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| wmolland | From Death Canyon  Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| First of all I don't know why anyone would start at the aqueduct, it looks like a miserable slog. We cut off the PCT in Death Canyon and headed up the creek drainage to the large summit plateau. We wandered to the south side of the plateau and meandered around all the false summits gaining the true Cartago on the first try. The last 100 feet is a nice scramble and theres a pretty nifty view of all the spires from the top. We were the first to summit in over a year as this peak gets visits very infrequently. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2007 4:00 pm | ||
| Desert Solitaire | Route Climbed: Ridge route from Cartago Date Climbed: November 27, 2005 | |
| What an adventure -- Another really cold day in the Sierra, but well worth it. Interesting watching the landscape change as you gain elevation. My partner Alex brought a GPS, which we tried not to use on the summit plateau, but after farting around for 30 mins, we made a guess and verified it with GPS before climbing the right pinnacle. Much thanks to Matthew and Bob for the excellent info! RT w/ time to smell the flowers: 9hrs 45 min. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2005 12:16 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2004 | |
| Like Matthew said. It took about 9hrs RT from the aqueduct. Taking a somewhat more southerly approach to the Sierra crest I also climbed a wrong pinnacle before finding the right one. I wasn't as successful at finding the summit register. Trip Report | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2004 7:27 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: From Cartago Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2004 | |
| Dayhike with Bob out of Cartago, at least until we got separated and followed different paths on the way up--slogged up the sandy ridge and back down the canyon for variety. It took me 2 or 3 tries to find the right summit pinnacle--all of them were fun scrambles, and some of the false summits were perhaps even more enjoyable than the true summit block. A truly unusual peak. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2004 2:45 am | ||
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