daverobb - Jul 7, 2006 12:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
Winthrop Glacier / Upper Emmons Variation
Finally kicked her in the nards! Third times a charm. High winds and low visibilty on the summit day, but went off without a hitch. Linked up an alternate variation below the seracs on emmons and up the winthrop ridge then connected back up with the upper emmons below the bergschrund.
Joseph Bullough - Jul 6, 2006 1:39 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
Liberty Ridge
Made a quick hike into Glacier Basin on 6/30, then a strenuous 9-hour day under perfect blue skies to the bivy site at Thumb Rock on 7/1. Summit day on 7/2 began clear but we became enveloped in clouds on the upper ridge, and navigated to the summit in near-zero visibility conditions by map/GPS. As Brian said, this is an incredible route which fully lives up to its classic reputation.
dunsum - Jul 6, 2006 2:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
Liberty Ridge
Incredible route; fully deserving of its classic reputation. Climbed with Joe Bullough June 30th to July 2nd. The lower portion of the route, up to Thumb Rock, is suffering from the summer's heat and some snow bridges are near failure, but the upper route is in fine shape and the climbing excellent. We topped out in whiteout conditions and had to navigate the summit and the descent by map and GPS.
Summited with a great group of climbing buddies. Great weather and breathtaking scenery. Some slow groups caused a bottleneck at the cleaver because each person was clipping into a fixed line. We wasted an hour waiting behind them, so when they rested at the top of the cleaver we were able to get past them. Other than that frustration, the climb was tons of fun. My first time in glacier terrain. I loved it. I plan on returning to Rainier often to try other routes.
climbhighnow - Jul 1, 2006 3:14 am Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2006
Liberty Ridge
kick ass cimb! man what a route, long sustained FUN climbing. weather was clear, sort of warm which meant some serious rock fall (mostly down low). the upper ridge was in great Alpine Ice shape and seemed to just keep going on forever. super classic! calve burner!
shknbke - Jun 27, 2006 6:09 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006
via Emmons Glacier
Climbed Rainier via the easier Emmons Glacier, but it is a serious haul with 10600' of vertical! Weather was perfect other than high winds up high. Crevasse danger was minimal early in the season. It took us 7.5 hrs to reach the crater rim from Schurman, a serious calf burner!
pjc30943 - Jun 27, 2006 5:51 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
DC up, Ingraham down
There are some mighty big seracs on this mountain:)
Very nice snow conditions; weather was flawless as well [aside from high winds near the summit]. Someone just in front of us fell about 20 ft into a crevasse while we were descending Ingraham. Plunged to the tune of no serious injuries fortunately, as his fall was arrested by his veteran-climber brother, and rescue was facilitated by several groups of canadians.
Climbed it in two days, no guide. Fun route but too much traffic. Will pick less travelled route on next trip. Awesome scenery.
GMatthews - Jun 19, 2006 1:32 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2006
Disapointment Cleaver
I went on the 5 day RMI camp Muir seminar. It was great fun and we had some really great guides. It took are group a just under 11 hours roundtrip from camp Muir to reach columbia crest
(4,392M) summit. This was a great trip.
thenunz - Jun 9, 2006 3:58 am Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
Where's the sumitt?
See Michael's comments below.
iwlclmeverest - Jun 6, 2006 5:18 pm Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2003
Blast
It could be a difficult climb, but we were blessed with great perfect conditions and fun people. Great climb.
MichaelJ - Jun 5, 2006 3:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
Liberty Ridge in six days
On Memorial Day I set off with Scott and Chris to tackle LR. We spent the first night on Curtis Ridge and encountered heavy snow conditions before getting to Thumb Rock around 10k on LR by the second night. We made it to 13k the next day before a storm forced us to bivy. We had two more days of bad weather, including about 5 feet of fresh snow, and two more high bivies, the last of which was about 200 below the Liberty Cap summit, although we couldn't see this in the storm. Winds gusting to around 100 mph the last night almost wrecked the tent and forced us out in the gale to fix anchors a couple times. Summit day was beautiful but Scott got frostbite on all his fingers and three toes.
T Sharp - May 28, 2006 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003
Several Summits
I have been on 7 climbs of Mt. Rainier with 3 succesful summits all via the Dissapointment Cleaver. I have made 2 winter attempts,notably a Jan.1 2000 attempt that was turned away due to high avalanche conditions. I have been unsuccesful on the Kautz and The Gib Ledges. I have also been up to St. Elmos Pass
but turned around due to bad weather.
