Exit 38 -- Rock Climbers!

Where: Exit 38, North Bend, WA
When: Random Tues/Thurs each week
With: Varying group of climbers
Goal: To rock climb! (and improve/learn new skills!)

There is a long list of people invited to various Tues/Thurs night climbs (whoever sends out the climbing email usually picks what day is more convenient for them, and the rest of us reply with our availability).

We have 3 solid leaders (who can lead any of the 5.10 climbs and challenge themselves with 5.11’s) and there are more than 12 other rotating climbers. I think I am now the only climber to make it out to every climb! Allen and I were tied but due to his vacation in MA he missed this past Tuesday.

Allen is also currently teaching Derek and I to lead climb and lead belay (so far I’ve led a mere 5.6 and 4 5.7’s). Andreas, now back from his Montana hiatus will also join in on learning these essential skills once Allen gets back.

Here’s some photos so you can see some different climbs and some of the characters possibly mentioned above or in the future. These photos are from 3 different adventures.


Meridith climbing

Lina Belaying

Rose is one of our lead climbers, always looking good on the wall

Alison on an overhang

Schu (Chris, but there’s too many of them to call any of them Chris) on a crazy slab part of the route. If he falls, he’ll slide many feet to the right and then fall over the edge, eventually getting all the slack out of the rope

A simple ATC device is what is saving Schu (or any other climber) from falling

Adam (one of our other lead climbers) belaying. But really, do you trust this guy to belay????

Allen (the other lead climber). Though, it looks like he THINKS his hand is on the brake...but its cleary not... I'm not sure I'd trust him to belay either...