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| mdostby | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: September 14th, 2002  | |
| Perfect day for a climb up Russell. Forjan and I did this as a long day hike. Did the Rockwell Variation on the approach, climbed the East Ridge and descended the South Slope and main chute from the Russell-Carillon Saddle back to Clyde Meadow. I must agree with John in re-naming the Rockwell Chute the "Just Shoot Me Now" chute as he describes is his trip report. This is one hell of a loose sand/rock slog that will test your mental endurance for sure. But the climb was worth it. The views and the East Ridge are stellar. All in all an awesome day! | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2002 3:36 pm | ||
| John | Route Climbed: East Ridge + 5.4 Approach Date Climbed: August 24, 2002 | |
| Nice day with Bob's 2002 Sierra Mountaineers Challenge group. See my SP Trip Report for more detail. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2002 2:17 am | ||
| scottyb | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 2, 2001 | |
| Fun day hike from the Portal | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2002 10:56 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: East Ridge (ascent) / South Slope, Right Side (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2002 | |
| Day 8 of the 2002 Mountaineers Challenge. 5:15hr to the summit of Russell from the Portal, via the Rockwell variation, Mt. Carillon, and the East Ridge. Descended the South Face, ascended Whitney's North Face, summitting 2:15h later. Summited Muir 1h later, returned to the Portal in another 2:15h. Total time, 10:45h. Trip Report. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2002 7:08 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Route Climbed: South Chute up, East Ridge down Date Climbed: July 4, 2002 | |
| Dayhiked Muir, Whitney, Russell, and Carillon with bearbnz on a great day. Lack of water earlier in the hike slowed me down going up Russell, but it was still a great experience at the top. Took the East Ridge down, did Carillon, and bounced down the sand to Clyde Meadow. Round trip time: 12hrs More pics, etc are available on my homepage here. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2002 11:28 pm | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: Fishook Arete Date Climbed: July 10, 2002 | |
| Soloed the Fishook Arete (III, 5.8 -- some people say 5.9) this morning. This is one damn fine rock climb. It has everything you could ask for: great exposure, consistent difficulty, fantastic rock, and a spectacular setting. The arete hosts a wide variety of features: face climbing on knobs, splitter hand cracks, knife-edge traverses, and even a squeeze chimney. Some people have called the crux 5.9+ and claim there are several sections of 5.9 and 5.8+ on the route, but they're having high altitude delusions. The hardest move is about 5.7 or 5.7+. The actual climb took 43 minutes. Car to car in just under 6 hours. I hiked up a "different" way so that took some extra time. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2002 5:57 pm | ||
| ocelot | Route Climbed: East Arete Date Climbed: August, 2001 | |
| Had an enjoyable hike up the North Fork of the Lone Pine Creek and southeast slopes and on to climb the exposed East Arete with wildman, peakbagger, and stunt pilot Tom Hallendort, whom I met a month prior in the Shepard Pass area. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2002 11:06 pm | ||
| darinchadwick | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: August 2001 | |
| Such a fun route. We thought we were doing great on the 3rd class ridge. We handled the exposure, and only got on hands and knees once. On the final ridge between the two summits we met a couple guys who had just finished a ropeless ascent of the fishook arete (5.8). We were humbled as they jumped from rock to rock past us mere lowly mortals. Still a fine summit with great views of Willimason and Whitney. Must go back and climb a technical route, maybe Fishook or one of the long dihedral routes. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2002 5:15 am | ||
| Elwood | Route Climbed: East Arete Date Climbed: Sept. 99 | |
| Good climb with a lot of exposure for class 3. We left from Upper Boy Scout Lake, over some benches to a small tarn in a N.W. direction, then a few more benches, which opened up to a broad couloir, heading back N.E. to the Russell- Carillon Saddle. Then up the arete, with a false summit thrown in for good measure. Ha! We came down to our camp in a more direct line, in a S.E. direction. This was a fast descent, but I enjoyed our ascent route better. It was a more varied route. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2001 7:48 pm | ||
| Guilty | Route Climbed: East ridge Date Climbed: 08/18/01 | |
| I went up the East Ridge, met up with two other climbers (Tom H. & Larry) showed them the way to the summit. Stayed around took some good photos and headed down the South chute. At the bottom, by Russell/Whitney pass, I ascended up the north face of Whitney coming out on top of the mountaineer's route. Summit Whitney, then Muir and down to Lower Boy Scout Lake in 9hrs. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2001 10:33 pm | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: August 4, 2001 | |
| This was the eleventh peak of my CA 14er tour. After bagging Muir and Whitney, I descended Whitney's North Face to the low point between Whitney and Russell. Then I cruised up the Class 3 South Face of Russell. Most of the climb was on Class 2 loose talus and sand. There was a fun (albeit short) section of Class 3 rock near the top. Some time I need to go climb some of the more demanding routes on Russell. The Mithal Dihedral looks awesome. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2001 12:30 pm | ||
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