PellucidWombat - May 24, 2006 2:35 am Date Climbed: May 20, 2006
Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
Weather forced us to bed down at Camp Muir rather than contining on to Igraham Flats Friday night. Snow threatened to shut us down, but by 1am the weather was clear, and we were on the summit by 8am. The sound of a collapsing serac far below was the highlight of the descent.
Our group's speed was rather slow (still faster that the guided groups we got entagled within), so I had enough energy to sprint up the final slope to the summit after crossing the crater. That makes this the 2nd 14er where I've sprinted to the summit :-D
Mark, one way to speed up the rope would have been not to use a leash on your ice ax, as everyone had to stop everytime we hit a switchback and you had to change hands. Even on Liberty Ridge I rarely used the leashes on my ice tools, except when leading across snow bridges when a fall was a real possibility.
aretewalker - May 17, 2006 9:07 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2006
Dissapointment Clever
Left Camp Muir at 12:30 am. Reach the summit before 8 am. Great weather and snow conditions. Good boot path with hand ropes installed the previous day on DC by RMI guides.
Mjollnir - May 6, 2006 5:12 am Date Climbed: May 4, 2006
Liberty Ridge
From Ipsut campgound. With Tauru Chaw. Snow and ice on the route were great. High winds on top. Descent was torture. Absolutely awesome climb.
Climbed Gib Ledges on Feb 3rd 2009 w/ Jack Barben
km_donovan - Apr 16, 2006 3:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2002
Dissapointment Clever
Camped the first night at "Camp Condom" and took a leisurely walk up to Ingram Flats and departed from there at midnight. Funny to see the sea of torches at Camp Muir. Stayed at the Flats another night and watched the stream on RMI clients schlepping past our camp as we sipped hot beverages.
daverobb - Jul 7, 2006 12:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
Winthrop Glacier / Upper Emmons VariationFinally kicked her in the nards! Third times a charm. High winds and low visibilty on the summit day, but went off without a hitch. Linked up an alternate variation below the seracs on emmons and up the winthrop ridge then connected back up with the upper emmons below the bergschrund.
Joseph Bullough - Jul 6, 2006 1:39 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
Liberty RidgeMade a quick hike into Glacier Basin on 6/30, then a strenuous 9-hour day under perfect blue skies to the bivy site at Thumb Rock on 7/1. Summit day on 7/2 began clear but we became enveloped in clouds on the upper ridge, and navigated to the summit in near-zero visibility conditions by map/GPS. As Brian said, this is an incredible route which fully lives up to its classic reputation.
dunsum - Jul 6, 2006 2:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
Liberty RidgeIncredible route; fully deserving of its classic reputation. Climbed with Joe Bullough June 30th to July 2nd. The lower portion of the route, up to Thumb Rock, is suffering from the summer's heat and some snow bridges are near failure, but the upper route is in fine shape and the climbing excellent. We topped out in whiteout conditions and had to navigate the summit and the descent by map and GPS.
RModelli - Jul 4, 2006 7:17 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
win/emmons summitgreat climb. no views on the summit, white out conditions. Great!
swampclimber - Jul 4, 2006 6:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2005
DCTwo day ascent of the DC. Beautiful weather.
marauders - Jul 3, 2006 5:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
Route Climbed: Disappointment CleaverSummited with a great group of climbing buddies. Great weather and breathtaking scenery. Some slow groups caused a bottleneck at the cleaver because each person was clipping into a fixed line. We wasted an hour waiting behind them, so when they rested at the top of the cleaver we were able to get past them. Other than that frustration, the climb was tons of fun. My first time in glacier terrain. I loved it. I plan on returning to Rainier often to try other routes.
climbhighnow - Jul 1, 2006 3:14 am Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2006
Liberty Ridgekick ass cimb! man what a route, long sustained FUN climbing. weather was clear, sort of warm which meant some serious rock fall (mostly down low). the upper ridge was in great Alpine Ice shape and seemed to just keep going on forever. super classic! calve burner!
shknbke - Jun 27, 2006 6:09 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006
via Emmons GlacierClimbed Rainier via the easier Emmons Glacier, but it is a serious haul with 10600' of vertical! Weather was perfect other than high winds up high. Crevasse danger was minimal early in the season. It took us 7.5 hrs to reach the crater rim from Schurman, a serious calf burner!
