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| iditarod81 | Witness to a death.  | |
| Another hiker wearing jeans and a sweatshirt was climbing up as we were coming down in snow and hail. We told him to head down with us, but he had summit fever. We found out later that he had perished of hypothermia on the summit. It was really sad. A warning to those unprepared for Longs or any other mountain, I guess. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2009 2:09 pm | ||
| ZachStone | In line | |
| blah, minus the massive crowds and painted blazes it would have been a blast. thats what i get for going up on a saturday in july i guess. good quality route though | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2009 2:08 pm | ||
| sierrasclimber | Cattle | |
| What a cattle route the spray paint on the rocks was painful to see. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2009 10:37 pm | ||
| ChrisHunley | Success! Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| After a few attempts via other routes, this was the first time I made the summit. Regardless of the crowds (which are pretty incredible on a weekend in August) this route is a classic. As far as 'Standard Routes' go, this one is phenomenal. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 5:46 pm | ||
| Fireman79 | Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2005 | |
| I climbed this a while ago but just found this site. We left the car at 1am and climbed this with headlamps. We summited at 7:20 am. In time to see the sun rise. This mountain holds a fond place in my memory. Spectacular! The trough is a bear when there is ice! Well so is the home stretch...! | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2009 4:55 pm | ||
| teliason | Pretty but somewhat tedious | |
| The biggest crux is the wind. Otherwise this is a long, somewhat tedious and crowded route on a good day. | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2009 12:00 pm | ||
| Narendra | October ascent | |
| Tried to climb the Keyhole Ridge, but was forced to bail to the Keyhole Route due to snow/ice. The trough was icy but rock slabs provided an easy ascent. Good route overall. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2008 11:25 am | ||
| gbrady | My first 14er Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1980 | |
| This route takes for ever, but it makes up for it by showing all the sides of Longs and the magnificent views. | |
| Posted Dec 14, 2008 7:08 pm | ||
| DanielWandsneider | Classic | |
| This climb is a classic. No matter how many times I may do this climb, it will never get old. Good climb to expose newbies to class three and exposure (as this was my first 14er) | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 7:47 pm | ||
| AirborneBuff | Solo with Ice Axe Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2004 | |
| climb required crampons and an ice axe, but that ensured for solitude at the top | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2008 3:56 pm | ||
| kunz82414 | Yep, this is the route Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2003 | |
| Keyhole is the way I went | |
| Posted May 2, 2008 9:36 am | ||
| Sam Page | Solo Date Climbed: Apr 5, 1994 | |
| I forget the exact date. I remember interesting mixed climbing up the final stretch. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2008 9:10 pm | ||
| cavufool | 1st Class III Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006 | |
| This was my first experience with class III scrambling while exposed above treeline. I found it to be a bit sketchy with an injured shoulder and trying to cram my size 12's into the cracks on the homestretch. But after gaining another season's experience and returning via Keplinger's couloir I found a line just to the left of the Homestretch (to avoid the crowd) to be very enjoyable! | |
| Posted Dec 14, 2007 8:04 pm | ||
| stevepack | Summer 1984 | |
| Descended the Keyhole route after a climb of the Cables Route. Interesting day...snowing like crazy, couldn't see very far. Lots of fun!!! | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2007 8:46 pm | ||
| argothor | Longs via the Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 22, 1996 | |
| Did the Keyhole route up Longs with my brother after only being in Colorado for 3 days. Awesome views. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2007 4:29 pm | ||
| haytraci | Wow!!! | |
| This was my first experience with hospital exposure...what a rush!! We were blessed with beautiful bluebird-weather, but were also concerned about the carelessness of some of the other hikers we encountered. Ran into a non-English speaking German guy in jeans, tennis shoes, no pack (or water receptacle) of any kind, and completely alone. (Needless to stay we kept him within view just in case until we made it back to the boulderfield.) | |
| Posted May 17, 2007 2:13 pm | ||
| snowhiker | A long day | |
| This was a long day about 12 hours | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2007 6:50 pm | ||
| shanrickv | First 14er Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2002 | |
| First 14er on my second attempt while I was still a low-lander from Maryland. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2006 3:39 am | ||
| Isaiah | Fun day out Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2006 | |
| Solo in 8:30 round-trip. To be honest climbing alone is more boring cause I am the only one there to entertain myself. It was nice to get up it after failing in July on the North Face in 04. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2006 1:05 am | ||
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