Almost there

Almost there

MOCKBA and Joe Bullough on their way to the summit of Lone Peak (11253), six miles and 6500 vertical feet in six hours. 2-21-2009 Here's a 2008 picture showing the summit ridge from the east. Here's a 2008 picture by Billyray66 showing the summit ridge from the west. The summit is the pointy one on the left.
ZeeJay
on Feb 22, 2009 9:26 am
Image Type(s): Hiking
Image ID: 491976

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ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Feb 23, 2009 11:57 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: 6,500' in 6 hrs!

Thanks, but most of the way it's just your standard snowshoe. It's just the last quarter mile that's tough. What's impressive is Joe and MOCKBA doing virtually all of the trail breaking and the rest of us struggling to keep up.

Joseph Bullough

Joseph Bullough - Feb 24, 2009 8:32 am - Voted 10/10

Re: 6,500' in 6 hrs!

What's really impressive is that Dmitry accomplished his share of the trail breaking with a significant hangover.

Dmitry Pruss

Dmitry Pruss - Feb 24, 2009 9:36 am - Voted 10/10

Re: 6,500' in 6 hrs!

It isn't "with" Joe, it's "to ward off" the night's lingering shadow, Joe :) Aerobic activity as a magic cure.
I was more impressed by your twin Olympus climbs bracketing our Lone Peak outing, day before and day after. Not bad at all! Do you do all these weekday climbs on the mornings before work?

Joseph Bullough

Joseph Bullough - Feb 24, 2009 12:37 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: 6,500' in 6 hrs!

Aerobic activity is one of the last things on my mind after I've had a few too many. I should probably give it a try though...

I had a lot of vacation time in December, so I was able to get up Olympus quite often. Now its back to the regular grind for a while. Occasionally I still manage to go up after work on Thursdays, but its pretty hard to get motivated for a hike after a 10-hour work day.

Dmitry Pruss

Dmitry Pruss - Feb 24, 2009 1:39 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: 6,500' in 6 hrs!

Whew, it makes me feel better about myself :) I'm barely managing to run a few miles with the pooches on most weekdays, and the thought that I might, just might have left home before the crack of dawn instead, bagged a peak, showered & gone to work ... this isn't a comforting thought :)

Kiefer

Kiefer - Mar 1, 2009 4:28 am - Voted 10/10

Whew!

In 6 hours indeed! That's hauling tail!
Great capture. This picture is stellar!

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Mar 1, 2009 10:45 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Whew!

Thanks, I appreciate your comments!

Nyle Walton

Nyle Walton - Mar 3, 2009 10:20 am - Hasn't voted

Wasatch challenge.

Good way to duplicate alpine conditions in the Wasatch. Climb them in winter.

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Mar 5, 2009 11:30 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Wasatch challenge.

I think Lone Peak is a challenge any time of the year.

Moogie737

Moogie737 - Mar 3, 2009 6:40 pm - Voted 10/10

With Zeejay, near perfection is the rule...

What some folks fail to recognize is the position you had to be in to take that shot. In addition, the one I took a minute later (or less) had you in that gnarly ascent. So kudos to you for both efforts.

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Mar 5, 2009 11:31 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: With Zeejay, near perfection is the rule...

Thank you Michael!

BLong

BLong - Aug 31, 2009 9:11 pm - Voted 10/10

Cool Photo

Thanks for sharing this photo. I enjoy the other views that you linked to in your description as well.

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Sep 1, 2009 3:07 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Cool Photo

Thanks, hopefully next year will see another safe trip up there.

RayMondo

RayMondo - Sep 7, 2009 5:51 pm - Voted 10/10

Breathe

With such a photo I can breathe, breathe, breathe.
I enjoyed many such summit ridges. The peril makes it all the greater the experience.

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Sep 8, 2009 8:50 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Breathe

I breathe a lot easier when I get down from a ridge like that :)

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Oct 13, 2009 3:09 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: What they said!

Thank you! It's such a joy to live in the Salt Lake City area where there are climbs such as this starting right at the edge of the city.

RayMondo

RayMondo - Oct 20, 2009 8:54 am - Voted 10/10

Doorstep

Count me in for SLC mountains. That's my kind'a doorstep.

Marmaduke

Marmaduke - Mar 15, 2010 10:29 pm - Voted 10/10

Great shot

Pretty narrow ridge!

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Mar 16, 2010 12:42 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Great shot

Thanks! I was just up there again 4 days ago and this year there was not enough snow to go over the rock that the climbers in the picture are on. So this year we climbed down around it to the left to a snow ledge that went under the rock's overhang. There wasn't even enough room to crawl on our knees, we had to slither on our bellies.

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Jun 19, 2012 8:34 am - Hasn't voted

Re: This picture..

Thank you! That was especially nice to hear.

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