On 26/05/2010 WM wrote:
>On 26/05/2010 singersmith wrote:
>>the key piece of beta, especially if
>>your friends are the scrambling type, is to use the Liberty Cap/Mt. Broderick
>>approach. It's awesome!
>
>we went this way. the canyon between liberty cap and broderick is definitely
>awesome, and on a 4+ hour walk its nice to use shortcuts. But ... on
>the section around the base of liberty cap, and especially into the start
>of the canyon, we encountered some very scrambly bits, in a few spots I
>remember we even considered breaking out the ropes to abseil/ascend when
>ledges dead-ended. in the end i think we managed without roping up, and
>quite possibly there is a smoother passage through here... but non-climbers
>may be much more offput by navigating this section than we were.
>
>My 2c - ymmv
Indeed. That's why I said for his friends to contact me if they want to go this way. In the spot you're talking about there's a tree to climb (10 or 15 feet) to exit the gully (this is the "smoother passage"; if you don't know to look for it you can descend to far and it all starts to look sketchy.