM

Mikey and his Goat friend
26 Jun 2016 - 07:48
Putting on crampons for the final approach
26 Jun 2016 - 07:58

Steep hard snow at the top
The final approach
26 Jun 2016 - 07:58
Crampons and Goats
26 Jun 2016 - 07:59

8 AM

Stacy is ready to get up some snow!
26 Jun 2016 - 08:04
Ice Ax & Crampons required
26 Jun 2016 - 08:07

One final push over steep, hard snow to the start of our climb
Goat making us look like gumbies
26 Jun 2016 - 08:08
Whoa
26 Jun 2016 - 08:19

10 AM

Stacy leading up pitch 1
26 Jun 2016 - 10:10

The Becky Route, Liberty Bell

11 AM

Climbing with Mikey 2016
26 Jun 2016 - 11:13

Pitch 1 natural anchor
26 Jun 2016 - 11:13

1 PM

Pitch 2
26 Jun 2016 - 13:26
Mikey on Pitch 2
26 Jun 2016 - 13:26
Stacy on Pitch 2
26 Jun 2016 - 13:27

3 PM

Summit Team!
26 Jun 2016 - 15:26

This is what success looks like! At the top of Liberty Bell
Summit sits
26 Jun 2016 - 15:28
Long way down
26 Jun 2016 - 15:38

4 PM

Mikey on Rappel
26 Jun 2016 - 16:02

8 PM

Mikey's boo boo
26 Jun 2016 - 20:48

Mikey's feet cut on the way down on the steep snow, went for a tumble, stabbed him self in the thigh with his Ice Ax.