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    Vesper Peak: North face, a short TR

    in North Cascades

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    Bronco said:

    Sounds like Adrian got carried away with the "light and fast" approach. hellno3d.gif

     

    Did you guys consider just soloing the route?

     

    Did you find any natural pro?

     

    Just wondering. Geek_em8.gif

     

    Too bad about your knee, hope you heal fast. thumbs_up.gif

     

    We did consider it, but I refused, not worth it for myself as there were some wet spots in the upper dihedral

     

    Some natural pro, but it was so marginal.

    Vesper Peak: North face, a short TR

    in North Cascades

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    Went up on Sunday morning only to find a group of highschoolers camped at the trailhead, literally. Their tent was right in front of the trail, next to their campfire mad.gif. Tempted to get their lic plate and report the fire but decided they'll get theirs somehow.

     

    Fast approach to Lake Elan (or Vesper Lake) and then down the chossy hillside to the Glacier. Just as we had suspected, the moats looked pretty big. We had only brought crampons and no ice axes, and the glacier was rock hard ice. We then decided to go to the ledges and start the route up higher. The ledge system appears to be pretty creepy, but all in all it was no problem to get on the route.

     

    We got the start of the climb only to find out that Adrien had forgot the pro confused.gif in the car and all we had was 6 slings, biners, and his 3 hexes. He led all 3 pitches up the dihedral with no pro, and some pretty poor belay stations, but easy cimbing, and alot of fun. Since we were a team of 3, it took a bit longer than expected. Reached the summit at 430pm, and then headed down to the car at 5pm, reaching the TH @ 7. Unfortunately the descent went slow since I hurt my ACL (?) in my knee.

     

    Good climb though, next year I'll go back to do the entire route, if those lower pitches are really worth it.

     

    What about a direct route from the start of the dihedral and then a straight line to the summit. Lookes like some good overhanging hand cracks and such.

    Anyone ever check it out?

    Leavenworth Climbing Accident

    in Climber's Board

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    My condolences go out to the family. This is so upsetting, and it makes me very, very, very sad.

     

    Makes you think about things a little more than you did before. Family, friends, etc.

     

     

    Our life can be so short here on earth, pause for a moment and reflect on the reasons why we are here and to pray for the family of the climber that passed away.

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