Climbing Agrihan Mountain in Northern Marianas

Posted by clintkaul on Dec 8, 2017
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Dates: May 23, 2018 through Jun 10, 2018
Location: Northern Mariana Islands
City or Place: Agrihan
Skill Level: Intermediate
Categories: Hiking, Mountaineering
Partner Status: Want Partners

Hello,

In 2015, John, Roger and I organized a trip to the Northern Marianas
Islands. The goal was to summit Agrihan (Agrigan) - the highest point
in this US territory. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful - turned
back by a cliff just 200 feet away from the summit ;( You can read
the trip report here on summitpost..

Agrihan is located some 200 nautical miles north of Saipan.
Consequently it is non-trivial to reach, and we found the summit may
take some work to obtain - including lots of machete work. We are in
the process of receiving authorization from the mayor's office to land
on Agrihan. We have also selected a ship to take us there in the May/June
time frame. Tentative dates are May 23 - June 10. We are looking
at staying on Agrihan for 10-12 days. If there is strong demand there
may be a shorter overlapping "retrieval" trip of 5-6 days.

We are posting to see if others would be interested in joining this
adventure. Since the island requires renting a ship and authorization
to visit, this is a unique opportunity to travel there and share the costs.
If interested please reply to this post or send an email to
clintkaul at gmail dot com.

Thank you, Clint Kaul and John Mitchler