Jeremy Hakes - Oct 21, 2008 12:19 pm - Voted 10/10
Good page.
Nicely done, but I disagree with your rating for the actual summit block - f you don't do the last 3 moves to get on top of the summit block, it is 3rd class. To actually get on top of the summit spire is definitely 5th class. The exposure to the south is extreme. A fall would be fatal. The day we climbed it (7 people all together), only 4 of the 7 got on the summit block - the other three called touching the top good enough (a LONG reach). Those few moves (and the exposure) make this a low 5th class climb.
It is at least 6ft higher than any other rock, proven with hand level and water level from the middle of the summit candidates. . Requires a mantle move (hard 4th class or low 5th class) to reach the top and is rather exposed.
Jeremy Hakes - Oct 21, 2008 12:19 pm - Voted 10/10
Good page.Nicely done, but I disagree with your rating for the actual summit block - f you don't do the last 3 moves to get on top of the summit block, it is 3rd class. To actually get on top of the summit spire is definitely 5th class. The exposure to the south is extreme. A fall would be fatal. The day we climbed it (7 people all together), only 4 of the 7 got on the summit block - the other three called touching the top good enough (a LONG reach). Those few moves (and the exposure) make this a low 5th class climb.
Elizabeth Riggin - Oct 23, 2008 3:34 pm - Hasn't voted
Very cool rock formations!I enjoyed your photos and report...the rock formations are so cool! Take care, Liz
John Kirk - Jan 26, 2009 4:55 pm - Hasn't voted
DifficultyThis photo of yours shows the true summit (the lighter colored pillar that shows sky above it):
http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=454645
It is at least 6ft higher than any other rock, proven with hand level and water level from the middle of the summit candidates. . Requires a mantle move (hard 4th class or low 5th class) to reach the top and is rather exposed.