"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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Liba Kopeckova - Jul 29, 2013 12:27 pm
snow climbDid it with Chris Wenker the day before Lizard Head as a warm-up, but our feet got cold. We did not expect that much snow on the route, so had only sneakers, which obviously got completely wet.
We descended down to Kilpacker - nice south and sunny side.
benners - Aug 30, 2011 10:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2006
HarrowingClimbed this route solo with a thin snow layer covering the route. Fun stuff.
C Wenker - Sep 27, 2010 10:39 am Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010
Day trip from NLTHClimbed North Slopes 2 days after first snow of the season. Abandoned plan for the traverse, instead descended some 4th class, ad hoc, uncairned variation of the South Slopes into Kilpacker.
Kiefer - Apr 11, 2010 11:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008
Dangerous SlopeAscended North Couloir on questionable snow (got soft really quick), summited and descended the North Face. I'll never ascend/descend the North Face again. Too dangerous. Partner almost had his leg severed in half by a dislodged boulder.
Intense Mountain.
byates - Aug 12, 2009 2:05 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 2008
Easy snowexcellent cramponing snow, but the ridge was rotting ice I stuck to the rock, mark stayed on the snow, made it at the same time.
seth@LOKI - May 30, 2007 8:40 pm
take the Central RibPeople have died in the gulley, I found the scrambling on the "Central Rib" (right of the main gulley) to be about Class 2+. My brother Dirk and I did this in about 45 minutes from below the basin, one of our fastest summit pushes to be sure! I highly recommend this route unless you have time for the West Ridge which looks nice.