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| Brian Kalet | Route Climbed: Northeast Face Date Climbed: July 17, 2005  | |
| Approached Secor's Chute without crampons; tricky, but doable. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2005 12:35 pm | ||
| Cody | Route Climbed: NE face Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| My first attempt and summit on a 14'er. Several other groups were going up at the same time, which ment, "ROCK!" being yelled from time to time, but a good climb overall. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 2:56 pm | ||
| jefflach | Route Climbed: Northeast Face Date Climbed: July 2nd, 2005 | |
| Beautiful climb and very warm. Still plenty of snow on the approach. The summit climb had patchy spots of snow, but there was plenty of room to get around them. My 1st 14. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 6:44 pm | ||
| soslaw | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: August 8, 2004 | |
| Climbed with Andre and Robert under sunny Sierra skies. Made a rte error as we topped out at a U notch which was not the summit. As we had left Robert at the top of the glacier we did not attempt to reach the true summit. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 2:22 pm | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: 9-14-2000 | |
| Climbed solo after my partner started leaking oil just below the glacier. Excellent climb! | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2004 10:53 am | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: June 30, 1981 | |
| Climbed this route with John Fischer, Allan Bard, and two clients as part of a Palisade School of Mountaineering custom guided tour of the South Fork of Big Pine Creek. I was the sherpa. In return for carrying the beer and other goodies, I was allowed to tag along on the climb. The weather was overcast, and turned into heavy snow just as we reached the summit. Our view from the top was limited to a few hundred feet. Too bad, this is such an awesome place. The storm dropped over a foot of snow. The next morning dawned clear and warm. Watched in awe as dozens of wet snow avalanches swept the faces of this and the surrounding peaks. Unforgettable. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2004 11:31 pm | ||
| ghoulwe2 | Route Climbed: Northeast Face Date Climbed: August 28, 2004 | |
| Three members of the Ghoulwe Mountaineering Club: Dave Johnson, Charlie Downs & John Wettstein, summited Middle Palisade via the NE Face at 9:00 AM. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2004 7:32 pm | ||
| Gail J | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: Sept. 14,1997 | |
| My first fourteener. I made it. A great day. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2004 1:08 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: July 9, 2004 | |
| Fantastic. Though a near-epic. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2004 10:01 am | ||
| Fred Bagni | Route Climbed: North East Date Climbed: June 2003 | |
| Beautiful place. Carry plenty of mosquito repellant. One of my best trips. Best class 3 climb. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2004 6:39 pm | ||
| kelseymkrause | Route Climbed: Northeast Face Date Climbed: June 27, 2004 | |
| This was a great climb! The red stained rock is crumbly, so be careful and check your holds. The rest of the rock is great. Luckily we were the only ones on the mountain otherwise rockfall could have been a problem. I would advise helmets. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2004 4:23 pm | ||
| Scott Pierce | Route Climbed: NE Face (Up Left Couloir) Date Climbed: Late May 2004 | |
| Did the route as part of a ski tour. We crossed South Fork Pass from the west the day before and bivied in some rocks near the base of the glacier. We had a large group, so managing the risk of rockfall while climbing was the biggest challenge. Entered the couloir via a short ramp coming up from the glacier on the NE side--there are some belay slings there, so it sees some traffic. Went up the left fork of the couloir. A few hours for a fast group bivied near the glacier--took us longer but bivy to bivy it took only 8 hours, with plenty of time on the summit ridge for pics. Recommended for small groups with good class 3 skills only. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2004 3:32 pm | ||
| Sam Mills | Route Climbed: Northeast Face Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| I climbed this route with SummitPost members Misha, Etsuko, Michael G. and Andrew. A fantastic climb on a fantastic peak. Michael and myself went on tho climb Norman Clyde Peak (Mid Pals neighbor) the same day. Tent to tent, 12 hours. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2004 5:40 pm | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: Summer 1980 | |
| Climbed this with Mark Goebel. This route defines class 3 climbing. | ||
| Posted Jan 22, 2004 3:34 pm | ||
| Robt | Route Climbed: NE Face Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
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| Posted Nov 5, 2003 3:37 pm | ||
| thenunz | Route Climbed: N. E. Face Date Climbed: 10/15/03 | |
| Fun climb, missed ledge off S. glacier on the way up and improvised, but a beautiful place. | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2003 1:36 pm | ||
| dvsanbt | Route Climbed: NE face (var) Date Climbed: october 4, 2003 | |
| dayhike from trailhead. got on the ledge system leading to secor's chute by going through the moat between the glacier and the rock face. finding the ledge system was straightforward. however, instead of getting on secor's chute, i ended up to the left (on the way up) of the ridge defining the left side of secor's chute. did not realize my mistake at that time and climbed up this chute (still class 3). when the ridge my right (left ridge defining secor's chute) started to run out, i found myself on the correct route again (after a couple of class 4ish moves). met with two others near the summit. awesome peak and route. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2003 3:56 pm | ||
| Guilty | Route Climbed: N.E. Face (Secor Route) Date Climbed: 9-14-03 | |
| Third time up. One Mt. left for completing all the Cal. 14ers'for the third time. Very sunny and windy. Met a few Japanesse climber that turn around half way up because of the exposure. Very tricky dodging rocks from them. Hmmm! | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2003 1:15 am | ||
| sierragator | Route Climbed: NE face (secor chute) Date Climbed: september 7, 2003 | |
| dayhike from parking lot. good climb, great views. 14'er number 9.... | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2003 11:02 pm | ||
| Misha | Route Climbed: NE Face (Secor Chute) Date Climbed: August 23, 2003 | |
| Climbed this excellent route with Andrew, Etsuko,Michael Graupe and Sam Mills. We camped at the small tarn above Finger Lake. Instead of following the talus slope to the base of the glacier, we went on through the fun Class 3 chimney. Finding the ledge above the glacier was much easier than anticipated. We used crampons and ice axes to cross the iced up snow in order to get to the ledge. It was probably doable w/o crampons but not desired. Once in the Secor chute, climbing is sustained and very pleasant. Michael and Sam went on to bag Norman Clyde that day, while Andrew, Etsuko and I decided to take it easy and enjoy the summit views for nearly 2 hours! I read through both of the summit registers, they go back to 1993. Found lots of entries from SPers and a couple of Peter Croft's from last week (he climbed it twice within 3 days:). Definitely an A+ mountain and route! | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2003 9:56 am | ||
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