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| ripper333 | traverse fr gould  Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2012 | |
| all part of a long fun day | ||
| Posted Sep 9, 2012 8:55 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | Mendel Couloir Date Climbed: May 19, 2012 | |
| Fun climb with Max. 3 ropes of ice with loose snow on some of it. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2012 3:34 pm | ||
| atavist | Mendel Couloir Date Climbed: May 20, 2012 | |
| Climbed with Kevin and Moosetracks. Nice and easy hike in on Saturday but it was a long Sunday. 3 roped pitches with about half on ice, half on snow and rock. | |
| Posted May 23, 2012 1:21 pm | ||
| tb00957 | east face Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011 | |
| loose class 2 till the head wall. | ||
| Posted Aug 25, 2011 4:53 pm | ||
| dshoshone | E.Face - NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011 | |
| Class 3 ? If there is a cl. 3 route on the E. Face I certainly couldn't find it. E. Face to the NE ridge was the easiest way I could find and that last bit to the summit is cl 4. No pencil in register | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2011 12:53 pm | ||
| seano | East face Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2011 | |
| On the way from Tom Ross and Darwin for the Sierra Challenge. Mostly just crappy sand and talus, but I popped up to the NE ridge near the top for some fun. Trip report | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2011 8:41 pm | ||
| zoomloco | traverse | |
| couldnt find the left avoidance, so had to lead the 5.9 crack on rap cord. luckily no incident. traverse to darwin from peak 13385 (north ridge aka evolution ridge) with doug | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2011 1:14 am | ||
| Daria | From Tom Ross Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Got within 70 feet from the summit and explored multiple options, included the supposed 3rd class route-was blocked off by 4th/5th class overhanging sections or large 5th class boulders. Tried and exhausted all options, including east approach along summit ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2010 5:50 pm | ||
| Steve1215 | Right Mendel Couloir Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1993 | |
| Climbed Rt. Mendel with Mike B. Slept in and didn't get on the route until 7am, giving us some lovely rockfall on the lower apron. Encountered a little blue ice, and some poor belay anchors...also remember leading a wide crack, with crampons on. Crux was a traverse across vertical, frozen snow. Brought too many screws and just enough cams. The strenuous approach is not easily forgotten. --Steve | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2009 2:26 pm | ||
| Deb | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008 | |
| After a nine-month absence from the Sierra - Totally loved climbing this ridge and found it quite aesthetic with beautiful granite and bountiful holds. The east face descent, on the other hand, was total bullshit. Perfect weather and dreamy partner - loved it! | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2008 1:37 am | ||
| Dave Daly | Amazing NE Ridge! Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008 | |
| Deb and I made a successful ascent of Mendel via the Northeast Ridge (more like an arete). Been wanting to get on this for years after oogling over the steep northern flanks of Mendel. We both agreed that the route is solid 4th class (especially at the bottom) with fun wild exposure! One of my Top 5 scrambles (4th class and below) in the Sierra. I would HIGHLY recommend this climb! Thanks for the adventure Love! BTW, the East Face is one of the ugliest sections on Mendel. Unfortunately, this was the option we took for the descent. Lots of loose 3rd class. The only enjoyable part was the downclimb from the headwall (4th class). If you're considering this as an ascent, pass it up! :P | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2008 3:57 pm | ||
| jimegan | MT MENDEL Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2003 | |
| CLIMBED WITH PAUL DANIEL FROM THE DARWIN GLACIER AFTER BAGGING DARWIN | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 8:06 am | ||
| glahhg | Evolution Traverse Attempt Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Summitted via the ridge from the first unnamed peak, attempting to do the whole Evolution traverse. We kept thinking we were on top of Mendel after a few false summit plateaus. Then we finally saw the real Mendel, and it was freaking FAR away! Bailed after Darwin due to bonking and heavy pack. Next time: more food, lighter pack. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 4:31 pm | ||
| bechtt | SW Face Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007 | |
| Secor's directions for the correct chute were confusing but the giant cairn at the top of the chute I took signified that others had been fooled as well. The ridge was the best part of the climb. Peak #6 on JMT adventure. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2007 5:22 pm | ||
| Pantilat | East Face Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| Climbed the east face after doing the North Face of Darwin but screwed up the route doing the top part of the northeast ridge making it more time consuming than need be. After descending the correct route, I can say that the East Face is not very aesthetic, but the mountain does offer a nice summit view to Darwin and Evolution Basin below. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2007 1:11 pm | ||
| steve_hiebert | Mendel Right in a day (or so) Date Climbed: Aug 31, 1996 | |
| Done with my partner Demetri. Started at 3:30 am from North Lake. Got back to the car at 4:30 am next day. So it was a bit over 24 hrs. Quite an adventure at the time. Even better in memories some 10 years later. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2007 8:33 pm | ||
| travelin_light | Route: Right Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005 | |
| good stuff. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2007 6:26 am | ||
| forjan | Right Mendel Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006 | |
| Climbed the right Mendel couloir with MichaelJ. Conditions as of August 26, 2006 were all neve to the chockstone. After that, you have glassy ice for about one 60m pitch. Then, it's mixed 4th class (low 5th) loose rock for another half pitch. The ice goes all the way to the notch narrowing down to 3ft wide at the top. Michael and I roped up for 1 pitch and solo'ed the rest. Bergshrund is easily crossed on climber's left. I went to take a look at the right side of the 'shrund and it had an approx 15-foot wide separation. Started out at 5:36am from a camp (elev ~ 11,800')near the east-most lake on Darwin Canyon. Took us about 3 hrs from the bergshrund to the notch. Summited around 11:15am or so. Back in camp around 1:30pm (8 hrs camp-to-camp). | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 12:36 am | ||
| graham | Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: Aug-8-05 | |
| Day 4 of the 2005 Sierra Challenge. Thanks to Ron Hudson for leading us up the loose East face gullies | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2005 2:45 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: Rt Couloir Date Climbed: September | |
| With James Barnett | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 1:44 pm | ||
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