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Acker Rock – Peregrine Traverse route

  • Start date: 09/18/2016

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/18/2016

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is a nine pitch trad climb meaning we will place protection as we go and then rappel from the top. The climb is called Peregrine Traverse and is on Acker Rock located in in the Umpqua area near Tiller, Oregon approx 1.5 hours from Roseburg. Those signing up for the trip will need advanced rock climbing skills including climbing vertical rock (rated 5.7), belaying a lead climber and rappelling. We will be meeting at the Boulder Cr campground on CR 46 Sat evening since several of the Acker Rock climbers are climbing Mt Hubris the day before.

  • Event Leader: Reiter Maryanne

  • Assistant Leader: Harris Danneille

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 294

  • Season: 2016

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: You will need a harness, helmet, personal anchor system, rock shoes, belay-rappel device, 3 locking carabiners and a small day pack. We will be carrying our gear up and over the climb so make sure you have a light weight pack. You will also need 2 liters of water for the climb, lunch and snacks. You will also need camping gear and breakfast for the day of the climb.

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  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 1200

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Peregrine Traverse on Acker Rock was a first for the Obsidians. It is 9 pitches of good rock on the South Umpqua River. The route ends at the fire lookout and then you hike out from there. The adventurous and tired team from the Mount Hubris climb drove from Northern California to the Boulder Creek campground near Acker Rock Saturday night. We got a few precious hours of sleep and headed up to the climb. Kana and Kellie chose not to climb, but hiked in with us and gave us encouragement. Team one was Maryanne Reiter and Hayden Banks while team two was Danni Harris and Meg McNabb. The climb was fun and wandering, like playing chutes and ladders since at times you had to down climb or rappel to get to the next pitch. I was rappelling down to start the last pitch and had thrown the rope on the ledge I needed to get to, but when I looked down again as I was a few above where the rope landed I saw an angry cloud of bees! I had thrown the rope onto a ground nest. In a split second I was back up to where I started, climbing up what I had just rapped down. We decided to forego the last pitch and rappel off away from the bees.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 6
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Reiter, Maryanne 541-521-8472 N 3
2 Signed-Up Harris, Danneille 541-521-5807 N 3
3 Signed-Up Moll, Kana 541-359-9942 N 15
4 Signed-Up Green, Kellie 541-232-3712 N 15
5 Signed-Up Banks, Hayden 458-205-4560 N 15
6 Signed-Up Monico, Laurie 541-729-5692 N 15
7 Signed-Up McNabb, Meg 253-347-9714 N 3