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| Tom Fralich | North Arete (5.8)  Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2008 | |
| Climbed this route with Jeff Bance during our week in the Sierras. We went up and camped at Dade Lake the night before the climb, which I hoped would allow Jeff to acclimatize a bit more. Unfortunately, he felt ill all night and suffered through the entire climb...I ended up leading every pitch. The climbing was excellent, three great pitches of 5.7-5.8 and lots of exposed climbing on the crest. We climbed the route in about 5.5 hours, descended back to Dade Lake, and hiked out the same day. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 12:25 am | ||
| dpsiebert | NE Ridge | |
| Really fun climb. The icy part of the descent was a little hairball. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:24 am | ||
| Bonesaw | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008 | |
| ctc. Was a bit disappointed. All the good climbing seemed to come in the last 400 feet or so (along the ridge line), which is after the NE Ridge and North Arete merge. Next time I will climb the North Arete route. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2008 5:10 pm | ||
| Sam Roberts | Ulrichs Route- winter | |
| Skiied in and climbed with Galen and Barbara Rowell. Great ski down! RIP Galen and Barbara. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2008 6:52 pm | ||
| igneouscarl | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008 | |
| Great fun, part of on going California - Utah road trip. A wonderful peak with beautiful surroundings. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2008 7:33 pm | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | 1980: Solo NE Ridge | |
| Another one of my many Sierra solos | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2008 12:18 am | ||
| jimegan | BEAR CRK SPIRE Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2003 | |
| NE RIDGE SCRAMBLE W/DON PALMER | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 7:55 am | ||
| Shirley Lam | North Arete Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| Absolutely beautiful! | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2008 10:37 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Done... Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| climbed the north arete in one day car-to-car. Long day but excellent climb. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2007 4:22 am | ||
| bkk030580 | The easy way up Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Windy and rainy the day before, but weather held up for a run up Ulrich's route. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2007 3:20 pm | ||
| gremlin | ne arete Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2007 | |
| found a few slings and a taped disposable camera just below the summit block, let me know if they're yours | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2007 8:40 pm | ||
| dshoshone | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| Great climb, fun 3, class 4 near the top, solo day hike | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2007 4:21 pm | ||
| tombcronin | Perfect 3 day weekend Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2007 | |
| Simul climbed NE ridge from Dade Lake | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2007 2:20 pm | ||
| travelin_light | very nice... Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| I like. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2007 1:43 am | ||
| Vertigo soul | N Arete Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| A beautiful day and climb. Sort of busy given that it was a Sunday, but none the less a great time! I'd like to come back and do the NE ridge as well. Did not climb the summit block as we we're in a hurry and there was two other parties waiting to climb it and take some photos - next time I guess! | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2007 12:09 pm | ||
| rhyang | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| Soloed; 10 hours car-to-car. Did most of it in stiff, heavy hiking boots (still don't trust my healing foot on the approach / descent talus in approach shoes yet), but put climbing shoes on just above where route joins with N Arete. Fantastic day - cloudless sky, a bit breezy. Snow not an issue for approach this year. Put new notebook in summit register. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2007 12:12 pm | ||
| dvsanbt | North Arete Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Caleb. Did the '5.9' finger crack variation according to Supertopo - felt easier (but still fun) than that. Nice day. Simul-climbed most of the route (except pitches 1, 2, and 5). A moderate day car-to-car. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 1:10 pm | ||
| mybackyard | Solo N.E. Ridge (Buttress) Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007 | |
| That summit Block is just amazing. Some of the best views in the sierra. I was truly without words. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:59 am | ||
| forjan | North Arete Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007 | |
| Swaped leads with Gibran. We belayed pitches 1, 2 & 5 as per Supertopo and simul/solo the rest. Very fun climb! I spent almost 1/2 hr taking out one of Gibran's #0 TCU's. Somewhat cloudy but no wind at the summit. We stayed up there 40 minutes (~ 13 hrs car-to-car). ---------- Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 Climbed with awagher and Mark Ingram. We left from our bivy spot at Dade Lake at 5:16am. Just about an hour later we got to the saddle and the start of the NE Ridge route. We took two 50M ropes and an alpine rack but never used it on the climb. Made the summit at 8:45am. Some puffy white clouds but never threatning. Descended via Ulrichs route and back at our bivy spot by 11:15am. Packed up and headed out. At 1:15pm we're having cold beers at the Mosquito Flat T/H parking lot and later we hit the Upper Crust Pizza joint in Bishop; the pizza was decent there but not great. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2007 3:37 am | ||
| Rice Climber | North Arete Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Well...my pack undid itself while in the Chimney and all sorts of s*** flew out of it....like my lunch. I didn't like my lunch anyway. I hope the full nalgene didn't hit anyone. I had to "zip-it-up" mid-pitch... | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2007 4:40 pm | ||
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