Date: 3/9/2008
Jared, Bill
Summary: Drunk as hell in Never-Never-Ham the night before. Stayed up until about 3:30 spraying all sorts of crap at Jared’s. Had no idea what was going on. front-pointing 5.8 traverse on mixed snow and ice. summit snickers. sweet ride off the summit with major death fall potential.
The climb:
This mountain GOES. It’s a hoot. Bonus because you can shred the north face. See below.
we ripped down the big face from the top to the left, then right below the cliff bands.
We were super hung over from the night before. We basically set ourselves up to die and somehow come out alive. It’s no example to follow in mountaineering, that’s for sure. Whatever. It works for Jared and I.
In September of 2006 we took a lap up this route. That was fun. However, we weren’t afforded the luxury of a dirtbike and a huge truck. This time we had to earn it. Yay! Time to get out the splitboards!
just after clearing the treeline
People have climbed this in the winter minus ropes. Uh no. It’s death fall potential in places and I’m not willing to take the risk. It’s simple climbing once you gain the ridge. Most climbing is done on the South side of the ridge.
The south side of the north twin isn’t worth riding. It gets melted out all year and the faces are too blocky and steep.
the route!
yay. we made it. now for the ride down..
Oh boy! and then it got better. Baker was wearing a hat but we were under the cloud deck. woo! The North face was mega shreddable.
Then the snow melted and a dirt bike appeared and we rode out in style.
WeeeeeEEEEEEEEEeeee!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredvg/sets/72157604105644281/
Tags: shred
