Are You Living It?

As I updated on my twitter account I went and bought my first climbing helmet in years.  I have climbed a bit in the last few years but nothing that required a helmet (I hear the safety specialists clamoring now).  This was done to do a multi-pitch sport route up Goat Wall called the Methow Inspiration Route.  Here is picture of goat wall from the Lost River Airport:

The route is a pretty moderate 5 pitches at 5.9+ (really mostly 5.7 climbing).  Being I hadn’t climbed in a bit and Ryan is an animal we did the 5 pitches in 2 pitches, simul-climbing a bit on each of the 2 pitches.  This made for an incredibly fast and fun climb.  Here is us at the start of the climb:

It was pretty smooth sailing for most of the way, Ryan did skip some of the bolts on the route because the climbing was so easy and went straight to a belay station.  That section was a bit challenging for me and I had to pull on the rope a bit, but not big deal.

Once we arrived at the top we had to get down pretty quick, unfortunately there is no easy way down like going up (no skipping rappels for the most part).  It was really windy, but beautiful up there.

Needless to say, anytime Ryan wants to go speed climbing on moderate routes, I’m there.  What a blast.

Post By: Josh Mather