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| partners | | I was asked if I wanted to do Buddha. The answer was a resounding yes to make up for my failed attempt in 2018. Karl and Lee joined for the approach and camping part. We had 6 total, 4 for the Buddha climb.
Day 1. Down SK to utah flats. Super windy on the approach. Had to be vigilant to avoid getting blown over. Got to waterfall camp at 2:30. Spent the rest of the day relaxing.
Day 2. WE all started at functional light. Made fairly quick work of the approach gully. Said goodbye to Karl and Lee and made our way thru the supai. Got to the final supai band at 8:30. Compare that to my previous attempt where we were at the same spot at noon with shorter days. Calling it at that point on the 2018 trip was the right call.
The supai climb was tricky and took a while. Then we did the traverse to the east side. Shelley and I brought a 220 ft static for us to follow on. Neither of us needed to climb a dynamic rope. She climbed the rope, I tried to climb the rock as much as I could. The route wandered and no pro was left for us(by design so the others could start leading the next pitch while we climbed). This caused us to climb a bit harder route than the 5.6.
The three pitches took a while. Lots of brush. WE finally finished the climbing and we had the final Toroweap scramble to go. It was a fairily initimidating scramble but we all made it ok. The way up was pretty exposed and tricky. Nice break on top and we started making our way down. The way down was fine until we made it through the Redwall and lost our light. The long day started catching up with me. We did the super steep direct route into camp. Ugh
Got back at 9pm to clock in at almost 16 hours.
Day 3. Was not feeling motivated to get going early. Had a leisurely packup and headed over to Phantom. Took a nice long break with coffee and bagels at the Cantina. Headed up SK for the slog uphill. It wasn't as bad as expected but was still pretty spent by the time we got to the top. |
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