| 15 May 2004 - The final climb... | [ Sizes: Orig | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
15 May 2004 - The final climb to the summit covered in snow and ice. This picture doesn't do justice to the grade and perilous nature of the pitch in these conditions.
Comments
[ Post a Comment ]| Aaron Johnson | Great route photo! | | 
Voted 10/10 | And why this climb should be avoided by novices until dry conditions pevail. | | Posted May 16, 2004 5:17 pm |
 | | bc44caesar | Re: Great route photo! | | 
Hasn't voted | Yeah, I couldn't agree more...the descent was the worst part. It took me 45 minutes to descend from the summit to the keyhole! Between the soft snow and verglas I couldn't get my points stuck in anything so I had to make scary traverses between scrambling up the rock sides. At least the weather was nice... | | Posted May 16, 2004 6:45 pm |
| | Alan Ellis | Hey Casey! | | 
Hasn't voted | You should do a trip report of your adventure in the San Juans. Looks like it was fun. | | Posted May 16, 2004 7:54 pm |
| | bc44caesar | Re: Hey Casey! | |
Hasn't voted | No problem - working on it right now. As far as fun, only in the sense that it was fun looking back on it. I was pretty much hating life the whole day. It reminds me of a quote I read once:
"Happiness is not experienced, happiness is remembered"
I think that pretty much sums up mountaineering! | | Posted May 16, 2004 8:13 pm |
| | truchas | Re: Hey Casey! | | 
Hasn't voted | Damn, glad you made it up safely. Looks like you needed ice climbing crampons. | | Posted May 17, 2004 10:02 am |
| Jack B | WOAH. | | 
Hasn't voted | That looks sketchy!!!!! | | Posted Mar 25, 2007 7:24 am |
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Uncompahgre Wilderness
