osatrik - Aug 15, 2006 6:09 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1999
3rd time is the charm
Bailed one year at the Rabbit Ears due to party inexperience.
Bailed another year in the crater when a climber was injured (crampon gash) dropping into the crater, just as I was enjoying the steep ice on the other side of the crater -- so near and yet so far.
Four OSAT climbers finally did the route in about 1999, but summit conditions were foggy and we actually pulled out our compasses to get to the right quadrant of the crater on the way out.
osatrik - Aug 15, 2006 6:09 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1999
3rd time is the charmBailed one year at the Rabbit Ears due to party inexperience.
Bailed another year in the crater when a climber was injured (crampon gash) dropping into the crater, just as I was enjoying the steep ice on the other side of the crater -- so near and yet so far.
Four OSAT climbers finally did the route in about 1999, but summit conditions were foggy and we actually pulled out our compasses to get to the right quadrant of the crater on the way out.