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I was pleasantly surprised when Mountain Dad called and said that he and his family were in Butte for a two day stop-over. He has been curious what lay in the 'Lith, and we were fortunate to have a bluebird day in which to romp amongst the klettergarten (the Northern Bourbons).
Ladd was allowed to skip school so that Freney and Elias had a fellow micro to boulder with...
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I pulled off this face/arete send, which thwarted my long ago crag partner...
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His Norweigen family highly enjoyed the holdings of the Northern Bourbons, their time in Butte, and looking forward to their next visit.
We even bumped into some other visitin' folk--Rick and Cameron from Philipsburg:-)
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Has that face/side of the arete (Joel is on it in las pic) gone yet? I know that the steep arete was in the comp, and was wondering about the left side variation on it.
from what I know, I don't think it had been climbed yet...
It was a high-step, anti-barn door move(s) and then balance and crimp to the top--prolly V2/3ish
A good climb for this type of problem.
Jeez... Here it is December and I still haven't gotten my blog updated yet. I'm glad I stopped by though to see what you had posted.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stopover in Butte and our day in the Batholith. Finally, after our long ago days in SB I finally made it out to see what you had been bragging about. Who'd have thought that it would have taken two kids and how many years?
What a pleasure to spend a day wandering among nearly untouched rock, picking lines and giving them a shot unaware of grades or difficulties, watching our kids scramble around and find their own lines, just having a fun day in the autumn sunshine.
Thanks again for the Montana hospitality!
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