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| panweilin | Oh, mine, that chimney  Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Backpack to Pothole, day hike up to Shepherd Pass, summit via West Face route. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2008 12:41 am | ||
| BradBartick | Success on Williamson | |
| Climbed a year ago June. Good peak- long approach! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 10:06 pm | ||
| SillyUncleKarl | June 30th report Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2008 | |
| The short climb at the top of the gully was freezing. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 7:15 pm | ||
| Diggler | NE ridge solo Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| After summiting via the W face with Sebastian in '1(?) & attempting the route in March with Kris, Pavel, & Mark, finally came back to do this monster. Unfortunately, alcohol (Whoa Nellie mango marg, rum, & beer) & lack of sleep (3 hrs) the night before, as well as unrelenting (read: energy-robbing) direct sunlight the whole day of the climb basically cost me my 24-hr route bid. Regardless, absolutely awesome climb! Left truck in Owens Valley @ 5.31. While having knowledge of the route's intricacies up until the notch helped me to save some time, fatigue & dehydration counteracted that. By the time I reached the base of the E horn, the sun was starting to get a little low on the horizon. As I had no desire to attempt traversing the horns in the dark (& felt like shit anyway), I decided to bivy ~13,000' (at the base of the talus slope). After seeing the horns up close & personal, I concluded that this was the right decision. Left camp next morn' at 5.42, summiting the E horn at 7.02 (saw a bighorn sheep en route- cool!!). Traversing the horns was 'interesting,' let's say :) 2 rap's from the E horn down (was more concerned with time than trying to find a weakness to downclimb- besides, had brought the rope so why not use it?). A spicy (I have a great guardian angel) downclimb got me down the W horn. True summit at 10.09. Left summit at 10.56, reached TH at 17.32. Some tips to would-be summiters via this route: - drink (water) like crazy the night before going - do NOT drink alcohol the night before - start EARLY (try to get above the initial 2,---' sandpile before the sun robs you of all your energy (i.e. before sunrise). - bring at least 5L of water (bring too much, however, & the weight will slow you down) - bring a 30-m rope & slings for potential rap's (retrieval line unnecessary) - be comfortable soloing 4th-easy 5th- belays will at least double how long it will take you to complete the route | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 4:29 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | west face Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2008 | |
| Met many great people on way. A two-fer day with Tyndall. Was sick in AM, but came through. Bob Burd's description is really good -- not all flowery and full of nice pictures, but it hits the high and low points well. That 1500' loose rock chute... sucks. Helmets might be a wise choice when many parties are in chute. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2008 9:30 pm | ||
| GlennG | George Creek Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2008 | |
| Climbed with my little bro and Bob Burd via George Creek and the SE Slopes/East face. | |
| Posted May 24, 2008 7:03 pm | ||
| Pantilat | North Fork Bairs Creek Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2008 | |
| Sweet climb in perfect weather. 12:43 roundtrip. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/790633#Post790633 | |
| Posted Apr 16, 2008 2:43 pm | ||
| ckerth | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2007 | |
| Came from Shepard's pass. Climbed Tyndall the previous day. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2008 1:48 am | ||
| engineer charley | West Face Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007 | |
| Man, finally made it up this big thing, with kk6yb, Dan, and Mike. After two previous trips up the Shepherd Pass, once to look at and walk away from Williamson, once to climb Tyndall, it was good to finally make it up (and back). The bowl is quite a trudge, and the chimney gave me a challenge trying to reach holds my 3 taller companions had no trouble with. But, wow! My 3rd 14er. | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2008 1:56 pm | ||
| travelin_light | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2008 | |
| The climb and descent was completed over four days in winter with my good buddy Kostas Stamatiou. Passing the horns was the hardest part. This route made me really hungry for like two weeks. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2008 7:46 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Done... Date Climbed: May 15, 2005 | |
| Climbed once from Shepherd's pass and once from Bair's creek. IMHO, the toughest 14er in california. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2008 1:00 pm | ||
| jimegan | MT WILLIAMSON Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2001 | |
| CLIMBED WITH LVMC MEMBERS PAUL, XAVIER, AND JILL FROM BASE CAMP AT SHEPARDS PASS | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2008 8:27 pm | ||
| Shirley Lam | Three times a charm! Date Climbed: May 15, 2005 | |
| From Shepherd's Pass: Almost turned back just below the summit because it was getting late and had no idea how much further it would be. Good thing my partner had gone ahead and radio-ed that I was only 10 minutes away and to keep going! South Fork: route finding is a little tricky, especially in winter, but I prefer it over the Sheep's Pass route by far! | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2008 9:38 pm | ||
| steve_hiebert | West Face Date Climbed: May 23, 1992 | |
| One of my very first Sierra climbs. I remember lots of snow and good conditions for kicking steps. Great views - great mountain. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2008 7:57 pm | ||
| lefty | West Face Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| There was very little snow to contend with on this Memorial Day summit. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2007 12:11 am | ||
| jonhersh | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007 | |
| Really lucked out on the weather. Temps were nice and cool on the hike in and out. Climbing the chute was a bit tedious, but the class 3 at the end was fun. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:39 am | ||
| mybackyard | West Face, Fri the 13th Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2007 | |
| A fun climb after a hellish approach. Secor's route accross the bowl is easy to find. Just stay between the two lakes and head for the North shore of the highest lake. At about 11am, after my descent, I saw two guys starting the same route. One of them later got off route and fell, breaking his arm and recieving a nasty gash across his forehead. On the way back to camp, I scrambled up Tyndall's North Rib which was a very cool climb. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 7:12 am | ||
| Fred Bagni | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| That's one long hike. I thought the bowl would be a lot flatter - was I wrong... I'm glad the fires and smoke stayed away from us. Good climb with ChuckO. Excellent views and a great campsite by the pass. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2007 4:22 pm | ||
| ChuckO | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| With Fred (fbagni). Great view of Langley/Russel/Whitney. Double-summit day with Tyndal. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2007 7:45 pm | ||
| psuthe | The bowl kills Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| Great peak, the chute wasn't bad at all (except that it's at alltitude), but the bowl completely deflated my enthusaism...it's not hard, it just wears on you. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2007 10:55 am | ||
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