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original photo by Matt Perkins
The Mysterious Sport Route

A few days before Halloween we went up to this mysterious sport route. It was at a spooky place, the Hazardous Enigma, far up the evil Middle fork Snoqualmie Road. We felt pretty safe though, because there were two other parties there that day.

The route started out with a big bunch of easy slabs. Water polished and smooth, but not very steep.
Then there were many of pitches of heavily textured face. Jug city. Fun.
Then there was this big chossy slab. Ouch! No bolts. Just choss. Easy choss though.

Above the slab was a steep headwall, but we stopped there. It looked like Tooth-type rock [actually on second look, perhaps more granite-like]. We avoided rockfall and would've avoided nightfall except that we got stuck at the stream where we'd stashed our beers.

It was a still, dark night. That beer wuz gud. I'd just popped the top of my second one when out of the bush sprang a ...

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