Re: Mt Whitney Current Conditions
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:25 am
My preferable conditions. It looks like you had a lot of fun as well as only two of you attemptedth the summit. Nice!
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clmbr wrote:My preferable conditions. It looks like you had a lot of fun as well as only two of you attemptedth the summit. Nice!
Kurt Wedberg wrote:. . .
Btw, I love your cover photo of you camped up on Columbia Crest. I guided on Mt. Rainier between 1991 - 2006 and have a lot of fond memories of that mountain. I used to love guiding climbs with enough days that allowed us to camp on the summit. It's an epic experience and the view is awesome. Good on ya!!
clmbr wrote:I don’t know many people who camped or even wanted to camp on (or near) the top of Rainier, Shasta or Whitney (not to mention in unfavorable conditions). For me it’s an important part of mountaineering experience, training and survival skill.
clmbr wrote:As of steam exploration, I never done that; although, always wanted but not solo, too risky. I heard some people had to be rescued because their cloths got wet inside and it was freezing outside. But to be honest, once on the top, I never remembered about them.
clmbr wrote:BTW, sometimes it was impossible to camp in the crater of Rainier due to large and very hard icy pinnacles covering its whole surface except the snow path leading to Camp Muir.
Kurt Wedberg wrote:I'd agree with you on that. I'd rather do it when I know a storm isn't coming in however I've camped up there with steady 60+mph winds. It's great experience getting up there and having to set up tents and secure a camp with big winds. We then built walls around the tents. It was great fun and adventure
The steam caves are pretty darn cool. If you find yourself up there with time to explore again I'd highly recommend it.
That's where a good saw comes in handy to cut blocks. In Antarctica the "snow" on Mt. Vinson is more like ice. A saw becomes much more useful than a shovel for building walls.
edge17 wrote:Anyone heading up to Whitney Portal? I got back yesterday and realized I left a bag in the bearbox at the trailhead with my camping stove, pot, and a few other things.
Wondering if someone could grab it for me and drop it in the mail?
clmbr wrote:edge17 wrote:Anyone heading up to Whitney Portal? I got back yesterday and realized I left a bag in the bearbox at the trailhead with my camping stove, pot, and a few other things.
Wondering if someone could grab it for me and drop it in the mail?
As a matter of fact, my friends are going this weekend. I’ll pass them your request.