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| climber46 | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: July 21, 2003  | |
| Longs Peak was so spectacular that I will likely return here sometime. It was a very difficult climb because I was dealing with fatigue due to the altitude, yet at the same time I had to be careful that I did not fall in the scrambling areas such as the Trough or the Narrows. I saw a marmot in the narrows and got a close-up photo of it! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 9:07 pm | ||
| LS | Route Climbed: Keyhole (normal) Date Climbed: 12 Jul 2001 | |
| See my trip report and pictures here: http://distantpeak.com/web/mountains/n-america/longs_peak | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2005 3:25 am | ||
| CWFry | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| Started as a hike to Chasm, weather held, so I summited. Great day. The Narrows provides a nice intro to exposure for those seeking to up the ante. Feb. 12, 2006: summit via Keyhole. Fun intro to using my new crampons! Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2005 5:02 pm | ||
| lilmantis | Route Climbed: the North Face Date Climbed: 5/23/05 | |
| There was still alot of snow on the route, enough that we did'nt rope up. It was a beatiful day until decent when the T-Storms came in. I think I got a record decent time! This was my 2nd Longs summit. My first was in September last year but this trip was alot more fun! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2005 12:12 am | ||
| skiitswitch | Route Climbed: Keyhole from Longs Peak TH and Glacier Gorge TH Date Climbed: August and September 2004 | |
| 3 different attempts... no successes. You may remember the guy that died up there last year. I was camping in Boulder Fields that night - we tried calling for him, but weather didn't allow any further attempts... it's weird being a couple of miles from a dieing guy unable to do anything. Wisely, I quit before weather came in the other 2 times... both resulting in snow by the bottom of Boulderfields. I think this mountain hates me. Maybe I'll try again some other day. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2005 10:14 pm | ||
| ladyhawke34 | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| First mountain & first summit! Woo! Hella intense but would do it again in a heartbeat. :) | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2005 6:46 pm | ||
| doumall | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: July, 2003 | |
| 6th 14er! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2005 2:44 pm | ||
| ajdonner | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| I didn't have a place to live when I first moved to Colorado so I figured I'd go hiking... | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 11:29 pm | ||
| limestonelicker | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: July 7, 2004 | |
| Camped for 3 nights. After the first night I woke up early to find that the route was covered in hard ice and some deep snow. With only and ice axe and no cramp-ons i managed to build steps up the trough. The home-stretch was a bit sketchy with ice slanting towards the ledge, but nonetheless i made up and down safely. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 8:28 pm | ||
| sjvista | Route Climbed: cable Date Climbed: june 25, 2005 | |
| tried keyhole route and was denied by the trough snow as it was rock solid and unaggrable to some in party, retreated and had an easy time up the cable route. One small move needed at the choke, otherwise a straight snow walk. fast 12 hours rouund trip. started 2 am. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 12:08 am | ||
| umbra alta | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: September 2002 | |
| This was my first 14'er. Second attempt on Keyhole after rain turned us around before the Boulderfield the first time. Wind was so high on summit day that the Keyhole sounded like a freight train all the way down in the Boulderfield. Got blown back through it on the way back racing a storm. Bad AMS and dehydration to boot. Can't wait to climb this peak's other routes. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 3:03 pm | ||
| mtnsavy | Route Climbed: Several Date Climbed: Several | |
| Get in line! | ||
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 2:53 am | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | Route Climbed: Keyhole and Cables Date Climbed: 7/02 and 9/03 | |
| Successful summit attempt on Cables, 9/03. This would be a good intro to alpine climbing. There is not a lot of climbing, however, it does require some stamina as you still have to hike a ways. Shut down on the Keyhole route just past the Narrows. High winds nearly swept me off the Peak. I had to duck for cover and then finally decided to bail. Bummer. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2005 1:34 pm | ||
| ADSmith | Route Climbed: Trough Date Climbed: June 17th, 2005 | |
| An awesome day on an awesome mountain! Sunny all day, almost no wind. Snow was a little soggy in the bottom of the Trough but improved in the upper half. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2005 10:42 am | ||
| ktiffany22 | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: August 4, 2003 | |
| Woo-hooo!!!! 1st 14er ever! (many more to come:-) It was great, yet quite a shock~ We started at 2am, hit horrible winds around 5:30am, but kept on trekking, hit the keyhole, & freaked out! Yep- I LOVE hiking, but this was my first "scare" ...it was foggy the whole way along the narrows clear to the summit, couldn't see a thing below us... but it was worth it:-) After being on the summit for 45 minutes, it cleared up a bit for us so we could at least see out! Sunshine followed us the whole way back down. All in all it was a blast... heart pounding and all! | |
| Posted May 15, 2005 9:44 pm | ||
| RenoBob | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: August 6, 2002 | |
| I climb Longs again for my 50th birthday. Forgot how daunting the Trough, Narrows and Homestretch were. | ||
| Posted May 10, 2005 4:48 pm | ||
| RenoBob | Route Climbed: Old North Face Cables Route Date Climbed: August 11, 1963 | |
| I was 11 years old and didn't know enough to be scared. My Dad says he still has nightmares about the ascent and descent through the Trough. | ||
| Posted May 10, 2005 4:45 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Route Climbed: The Keyhole Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| There was a little rain on the way down. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2005 2:15 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: July 1988 | |
| It was everything they said it was!! Camped in the boulder field. Weather was all over the place....snow, sleet, rain, wind......you name it. Keyhole was frozen up with the wind howling thru it like a freight train. Very treacherous icing everywhere. 90% of the climbers turned back. We held on and summitted at noon. Great mountain to climb!! | ||
| Posted Apr 4, 2005 2:01 am | ||
| alpine master | Route Climbed: Stettners ledges to Kieners Date Climbed: July 13 2002 | |
| Was more involved than I thought. Took around 20 hours to complete. Check out the trip report. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2005 11:41 pm | ||
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