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Romain

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Voted 10/10

To readers:

If you get to the summit before I do this year, please place the summit register back on the true summit. It has no business being placed anywhere below. Also, the piece of webbing should be taken down.

The Sierra's aren't Disneyland, we should respect climbers and the mountain.

Posted Jul 3, 2001 9:06 am

mconnell	Untitled Comment
Hasn't voted	It was down when I was there last year but I didn't put it back. The keeper of the registers at the Sierra Club has also requested that it is replaced on the summit where it belongs.
	Posted Jul 3, 2001 3:40 pm

Deleted User	Untitled Comment
Hasn't voted	I climbed Thunderbolt on August 1 and put the register back on the summit. Hopefully it will remain there.
	Posted Aug 8, 2001 5:14 pm

Romain

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Voted 10/10

I just returned from Thunderbolt and the summit register was back down below the summit block. I wanted to place it back but the ring to attach it to the summit bolt had been freshly broken (plus there was no nut to secure it to the bolt). Since I had no way to reattach it, I left it where it was. I guess this will require a new register box.

Also, there was an obscene amount of webbing hanging from the summit bolts. I deeply regret not having the presence of mind to take it down. As it stands people can just hand over hand the webbing to get to the top. Not a very elegant nor praiseworthy way to reach the top. At least we climbed it "clean"... My only hope is that the webbing will deteriorate enough over the winter that it will not be possible to trust it next year...

Posted Sep 6, 2001 12:37 am

Josh

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Hasn't voted

As of 6/24/01, the summit register is no longer on the true summit! Someone took it and put it on the ground just below the summit block. Also, there is a 15 foot piece of webbing tied to the summit bolts that some people use to haul their weak asses up (I don't know how long that will stay....I should have taken it down myself). Come on you guys, it's only 5.8+!

Posted Jun 25, 2001 10:11 am

Romain

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Voted 10/10

Posted Jul 3, 2001 9:06 am

mconnell	Untitled Comment
Hasn't voted	It was down when I was there last year but I didn't put it back. The keeper of the registers at the Sierra Club has also requested that it is replaced on the summit where it belongs.
	Posted Jul 3, 2001 3:40 pm

Josh

Untitled Comment

Hasn't voted

I climbed Thunderbolt on August 1 and put the register back on the summit. Hopefully it will remain there.

Posted Aug 8, 2001 5:14 pm

Romain

Untitled Comment

Voted 10/10

Posted Sep 6, 2001 12:37 am

sybilyang	Untitled Comment
Hasn't voted	As of 7/25/02, the summit register was moved down from the summit monolith on Thunderbolt peak. I don't know who did it, but, it was sitting at the southwest foot of the summit block. (BTW, that's means the register is actually below 14,000 feet) .
	Posted Jul 27, 2002 12:33 am

Steve Grind	Untitled Comment
Hasn't voted	I was up there on Sept. 17, 2002 and the register is still down. The cast eyelet used to bolt it to the summit is broken, and therefore could not be bolted down on top. Also, the webbing is still up.
	Posted Sep 21, 2002 8:31 am

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