Moon Goddess Arete Climber's Log

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Dow Williams

Dow Williams - Jul 27, 2020 6:06 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2020

Venetian Blind and Moon Goddess Solo  Sucess!

Dark Star was my first climb at Temple many years ago. I returned to guide Sun Ribbon once which left these aretes yet to do. Started hiking from 3rd lake at 5am (way quieter to camp now as 2nd lake was in full on party mode), summitted Venetian at 8am, returned via some 3rd-5th class ledges to the shared start and summitted Moon Goddess by 11:30. From a solo perspective, Moon Goddess was by far the better route. Steeper and more sustained mid 5th climbing. The 5.9 variation felt secure for a competent soloist, all cracks. Venetian felt like a Canadian Rockies scramble more than a climb. Passed three climbers (only other climbers on Temple on a perfect weather Sunday) at the base of the snow field who were climbing Venetian. Lapped them when I went back up on Moon and they were still climbing when I made my final descent to camp. But, they had enough expensive clothes to start a retirement fund! and it was a warm day. I looked like a homeless person in comparison. "Climbing" means something different today than it use to. And Chris's topo was spot on!!!! all the complaining on MP.com about folks getting lost on both routes is on themselves. Could he have been more precise? Not possible re a topo.

seano

seano - Aug 22, 2012 1:37 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012

6 pitches  Sucess!

Soloed and simul-climbed to the first tower, then did the rest in 6 pitches with a 50m rope. Trip report.

Kerstin

Kerstin - May 27, 2012 11:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 1987

Long, fun route  Sucess!

We hiked to the base of the climb the day before and stashed our climbing gear. When we arrived the morning of the sixth, we found rockfall hit my helmet and crushed it. After climbing about 500 feet, we roped up and continued to the summit. I found the Contact Pass descent to be the most challenging part of the day. There was tons of loose rock and boulders the size of VW vans that would shift when you stepped on them. It was crazy.

Roymiller

Roymiller - Apr 6, 2012 11:14 pm

A really long day  Sucess!

A really long day but well worth it. Great climb.

fossana

fossana - Jul 19, 2011 8:34 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011

...and once again

Original plan was Temple/Galey/Sill but once we summited Temple the winds picked up. Soloing Galey is sketchy enough without gusts so we bailed.

fossana

fossana - Jul 19, 2011 8:33 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2011

solo link-up with Venusian  Sucess!

Unwilling to slog in to do T-bolt to Sill so sadly doing laps on Temple.

rhyang

rhyang - Jul 18, 2011 12:50 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011

Long day  Sucess!

Climbed with Justing on a perfect summer day. Left camp at Third Lake at 5:30am-ish, simulclimbed first 4 pitches or so. I led the Tower Traverse and both 5.8 pitches on the Ibrium. We mostly swapped from there. Some loose stuff on supertopo pitch 11 (5.6 "gully"), but a lot of fun nonetheless.

After 15 pitches, the trudge to the summit and back down to Contact Pass seemed to take forever .. rapped off around dusk. Happy for the light of the Moon Goddess as we stumbled back into camp @ 10:30pm !

biz

biz - Jul 5, 2011 9:12 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2011

Great fun!  Sucess!

Climbed with Crit. Very enjoyable and long. A lot of snow at the base made for an interesting approach and the river crossing was quite the obstacle. Very nice summit.

fossana

fossana - Jun 22, 2011 12:31 am Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2011

redux  Sucess!

Still a fun solo. Didn't seen another person all day on any of the routes.

haishan

haishan - Jun 20, 2011 5:30 pm Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2011

very nice  Sucess!

Soloed to the first tower and climbed the rest of the route in 6 pitches. Lower half of route is quite solid, but upper half is quite loose as advertised. Brilliant exposure on upper arete above Ibrium tower.

Gumbie

Gumbie - Oct 1, 2010 8:27 am

4/5 stars  Sucess!

Full day, completed route, but did not summit due to darkness

asmrz

asmrz - Mar 26, 2010 9:17 pm Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2010

In Winter  Sucess!

Miguel Carmona and I climbed the Moon Goddess Arete in full winter conditions on March 19, 2010. Because the initial traverse and the rib above were mixed snow and ice, we had to belay all the pitches to the 1st Tower as well as the more technical terrain above: all in all, some 21 pitches. The weather was nasty, a strong wind tested our resolve all the way. This was the coldest winter climb I have ever done in the Sierra. It took us 26 hours RT to/from our tent at Third Lake.

fossana

fossana - Aug 16, 2009 10:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009

Moon Goddess solo  Sucess!

Sunny August Saturday on Temple Crag with my mp3 player. Only one other 2-person party on Dark Star (?). Maybe the weather predictions of summit temp highs in the 40s kept people away (more like 60s fortunately for me). Much more entertaining than Venusian. Just under 11 hours car-to-car.

Groundswell

Groundswell - Mar 18, 2009 4:29 pm

sunlight goddess  Sucess!

climbed with partner tyler 3 months after my tonsil surgery. camped at 3rd lake. used sharp rocks to chop steps on hard snow at base. tyler led majority of route. beautiful weekend, no crowds. only party that day was 3 guys headed for base of Dark Star.

dervin

dervin - Oct 3, 2008 8:38 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2008

Good Route  Sucess!

We simul-climbed the lower section, and got off route doing the traverse from the tower. We had camped at third lake, and hiked out after the climb. It was a perfect day of climbing.

forjan

forjan - Sep 14, 2008 5:39 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008

Long  Sucess!

Long ass day with Brad. 19 hrs car-to car. I agree with 'sampage' below. Hardest move is the 5.7+ offwidth near the top (P14 on supertopo).

fatdad

fatdad - Sep 12, 2008 4:03 pm

One long day from the trailhead

Did this in a day from the road with John Rehyer back in the late '80s or early '90s. A most excellent adventure. We just had a general route description from the Roper guide and ended up climbing it at 5.9+. I later made a topo of this for an article in Rock & Ice that looks like it later became the basis for the Supertopo version (with the exception of our off route 5.9 sections). The crux was hiking out in the dark from Third Lake after our headlamps pooped out.

Shirley Lam

Shirley Lam - Jan 30, 2008 10:25 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2007

With...  Sucess!

my bighornmonkey :)

bighornmonkey

bighornmonkey - Jan 14, 2008 6:52 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2007

Done...  Sucess!

Did this route with Shirley Lam, Simul-climbed the first 4-5 pitches.

Deb

Deb - Dec 4, 2006 8:08 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2005

Moon Goddess Arete  Sucess!

Beautiful route with fun simul-climbing sections. Made for a long day in cotton pants going down Contact Pass in the snow back to camp though!

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