With Jim feeling sick he switched into Teresa’s solo “quarantine” tent and Teresa moved into the Hex shelter with me. As a group we were hoping for a good weather day for our Wednesday attempt on Pinnacle Ridge. Weather was a bit unstable in the morning, but Dominic, Sarah, Teresa and I started up the [...]
Archive for August 4th, 2009
Bonney Pass
Posted in backpacking, climbing, tagged Bonney Pass, Dinwoody Glacier, Pinnacle Ridge, Titcomb Basin, Wind Rivers, Wyoming on August 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Turret Peak
Posted in climbing, tagged Elsie Col, rock climbing, Turret Peak, Wind Rivers on August 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sometime early in the night Jim decided that a rock was ill placed below his sleeping pad. I looked over with some horror as he started to swing the ice tool we’d brought in an attempt to excavate the rock or add extra ventilation to the tent. Eventually, he determined the rock was larger than [...]
Wind Rivers: Approach
Posted in backpacking, climbing, hiking, tagged Glacier Trail, horse packers, Wind Rivers, Wyoming on August 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
After my group free-solo of the Second Flatiron I rushed over to Teresa’s house arriving sweaty by several minutes early. “Can I use a bathroom to change? I just joined a group free-soloing the Second Flatiron.” Without batting an eye, she just said “I picked a great group for this trip.” Dominic and Sarah soon [...]
Second Flatiron
Posted in climbing, tagged Boulder, Colorado, free solo, Freeway, rock climbing, Second Flatiron on August 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While lurking in the forums at Mountain Project I noticed a group planning to free-solo (ie, climb unroped) up the Freeway route (4th class or 5.0) on the Second Flatiron in Boulder. They were starting at 7am on a Friday morning, a time I’d normally be at work. However, I had Friday off with a [...]
