Saturday, June 5, 2010

Twilight Zone (Kid Goat)

Ian organized a multi-pitch climb on Kid Goat in conjunction with the 2010 Rock Review with the ACC. The weather the day before was raining and the forecast had been 30% chance of precipitation. I met Nicole at the Kananaskis casino at 11:30 am and we car pooled from there to the parking area for Kid Goat. She had the printout of the directions which were in text. When we hit the first gravel road we turned right and then headed too far towards Goat Slabs. Ian called us when we were about 30 minutes down that pathway when he realized that we were on the incorrect path. We turned around when we realized this and then started going back towards the landfill. When we got back we found the correct path only for a while when we took another incorrect path too early which led us to a sport climbing area which was more lower in elevation and west of the actual multipitch climbs on Kid Goat. When we realized this we were both comfortable to scramble to the base towards where Ian was (at the bottom of Grey Waves). We finally met up and then headed towards the Twilight Zone. Since there were a number of climbers on the wall that weekend probably due to the Rock Review, we headed to the climb quite quickly. We decided that i would second and Nicole would follow. This was because it would be easier to give her beta from up above on hand holds that might be available but weren't obvious. The route was all trad and had only a couple of bolts and pitons on the route. Although there were bolted belays for the climb. It took us a few hours to reach the top and only drizzled on us very briefly. Another day of luck when the initial weather forecast was much worse than actually realized. We descended down the Waterfall (gully) between Kid Goat and Nanny goat rather then rap the route.

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