WHen are you guys going? I have been through before and could probably get "through" in about 3 days if I had to. Go through all those beautiful peaks and climb none of them? OUCH!
Luna cirque on the e. side is beautiful and should not be missed along with Luna Peak itself!
Don't be like some folks over at Nwhikers, who shall go nameless, who climbed up to the "moat" on E. Fury and turned away from the peak even though all they had to do was walk E. a ways and cross on scree and ascend to the summit 300 feet higher... Someone in that party seriously needed to wipe their glasses clean that is all I gotta say.
W. Side of SE Fury isn't bad if you drop down W. Side of E. Fury and then keep dropping down to bottom of scree field. We tried to stay high and UGGGGG! Its a drop of only 300 feet, do it and you will save yourself a LOT of AGONY. On SE fury W. Side there is an epic slot about 40 feet deep and 40 feet wide with SHEER walls on it. We crossed on a snow bridge at begining of august. Would not have been there much longer. 500 feet lower one could also cross it as it is not as deep(Had Snow). If you are already dropped to avoid nasty scree not a problem. Then again from were we were looking it looked like one might have to drop WAY down to get across the next possible crossing of said slot.
From Picket pass you can go anywhere. I recommend staying high then dropping to the mustard glacier and then dropping down to terror lake or going over himmelhorn-ottohorn col.
Brian
Want a 3rd? Probably will be in Waddington area at the time you are going though and it would kill me to go back there and not hit the peaks. Not to mention you have to practically walk over Challenger, Luna, Fury to do the traverse.
Wastral wrote:When did he go? He must have epic bad luck if what he says is true! Skunked multiple times... OUCH!
Better luck next time. Bring a rabbits foot and then release a black cat and see which way it runs...
Different partner?
kiwiw wrote:I would love to climb all those peaks. it's just the unstable weather that is the limiting factor. The guy I'm going with doesn't want to climb anything, he just wants to get through. like I said before, he's been in multiple times to both the north and south side, and just gotten hammered by the weather every time. he bought a GPS and learned how to use it, so that will be his secret weapon this summer against whiteouts and bad weather.