It was our last day, and we wanted smaller approach and more climbing. Thus we headed to Moonrise & High On Boulder again, with the usual late start. We didn't know if the Pillar of Pain higher up the drainage was formed, and aimed to find out. There was another party at the base ready to start climbing, but they were doing High On Boulder, so we were going to be out of each other's way. I was also happy this allowed me to take some cool photos. I ran up to the ledge by taking the right side, and setup a nice belay before bringing Karéwho then headed up the pillar. The climbing was very nice again... I did the 3rd (easy) pitch and then we went 50 feet higher up the drainage before traversing left to regain High On Boulder via a traverse left over some trees.

From there we climbed up easy ice and hiked to a 15-meter step of WI 3, which led us to the Pillar of Pain - it looked nice! Like all ice climbs, it looked intimidating from a distance, but once up close, all kinds of features revealed themselves making it look very approachable. I was psyched to get on it, and after fueling myself and getting a quick drink, I didn't want any longer. The climbing turned out to be steep but pretty easy, mostly due to the friendly ice quality and a groove.

David and Sandy from the East Coast (the other party) arrived shortly after us, and David also led the pillar. We later met at the Proud Cut Saloon, which we highly recommended, and socialized - cheers guys and thanks for the entertaining stories!

	Karen coming up the first pitch	Karen starting up Moonrise with another party on High On Boulder

	David and Sandy on High On Boulder	Fueling up with some gel before starting The Pillar of Pain (WI 5)	Pillar of Pain

	Peter on the Pillar of Pain	I love stemming	Higher on The Pillar of Pain

	Almost there	David starting up The Pillar of Pain	David cruising up the pillar

	Karen, satisfied from our trip	Sandy and David	Sandy and David

	The descent trail from The Pillar of Pain	Karen laughing that I'm taking pictures instead of helping with the rope :)	Downclimbing low angle ice

	One of the only two bolt anchors that we saw on the trip