Near the top of pitch 6. Just around the corner after the backwards c-shaped 5.11 pitch. Linking pitches 5 & 6 worked well.

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Near the top of pitch 6. Just around the corner after the backwards c-shaped 5.11 pitch. Linking pitches 5 & 6 worked well.

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The start of pitch 8. Climb through the tree and up the wide crack to reach the base of the bolted 5.10 slab.

Alex & Adam (I think) working on Pitch 2 as seen from the approach.

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Derek Soike

Jun 7, 2016

“Near the top of pitch 6. Just around the corner after the backwards c-shaped 5.11 pitch. Linking pitches 5 & 6 worked well.”

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Route Overlays of Hitchhiker and Passenger (updated).

Tom Michael on the 5.11 slab traverse.

The slab traverse at the start of p5.

Evan on the traverse pitch

p5 5.11- traverse

Chris Potts pulling the roof on at the end of p8.

route description from CascadeClimbers

Loren Foss and Tom Michael on pitch one, or two if you go by the topo. I always link pitches one and two into one long, super fun pitch of varied climbing.

Pitch 1 from the start.

Loren Foss on the 4" crack traverse.

Steep fingers on Pitch 6.

Last part of Pitch 5.

pitch 2 - slabs to corner crack

Climber on Hitchhiker. Pitch 4 ledge.

Pals over on pitch 4 of The Hitchhiker, taken from The Passenger. They beat us to the pub by hours...

topo via Blake Herrington on CascadeClimbers

Chris Croft leading pitch 2

View of Hitchhiker on approach

One of the routes closer to the saddle. This is not the Hitchhiker. Don't climb this. Keep heading down.

The start of pitch 8. Climb through the tree and up the wide crack to reach the base of the bolted 5.10 slab.

Near the top of pitch 6. Just around the corner after the backwards c-shaped 5.11 pitch. Linking pitches 5 & 6 worked well.

Alex & Adam (I think) working on Pitch 2 as seen from the approach.

2nd pitch of Hitchhiker

Pitch 7.

Pitch 8.

In the spring, the approach from the Hairpin is the quickest.

Me on the P7 5.10 variation through 6 bolts.

Pitch 1 from base of route.

Ian Kirk making his way up after the slab crux

John starting up Pitch 3.

6pitch

John Plotz, Iconic Hitchhiker photo: Start of Pitch 5 with Wine Spires in background.

looking down p2

looking down on p2

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