| Left the Ranger station at closing and bushwacked up the creek to the east meadow. Camped there for the night before climbing to the notch. I was with Steve from Inglewood Ca. and Rick Olla. Steve was our ropes expert and we took time practicing the weeks before at the base of Cannon Mt. as it was close to work at Lake Mcdonald Lodge. Unfortunately, Rick didn't practice the overhangs like we had and could not make that first pull from the notch, even with the rocks built up to the first handhold.
We roped from there, climbed to the top, logged in and rappelled down, packed up, and made it back to the road before dark.
The bushwack up the creek was very difficult! While at the top We paid our respects to Harry, our commodities driver and fellow climber who died leading a climb up nearby Mt. Stimsom some three weeks earlier. |