Brrr. Congrats and well written TR. BTW, Jason's quite a climber. I'm pretty sure he's done Evolution in under 24h and the Palisades Traverse (not sure the time on the latter).
It would be nice to think so, although I suspect they also onsighted. I'm not even sure it would help much to have done the route before, unless you took meticulous notes while climbing.
Nice work guys. What a spectacular row of peaks eh? In response to questions about Jason Lakey... he onsighted the evolution traverse in 19 hours camp to camp and redpointed the complete Palisade Traverse in like 37 hours or something. He also said that the Rock Creek traverse was harder than the Evolution, for whatever it's worth.
thanks for the info. Misha mentioned that Reardon did the complete Palisade Traverse in 22 hours, and I'm a bit incredulous since Lakey took 37 hours and Croft, as of the time his book was published, hadn't done the whole thing in one push.
Nice TR. Well written with just enough narative and just enough actual beta. (Well, OK... a lot more narative and not so much beta. But then, that just makes it more fun for the next guy, right?) Excellent photos too! Well done, lads!
Bob Burd - Sep 23, 2008 7:38 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice write-up!Enjoyable read. Thanks for sharing!
fossana - Sep 23, 2008 7:48 pm - Voted 10/10
perfect finishing lineBrrr. Congrats and well written TR. BTW, Jason's quite a climber. I'm pretty sure he's done Evolution in under 24h and the Palisades Traverse (not sure the time on the latter).
MoapaPk - Sep 28, 2008 1:00 pm - Voted 10/10
awesomeI bet the really fast folks had done parts of the route before, so they didn't have to spend time making decisions.
lavaka - Sep 29, 2008 10:55 am - Hasn't voted
Re: awesomeIt would be nice to think so, although I suspect they also onsighted. I'm not even sure it would help much to have done the route before, unless you took meticulous notes while climbing.
pratyush - Dec 1, 2010 4:31 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: awesomeNot to undermine Lavaka's achievment, Peter Croft's solo was onsight.
dervin - Sep 29, 2008 1:41 am - Voted 10/10
InspiringHope I can climb this next year. Thanks for sharing.
Blair - Sep 29, 2008 2:15 am - Voted 10/10
BravoGreat stuff, nice story, a wild day out! Thanks for sharing!
Sierra Ledge Rat - Sep 29, 2008 11:50 am - Voted 10/10
Nice!This traverse has always been on my list, perhaps now I'll add it to my "Bucket List."
ExcitableBoy - Sep 29, 2008 1:29 pm - Hasn't voted
Booth who?Booth Haley?
lavaka - Sep 29, 2008 1:36 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Booth who?yeah
ExcitableBoy - Sep 29, 2008 7:46 pm - Hasn't voted
Nice TRStrong work young man. Don't personally Booth, but I used to climb with his brother and cousin quite a bit.
Charles - Sep 30, 2008 9:41 am - Voted 10/10
Super tripand write up.Well done on both counts.
Cheers
Charles
coloradoclimber - Sep 30, 2008 2:06 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice one!awesome
jmc - Sep 30, 2008 7:43 pm - Voted 10/10
Well done.Both the execution and the explanation, very well done.
ktiffany22 - Oct 1, 2008 1:17 am - Voted 10/10
Wow!You are freaking AWESOME! That's some serious exposure... good for you!
lavaka - Oct 1, 2008 12:42 pm - Hasn't voted
ThanksThanks for all the nice comments. I just added some additional pictures, and a link to a full photoalbum, in the "addendum" section.
lcarreau - Oct 1, 2008 6:58 pm - Voted 10/10
Yes ... awesomeI don't know any of the climbers mentioned.
(Is Peter Croft related to Laura Croft?)
I don't even live in California!
HEY, but I know OUTSTANDING WORK when I see it. GREAT job!!!
Larry of AZ
JedSMG - Oct 1, 2008 7:53 pm - Hasn't voted
Nice work!!Nice work guys. What a spectacular row of peaks eh? In response to questions about Jason Lakey... he onsighted the evolution traverse in 19 hours camp to camp and redpointed the complete Palisade Traverse in like 37 hours or something. He also said that the Rock Creek traverse was harder than the Evolution, for whatever it's worth.
lavaka - Oct 1, 2008 8:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Nice work!!thanks for the info. Misha mentioned that Reardon did the complete Palisade Traverse in 22 hours, and I'm a bit incredulous since Lakey took 37 hours and Croft, as of the time his book was published, hadn't done the whole thing in one push.
bajaandy - Oct 3, 2008 3:48 pm - Voted 10/10
Suh-WEET!Nice TR. Well written with just enough narative and just enough actual beta. (Well, OK... a lot more narative and not so much beta. But then, that just makes it more fun for the next guy, right?) Excellent photos too! Well done, lads!