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| bechtt | SW Chute #1  Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2007 | |
| Alternate Challenge Peak with Chris (metasyn11) for the 2007 Sierra Challenge. Picked in lieu of the dozen people heading up the shooting gallery known as Jigsaw Pass. OK, 99% success as we failed to gain the summit block (F grade for lassoing effort). Got to climb the Cl.4 section above the notch twice after the rope stuck post-rap (we wanted to use the rope since we dragged it up). Slip on talus block below T-Bolt pass fractured thumb and knocked me out of remainder of SC2007. Revisit to T-Bolt a must after climbing/lassoing experience improves. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2007 1:14 pm | ||
| dvsanbt | attempt at traverse | |
| SW#1 chute. Did not really succeed beause I was too much of a wuss to solo the 5.9 summit block. Also balied off just before starlight on the traverse - was having issues route finding (was trying to be too cool by not bringing any route description - that, in addition to being a wuss, did it for me). Came down SW#2 chute - intense route finding on the way down to keep myself from getting killed. I do not know, but the down climb from T-bolt to the notch between it and Starlight did not feel like class 4, and neither did being on the ridge pretty much all the time till the last prominent spire before the Milk Bottle. Was kind of fun in a pervese sort of way. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 1:04 pm | ||
| metasyn11 | SW chute #1 Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2007 | |
| Dayhike out of South Lake as an alternate peak for the Sierra Challenge. We had no problem climbing the chute and getting to the summit area, but after 30 minutes of trying to lasso the final block we gave up and were content with signing the register at the base. I'm still trying to decide if this counts as an ascent, but it was a fun climb nonetheless. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2007 12:38 pm | ||
| J Fox | Underhill Couloir Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| The bro and I climbed T-bolt via the Underhill as the first peak of our T-bolt to Sill traverse. We found a solid bridge across the berg and after the inital sandy sections found the couloir to be quite fun to climb. Summited at 7AM to awesome views of the entire range. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2007 5:30 am | ||
| graham | T-bolt to North Pal Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007 | |
| Marty and I did the T-bolt to North Pal traverse from South Lake TH; ~15 hrs CTC. Got pushed off of North Pal by lightening ~1pm; otherwise another great day in the Sierras with great company. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2007 3:08 pm | ||
| atavist | good climb | |
| I had previously reached the base of the summit block but couldn't reach the top with boots and no rope. I had to return to finish the last 2.5 meters. One of the best summits in California! | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2007 11:59 am | ||
| steve_hiebert | Tbolt via Underhiill Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 20, 1995 | |
| A really nice day on a really nice Sierra 14er. My climbing partner Andrea and I topped out by aiding the summit block after tossing a rope over the top. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2007 7:37 pm | ||
| gjonbelay | North Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2006 | |
| Seven of us mounted the summit block thanks to Rick Booth leading the summit pitch on another excellent PCS adventure. Trip Report. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2007 4:28 pm | ||
| Dave S | North Couloir Date Climbed: May 30, 2007 | |
| Fun climb! | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2007 2:31 am | ||
| physics | North Couloir Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2007 | |
| "I am worn and bruised but I am here at least." Left base camp solo at 4:00AM, crossed glacier and reached berg 5:00; climbed up couloir (including 200 ft of neve and 2 small patches of grey ice), tended to climbers left over and through some rocks reaching the crest at 6:30. Dropped down on west side to find lots of snow on all ledges and exposed rocks. I had no beta other than "south summit is the high summit". Traversed and climbed the class 3 and 4 with crampons. Finally was on top of the summmit block at 8:00AM still wearing crampons. rapped down and down climbed back to camp by 10:30. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2007 10:28 pm | ||
| lizrdboy | Southwest Chute Date Climbed: Oct 10, 1999 | |
| Made it to the tippy top - but only because Roxanna Brock climbed the last pitch. Thanks Rox! | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2007 5:35 am | ||
| SamG | Hard Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2003 | |
| Fun hike but the shoot was the shoot from hell. good hike great view | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2006 3:31 am | ||
| kovarpa | North Couloir Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| My final CA 14'er. First crux was crossing the bergsrund and the second one was the summit block - not that hard but I really didn't want to fall... North Couloir was all snow this time of year. Overall, very fun, no people. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2006 2:08 am | ||
| RickF | SW Chute from Thunderbolt Pass Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2003 | |
| Successful on our 2nd Attempt. On the first try we spent a lot of time finding a way around the boulder choked section of the chute. Doing this as a day hike in October means starting and ending with headlamps. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2006 3:32 pm | ||
| tb00957 | North couloir Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006 | |
| 1st time in the palisade. Very nice route. | ||
| Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:48 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Underhill Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 27, 1979 | |
| Beautiful mountain, fun summit challenge ... great traverse to Starlight. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2006 5:20 am | ||
| Steve Larson | Lived in the Palisades one summer (1980 or so) and climbed a bunch of stuff | |
| First time, climbed it with Mike Graber and a couple of clients while we were both working for the Palisade School of Mountaineering. Underhill Couloirs were kind of grungy, the the climbing above was superb. Summit block didn't seem all that hard. Second time was with Oriole Sole-Costa and Janet Kellum (two other PSOM employees). Booted our way up the north couloir in plastic ski boots carrying heavy alpine skis. Left the ski gear at the summit ridge, put on rock shoes, and did the traverse. That wasa hoot! Summit block still not as hard as I'd been lead to believe. Returned the way we came and had an awesome ski run down to the Thunderbolt Glacier. Did it a third time up the Underhill route. Can't remember who with, though. Dates are rather approximate. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 1:52 am | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: NE Couloir Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| tricky summit block | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2005 5:19 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Route Climbed: NE Couloir, descent N Couloir Date Climbed: October 9, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Kris - NE Couloir is a fun climb that has it all - snow, ice, rock... Fresh snow made for slow going and we bailed out at 4pm, with still maybe an hour to go to the summit. Descent via N Couloir, crossing the 'srund was fun. The climb turned into an epic - back at TH at 12.30am, back in Bay Area at 8am, took a shower, went to work.... | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2005 12:27 am | ||
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