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| rdesota | Via U- Notch  Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2005 | |
| Great classic climb up the snow of the U-Notch, then up to the summit ridge and summit. Long day and great follow-up to a failed prior attempt. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2012 12:18 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | 2x Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2012 | |
| Quick stop as we carried on from Thunderbolt to Sill. The overhanging block was a fun little short rap between Starlight and North Pal. First climbed in August 2008 when a late season and little snow made the U-notch from the front a bad option, so over Bishop pass and up the back. Took the chimney from there, then Polemonium before the decent. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2012 1:44 pm | ||
| ckerth | West Chute Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012 | |
| Up the west chute, across the catwalk, and past the two chockstones. Fun route finding on the way to the summit block. A tragic fatal accident the day before (somewhere in the vicinity of the catwalk) had us going slowly and carefully. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2012 10:06 pm | ||
| Vitaliy M. | Winter climb | |
| In Febuary traversed from Sill to Starlight. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2012 3:44 pm | ||
| krrt2000 | Southwest (original) Route Date Climbed: Sep 15, 1994 | |
| Great route, my friend Duane had to leave following the climb of T-Bolt the day before due to altitude sickness. Met Anthony Ambrose on the trail and climbed it with him the next day. Next morning 2-3 inches of snow everywhere, packed up for a hot shower at Parchers. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2012 8:42 pm | ||
| efunk | Beautiful Area Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| Amazing views along the traverse. Hope to head back soon to do the t-bolt - sill in its entirety. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2011 1:48 pm | ||
| dpsiebert | Traverse from Starlight Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011 | |
| Good climbing, impressive exposure! | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2011 5:22 am | ||
| Bill562 | North Pal wknd Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2011 | |
| With Oleg R car to summit via West chute to U notch and up the face left of chimney. Descended via Le Conte, camped near base of Starlight NW chute. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2011 11:23 am | ||
| ElGreco | U-notch + chimney Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2011 | |
| Fantastic climbing with Jack in an exhilarating setting! Perfect weather. U-notch was mostly snow with some ice which could be skirted. The bergschrund was passable on the right with 15ft or so of near vertical snow climbing. The 2nd pitch of the chimney above the notch has a few interesting moves. We stayed on the ridge crest after the chimney on the way to the summit, past two gendarmes, instead of dropping down into the other side - not necessary, but made for very exposed and exciting climbing (up to 4th class). Getting from the notch to the summit took a couple of hours. 12 hours total from camp and back. Highly recommended route! | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2011 6:25 pm | ||
| kaos14 | Traverse from T-bolt Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2011 | |
| Not too hard going from Starlight to NorPal. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2011 2:48 am | ||
| Darren9 | great route Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2011 | |
| Climbed U-Notch with 4 others during SMG outing. Took a long time but we got the summit and back to the glacier by rappelling through the night. Great route! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2011 1:34 am | ||
| zoomloco | t-bolt to sill Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010 | |
| quite a bit easier than hype about this traverse lets on. n pal is of course the high point, but not the amazing spire of tbolt or the milk bottle | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2011 4:28 pm | ||
| dshirl | 4 climbers via U-notch and Clyde route Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2011 | |
| Beautiful day. Pretty good snow conditions, albeit slushy in the evening. Bergschrund is wide open, and took us quite a while to pass. In the middle its about 15 feet wide and 20 feet deep (and overhanging). We were able to surpass on the right hand side of the schrund, where its more mellow (8' of mixed climbing). There's two other exposed crevasses (significantly smaller than the schrund); use good judgment. | ||
| Posted Jul 4, 2011 11:49 am | ||
| TheNobleSunfish | Thunderbolt to North Pal Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| With Pratyush! | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2011 3:56 pm | ||
| saltlick | too sick for a summit photo! Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| AMS hit me hard near the summit of Starlight, and we only summited N Pal cuz it was on the way to the U-Notch descent! Wonderful, varied climbing and unparalleled position throughout made for a memorable day. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2011 7:27 pm | ||
| pratyush | TB to North Pal Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| climbed as 3-member team, bailed when it was 6.30 and we were still at U-Notch. The 3 peaks that we did were awesome though! | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2011 1:49 pm | ||
| Daria | Palisade traverse Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| Traverse from Thunderbolt to Polemonium-encountered some obnoxious ice on the route | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2010 7:41 pm | ||
| Ol Walsher | West Chute U-Notch LeConte Ledge Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Awesome 4th class climb. Had lots of good rappels on the way down. The ledge lived up to its name........I don't think I ever looked down! | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2010 10:28 pm | ||
| Jesus Malverde | U-Notch Chimmney Variation Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2002 | |
| In 2002, I lived in a condo box with my cat, climbing gear, bicycles, yada yada... The desperation occurred during a day-long, 19+ hour ascent of North Palisade con mi compadre Antonio. I'd been gnawing on Clif Bars all day and whilst on the descent down the U-Notch, suddenly, despite me hunger, I couldn't take another bite. That's because I was literally gagging and beginning to dry vomit trying to get that hunk of sugar grain down me gullet. That's the moment I now call "the epiphany." Two days later, after countless flashbacks of that nauseous moment, energy gels became a reality. The mission to achieve better nutritional fueling was accomplished. Thanks, GU, Hammer, et.al! | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2010 4:54 pm | ||
| tb00957 | U-notch, chimney Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010 | |
| Great climb. A bit concerned about the rock fall. | ||
| Posted Jun 28, 2010 5:22 pm | ||
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