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| sarah.simon | Hikers Route  Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2009 | |
| I really, really enjoyed this Valentine's Day outing with my husband and parents. From the old mine road, we dropped down into the canyon via the "direct" route, then back up to the saddle. I was the only one to continue on for the entire scramble to the top. I really think the final little wall move before the last ridge push to the summit is Class 4, no ifs, ands or buts. It was surprisingly vertical and required a bit of concentration. (I can typically scramble Class 3 without even thinking, but this last little wall was not "non-thinking crawling".) Loved the views from the top and didn't mind the pachyderm pile at the summit. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2009 10:47 am | ||
| hans.schenk | East Ridge: Hiker's Route Date Climbed: May 6, 2004 | |
| A bit postdated...but a great hike up the east ridge! I agree with the class 3 rating...although a couple of spots were borderline 4th and a little dicey for some of my non-climber friends. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2007 10:50 am | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: West Gully/ Central Rib Date Climbed: October 2005 | |
| Classic but sporadic desert mountaineering kind of stuff... class 3-5 scrambling with the odd 5.6 thrown in. Nice exposure, rock's not as terrible as you might think (though pro sometimes is). Roped four pitches, back to crack a few beers before dark. Descent is annoying but brief. Take the wash if you can. And watch for javelinas! | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2005 2:16 pm | ||
| PeakMule | Route Climbed: Bushwhack hike from Proctor Road to saddle Date Climbed: May 21, 2005 | |
| An awfully hot day, but a really worthwhile hike. I came up from the EH bike trail's Proctor Road end and just bushwhacked up the northern slopes to the saddle. From there I followed the cairns to the top. There's a delightful little shrine of elephant figurines in a heap of rocks where the summit register is located; I'll upload a picture. | |
| Posted May 22, 2005 12:45 pm | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: West Gully + Variation Date Climbed: January 27, 2004 | |
| Drove the 4WD road to the base of the West Gully and started up with a chalkbag and my Nike ACGs. Class 4 slabs led to a few 5.easy moves. I decided to take a more interesting (steeper) variation about 2/3 of the way up. The variation turned out to be an exciting refresher course in 5.8-5.9 kitty litter free-soloing! The descent really wasn't that bad. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2004 12:47 am | ||
| Mjollnir | Route Climbed: West Gully Date Climbed: November 22nd 2003 | |
| Climbed with Todd Hinrichsen. We aimed to climb the West Gully but strayed off route for awhile. This is a good adventure climb. The descent is rather thorny (wear thick pants if you go). | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2003 11:55 am | ||
| bighigaz | Route Climbed: The West Gully, 5.6 1000' Date Climbed: Dec. 21st, 2002 | |
| Wow, what an adventure. Our intention in the morning was not to do a significant amount of climbing, but rather scout out an area for new sport routes on a beautifull wall IN the West Gully... The day turned out much different, as the Gully was too inviting. We only got to the rock at 11:30, and suddenly decided we would climb it. 1000 feet. What the heck were we thinking. We brought our headlamps, (just in case), ate a bag of dry Top Ramen, and took a gallon of water. 6 hours later, after some fun scrambling, and climbing up to 5.8 on marginal pro and loose rock (we got of route on one occasion), we arrived at the summit! Before we left the summit it was dark, and the 2 hours of backcountry scrambling was enough to make me not want to go back... but I probably will! The next time, however, we will take a little more food, and leave quite a bit earlier! 8hrs and 15min car to car... and air and ground search and rescue out looking for two lost climbers!!!! (My parents were a little worried.) Somehow we managed to climb safely, and make it back, extremely hungy and sooooo tired. Climb On!!!!! | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2002 2:58 pm | ||
| bighigaz | Route Climbed: East Saddle/Hikers Route Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| Beautiful view! Where pants! | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2002 6:33 pm | ||
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