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| Desert Solitaire | Re: Spectacular | |
| Hi UteZ, Unfortunately, I didn't find your camera in the area. I cleaned out all the old slings on the rappel stations while downclimbing, but still no camera. Hope it turns up before the winter snows kick in! | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2009 11:35 am | ||
| Desert Solitaire | Solo Kings Spur Traverse  Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2009 | |
| Camped below at 60 Lakes and started the day on Clarence King. The summit blocks were fun and not scary at all. Sadly, there was no summit register on top, even after searching for 30 minutes around the whole vicinity of the summit. To avoid the 5.4 jam crack, there's also a cool bouldery face move to gain the South block that goes at 5.5 face. The exposure isn't extreme (about 10-15 ft), and its more fun than the crack. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2009 11:34 am | ||
| UteZ | Spectacular Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| Fun climb! The hike through Mosquito county was less exciting, but worth the while. Unfortunately my camera decided to stay at the top, below and over from the bottom of the rappel. Should you head up there, could you keep an eye out for it??? It's in a black soft sunglass pouch. And maybe sent the me the chip inside. I do care about the camera as well, as I now have to return to my ancient film camera. If you're even contemplating going up, stop hesitating. It's worth the trip!!! Cheers | ||
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 1:35 pm | ||
| kevin trieu | exciting! Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| technically not difficult but sure was exciting! The lack of a bolt on the top of the summit block probably deter a lot of folks from attempting it. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 3:19 pm | ||
| lefty | South Face Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2007 | |
| Part of an SCMA trip. We were only the third party of the year to summit. Great fun negotiating the summit block | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2007 9:24 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2006 | |
| FA with Misha over two days. Lot of fun. Secor's beta on East ridge is a major sandbag - at least the portion from the plateau to the summit. See Misha's NE ridge route page for more info. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2006 4:46 am | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2005 | |
| My second time up there, and I still have no idea where the class 4 route is up to the base of the summit block. Glad we brought the short rope this time. But dang, that summit block is cool! It's intimidating, but it turns out to be much easier than it looks--and actually easier to downclimb (both the final move, and the awkward 5.4 crack) than it is to ascend. Perfect views. Dayhike from Onion Valley. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2005 1:07 am | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: south face | |
| interesting summit block. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 12:33 pm | ||
| GlennG | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: September 25, 2005 | |
| A loooonnngg day with Matthew leaving Onion Valley at 2:15am and returning just before 9:30pm. We couldn't find the alleged class 4 route and ended up roping up for one move before the summit and then rapping down it later. The summit block was awesome, I personally like it better than Thunderblot or Starlight even though it isn't quite as impressive in terms of ascending it. Matthew didn't think my dismount/jump down from the summit block as fun as I did. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2005 6:50 pm | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: South face Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2004 | |
| Excellent climb. Gained new level of respect for Bolton Brown as we made the final move onto summit! | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2005 12:21 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: Sept 25, 2004 | |
| Was finally able on the second try to dayhike this Emblem Peak from Onion Valley. Four of us started out in the wee hours of the morning, not returning until after dark. What you might consider a very full day. Trip Report | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2004 2:15 pm | ||
| Clydascope | Route Climbed: South Face & the Southeast Face Date Climbed: Twice | |
| Soloed the South Face on July 5, 1987, approaching by way of North Dragon Pass. Returned to climb the Southeast Face on August 24, 1989, using North Dragon Pass as the approach. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2004 6:53 pm | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: S Face Date Climbed: July 1989 | |
| Did this solo as a long day hike from Onion Valley. Left early crossed N Dragon Pass and went on to peak. Summited early PM. Returned to OV via Glen and Kearsarge passes. Back to car around 8 pm. Great Day! | ||
| Posted Jan 20, 2004 6:10 pm | ||
| asmrz | Route Climbed: South Face, I, 5.4 Date Climbed: July 6th, 1980 | |
| Bill Bragg and I climbed the Regular Route on Clarence King in July of 1980. This trip ended in serious epic, with us running the 18 miles over Gardiner Pass to Independence, and return via Ash Mountain Rescue Chopper to pick up climber suffering from HAPE. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2002 2:05 pm | ||
| RGABRIELSON | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: August, 1979 | |
| My Brother, Jim Gabrielson, Dr. Doug Smith, and I brought my dad and some good friends up the slabs from Woods Creek to the incredible lake basin below King, where we brunched on fruit, gorp and tea. The three of us then parted from our support (psychological and spiritual) team and climbed class 3 and 4 rock up the arching North Ridge. We roped up for two pitches which were 5.6 to 5.7 and easy route finding. The view on top was spectacular. It was a 5,000 elevation gain since breakfast at Woods creek. After a half hour on the summit we rapped down about 300 feet, scurried down the slabs, and ran through sunset and into the darkness, down the granite water-shed to our campmates, anxiously awaiting our return by the fire. We banged our chocks and hooted in the dark forest as we approached, to put aside their thoughts of giving us up for dead. Dinner, sweet women, and good smoke never tasted so good. | ||
| Posted Apr 3, 2002 10:14 am | ||
| markman | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: 199? | |
| Summited along with Mt. Cotter on a week long backpacking trip. Fantastic time. | ||
| Posted Feb 1, 2002 5:16 pm | ||
| mconnell | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: July 15, 2000 | |
| Like snwburd said, not that difficult. The '1 move' mtnartman mentioned is not that difficult, but it is very exposed and you can't really see where you are moving to until it is too late. | ||
| Posted Sep 14, 2001 1:29 pm | ||
| dug | Route Climbed: S.Face Date Climbed: 7/20/81 | |
| Only the summit block has any difficulty and that is but 1 move | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2001 9:21 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: July 15, 2000 | |
| This was the finale of a three-night, four-peak excursion in the Gardiner Basin. mconnell and I climbed Charlotte Dome, Mt. Gardiner, and Mt. Cotter before taking on Clarence King. It turned out to be easier than we expected as most of the route is class 2, with difficulties encountered only near the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2001 2:04 pm | ||
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