====== Day 7 ====== * Lets call it "Multi Pitch day on goat wall". That explains it ok, I think. * But first things first. After a late arrival on day 6 we put up camp on some USFS campground, our base for the next days. In close driving distance are several nice rocks and the famous western theme town of winthrop. * Back to climbing: {{:travelblog:2010_cascade_range:usa_2010_amtl1_079.jpg?800|}}\\ The Goat Wall {{:travelblog:2010_cascade_range:amtl1_andy_223.jpg?800|}}\\ myself climbing up * For the guys interested in details, the route was "prime rib". It's a 5.9 and there was one difficult bit I had to try twice but otherwise it was a rather easy climb. But we didn't manage the whole 11 pitches, we had to turn back somewhere in the middle. * Some tourist pointers.. we were in "Mazama Valley" a secluded part of the Cascade Range east of Bellingham. A cool spot if you want to avoid crowds. ====== Day 8 ====== * The luck we've had with the weather so far was changing. In short the usual west coast weather took over and it started to rain. {{:travelblog:2010_cascade_range:usa_2010_amtl1_085.jpg?800|}} * We spent some time at "fun wall" building anchors. When the weather didn't improve we went to <townIforgot> and did skill training in some City Park Pavillion thingy.