A Salish Dream

I originally had the intent of climbing the big beautiful arete on the down hillside of this boulder but pretty early on in the cleaning process I realized that that was just not the natural line. I was REALLY bummed but the wall got cleaned and I was there so I took my consolation prize and it turns out it was pretty tasty.

Start on top of the large pedestal/apron. With your left hand on the arete, get your feet on the slab and set off on your journey. I'll leave it at that besides these two bits of beta....1)At some point you want to get into a layback on the dihedral feature in the middle of the wall. 2) You will want, at the very minimum, basic crack climbing skills for the top.

This was almost called Tiger Crack Attack, Cougar Crack, or Lawn Dart to commemorate a pretty spectacular fall from Trip which resulted in what looked like a big cat attack to his leg.

If you walk uphill from Load Management and walk past the Aeolian and Timebomb boulders approxiamtely 50-ish feet you will find a tall and imposing arete. A Salish Dream ascends the right side of that arete.

I used 4 closed pads lying flat and 1 open pad on top. This setup took 2 falls from up high which resulted in nothing but laughter.