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| RSN473 | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 14, 2001  | |
| Sustained 3rd class climbing at it's best. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2004 11:58 am | ||
| Robt | Route Climbed: E. Ridge Date Climbed: Oct. 2002 | |
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| Posted Nov 5, 2003 3:43 pm | ||
| stayte | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: October 29, 2003 | |
| All in all, a very rewarding hike. The exposure and climbing (some 5.0) on the East ridge more than makes up for the hellish talus/scree approach. | ||
| Posted Oct 30, 2003 3:56 pm | ||
| TDRoberts | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Oct. 10 '03 | |
| Awsome! Best non-technical climb I have ever done. Exposure was just enough to keep all senses on high alert. Climbing was always fun, with no real difficulty but enough challenge to keep it interesting (unlike other climbs that turn into nothing more than boring scree / talus hiking). | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2003 9:23 am | ||
| dvsanbt | Route Climbed: east ridge Date Climbed: august 3, 2003 | |
| awful scree approach. great final ridge route with good exposure, but straighforward scrambling. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2003 6:01 pm | ||
| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: August 23 2003 | |
| This was the most rewarding peak I've climbed so far. Did a solo dayhike. It looked intimidating and that's probably what made it so rewarding. It's not as bad as it looks and I never had to go over anything that exceeded class 3. I'll definitely be doing this one again some time. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2003 3:02 pm | ||
| Guilty | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 08/25/98 and 09/30/00 | |
| Solo from trailhead. Roundtrip under 7hrs in 1998, and traverse to Whitney in 2000. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2003 8:37 pm | ||
| thebeave7 | Route Climbed: Rockwell variation/East ridge Date Climbed: Sept 10, 2003 | |
| Another successful solo summit. Though I will have to admit the traverse made me a little nervous at times. The most exhilarating peak I've done to date, finished in 9 hours from the portal(blah). | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2003 7:32 pm | ||
| sierragator | Route Climbed: east ridge via rockwell variation Date Climbed: august 24, 2003 | |
| OPG group from Ridgecrest lead by Bob H. summited on sunday 8-24. This was 14'r number 8 for me, and the most thrilling climb so far. WOW! This is an awesome peak to climb! | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2003 11:23 pm | ||
| Zzyzx | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: August 10, 2003 | |
| Pretty awesome mountain. Left the portal at 12:30 am Summited at 8:40 am (I spent about 1 hr scrambling on Mt. Carillon), came down the South Face Right Side. From there I climbed Whitney and Muir. 3 peaks in one day on my 33rd birthday. What a party! | ||
| Posted Aug 11, 2003 11:52 pm | ||
| Dave K | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: August 9,2003 | |
| We had a great time climbing the airy east ridge. We downclimbed the South Slope, dropped to Iceberg Lake and had jaw-dropping views of Whitney and Keeler Needle. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2003 7:47 pm | ||
| dankras | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: 06/29/03 | |
| Good day; good class 3 route. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2003 12:12 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 7/5/03 | |
| Great climb! It definitely has been the most exposed route that I've done to date. I climbed this peak with Suet Fei Li and Joel Wilson as part of a trip with CHAOS. I've gotta come back to try the Russell-Whitney Traverse that Bob Burd did in the '02 Sierra Challenge. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2003 12:13 pm | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: E Arete Date Climbed: 28 July, 2001 | |
| Ascent #1: Started from Whitney Portal @ 5.22. Got altitude sickness @ Upper Boy Scout Lake, but perservered until attaining true summit. Felt sick as a dog by this point, and veg'ed for an hour and a half. Made it back to parking lot by 21.20- long day. Trip report. #2: Fishhook Arête with G-Town. Started route @ 9.38, summited at 16.48. An exceptional, superb, exhilirating climb up an amazing peak. Bomber rock, good pro', stimulating exposure! The ridge ends AT the summit (& the technical climbing maybe 15' below)! Can really fly up upper part of ridge as is not as sustained as lower part (most of the upper pitches I placed 3 pieces or less per pitch, & none on one of them). Did in 9 (or was it 10?) pitches to lessen rope drag. Awesome day on a great route with a good friend/climbing partner. There is nothing (required) harder on this route than 5.8. #3. Traverse from 'Mt. Morgenson.' After starting from the Whitney Portal TH @ 6.14, summited Morgenson @ 10.24. Hung out on the summit for about 1/2 an hour, then followed Bob, Sean, & Rick as they made their way towards Russell. I must point out that as soon as Sean told me they were leaving, I chugged my beer then followed- they were long gone by this point. While the climber in me initially tried to stick to the true ridge, I realized that unless I wanted to take all day, this wouldn't be feasible (at a certain point I would have wanted a rope, too, which I didn't have). So at a certain point I swallowed my pride, dropped down, & just tried to find the easiest way over to the 'base' of Russell. I will iterate that this traverse is non-trivial; in fact, I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. A far more sane thing to do would be to just drop down to the basin below, & walk back along it to where Russell begins. Trust me. "3rd to 4th class" my ass. Regardless, think I summited around 12.50 or so. Departed summit at 13.15, down to the Russell-Carillon col (thanks for the suggestion, guys), to Clyde Meadow (nice to meet up with & hang with you 'til the end, JD), to the Portal! Back at the standard route beginning @ 16.37. . What a f$%!ing day #4: Mithral Dihedral (6.13.'12) w/ Faith. Route lived up to the hype & expectations I'd created through the years (which is amazing)- classic climb up one of the coolest & most sustained dihedrals I've ever laid eyes upon... THE dihedral was MONEY!!! The preceding, 'warm-up' dihedral was fun, too. Great day! | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2003 8:07 am | ||
| Romain | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: January 18, 2003 | |
| Winter attempt of the East ridge of Russell, with Rene' Renteria and Chris Burke. Unfortunately, we did not make the summit. We did reach the East summit (the lower one of the two) at 3 pm, and winter days are short. We decided to return to the Russell-Carillon saddle so as to not be taken by the night while on the ridge. Next time we will leave earlier in the morning. The route is long, especially in winter condition when the snow on the ridge requires extra caution. I have posted a full TR with photos TR here. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2003 12:54 am | ||
| Eric Tipton | Route Climbed: "Fishhook Arete" Date Climbed: July, 1996 | |
| This was my first 14'er, and first sierra climb with longtime climbing partner Bob Cable. The route was real good, easy; but what an awesome Mountain, I need to go back. | ||
| Posted Dec 10, 2002 9:33 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 5 2002 | |
| Beautiful weather and quite a slog up. East ridge was easy and pleasant. See trip report for more details. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2002 6:35 pm | ||
| bearbnz | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: July 4, 2002 | |
| Mt. Russell was peak #3 for the day for ScottyS and I. We started with Muir, continued up the trail to Whitney, descended the north slope of Whitney, and gained the South Face. We ascended both summits, and descended the East Ridge, which was very cool by itself. From there we ascended Mt. Carillon for peak #4, and headed down the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek to the Portal. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2002 6:36 pm | ||
| Craig Peer | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: August 1980 | |
| An easy and uneventful way to torture my boss at the time ( who wanted to climb Whitney East face but chickened out ). I smoked a joint on the top just to mock him to boot! Glad i don't do that stuff any more! | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2002 12:50 pm | ||
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