pjc30943 - Jun 27, 2006 5:51 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
DC up, Ingraham downThere are some mighty big seracs on this mountain:)
Very nice snow conditions; weather was flawless as well [aside from high winds near the summit]. Someone just in front of us fell about 20 ft into a crevasse while we were descending Ingraham. Plunged to the tune of no serious injuries fortunately, as his fall was arrested by his veteran-climber brother, and rescue was facilitated by several groups of canadians.
rockrat2 - Jun 20, 2006 2:57 am
Disapointment CleaverClimbed it in two days, no guide. Fun route but too much traffic. Will pick less travelled route on next trip. Awesome scenery.
GMatthews - Jun 19, 2006 1:32 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2006
Disapointment CleaverI went on the 5 day RMI camp Muir seminar. It was great fun and we had some really great guides. It took are group a just under 11 hours roundtrip from camp Muir to reach columbia crest
(4,392M) summit. This was a great trip.
thenunz - Jun 9, 2006 3:58 am Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
Where's the sumitt?See Michael's comments below.
iwlclmeverest - Jun 6, 2006 5:18 pm Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2003
BlastIt could be a difficult climb, but we were blessed with great perfect conditions and fun people. Great climb.
MichaelJ - Jun 5, 2006 3:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
Liberty Ridge in six daysOn Memorial Day I set off with Scott and Chris to tackle LR. We spent the first night on Curtis Ridge and encountered heavy snow conditions before getting to Thumb Rock around 10k on LR by the second night. We made it to 13k the next day before a storm forced us to bivy. We had two more days of bad weather, including about 5 feet of fresh snow, and two more high bivies, the last of which was about 200 below the Liberty Cap summit, although we couldn't see this in the storm. Winds gusting to around 100 mph the last night almost wrecked the tent and forced us out in the gale to fix anchors a couple times. Summit day was beautiful but Scott got frostbite on all his fingers and three toes.
T Sharp - May 28, 2006 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003
Several SummitsI have been on 7 climbs of Mt. Rainier with 3 succesful summits all via the Dissapointment Cleaver. I have made 2 winter attempts,notably a Jan.1 2000 attempt that was turned away due to high avalanche conditions. I have been unsuccesful on the Kautz and The Gib Ledges. I have also been up to St. Elmos Pass
but turned around due to bad weather.
PellucidWombat - May 24, 2006 2:35 am Date Climbed: May 20, 2006
Route Climbed: Disappointment CleaverWeather forced us to bed down at Camp Muir rather than contining on to Igraham Flats Friday night. Snow threatened to shut us down, but by 1am the weather was clear, and we were on the summit by 8am. The sound of a collapsing serac far below was the highlight of the descent.
Our group's speed was rather slow (still faster that the guided groups we got entagled within), so I had enough energy to sprint up the final slope to the summit after crossing the crater. That makes this the 2nd 14er where I've sprinted to the summit :-D
Now I've got to come back and do Liberty Ridge!
MichaelJ - Jun 12, 2006 9:26 pm
Re: Route Climbed: Disappointment CleaverMark, one way to speed up the rope would have been not to use a leash on your ice ax, as everyone had to stop everytime we hit a switchback and you had to change hands. Even on Liberty Ridge I rarely used the leashes on my ice tools, except when leading across snow bridges when a fall was a real possibility.
aretewalker - May 17, 2006 9:07 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2006
Dissapointment CleverLeft Camp Muir at 12:30 am. Reach the summit before 8 am. Great weather and snow conditions. Good boot path with hand ropes installed the previous day on DC by RMI guides.
Mjollnir - May 6, 2006 5:12 am Date Climbed: May 4, 2006
Liberty RidgeFrom Ipsut campgound. With Tauru Chaw. Snow and ice on the route were great. High winds on top. Descent was torture. Absolutely awesome climb.
Climbed Gib Ledges on Feb 3rd 2009 w/ Jack Barben
km_donovan - Apr 16, 2006 3:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2002
Dissapointment CleverCamped the first night at "Camp Condom" and took a leisurely walk up to Ingram Flats and departed from there at midnight. Funny to see the sea of torches at Camp Muir. Stayed at the Flats another night and watched the stream on RMI clients schlepping past our camp as we sipped hot beverages.