Trip Report
The Harding Route on Mt Conness and Pratt's Crack

by cultureshock
Tuesday September 29, 2009 3:57pm
Two weeks back Chugach Man and I had a blast climbing the Southwest Face of Mount Conness via the Harding Route. On Sunday we headed to pine creek for some more offwidth action and sent Pratt's Crack.



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On the approach from Saddlebag Lake.


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Bringing way too much gear up Pratt's Crack


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Amazing alpine granite on Mt Conness
Amazing alpine granite on Mt Conness
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A full trip report can be found on my blog

Also my partner posted up on PullHarder.org/

For approach beta click here

Enjoy,

Luke

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Comments
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
  Sep 29, 2009 - 04:53pm PT
wow - that rack must have weighed 50 lbs.

How did you like the new la sportivas?

great tr
cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Author's Reply  Sep 29, 2009 - 05:41pm PT
Yeah the rack was way overkill. You really only need a #5, a #6, a bunch of slings for chockstones and a few finger size pieces. You can push the #6 for a while until it gets too wide. Then you just squeeze in until it gets narrower at the top and you can use the #6 again.

The TC Pro's are pretty awesome. The stiffness worked well for the Heel-Toe Jams. I'll be doing a review of them soon on DreamInVertical. Some basic info is here.

 Luke
10b4me

Social climber
Lida Junction
  Mar 12, 2014 - 09:55pm PT
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