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Hey ryland_moore , good connection....although I guess there weren't too many of us climbing last weekend. How was the rest of your trip? My buddy and I were jealous of your set-up.....two nights ....wine....girlfriend.... I was pretty stoked about our climb until ~Nada lake when I realized I had slammed to much water to fast after being dehydrated for most of the day. Are you in the Seattle area?

Unfortunately yes, would have loved to hit them too (noticed your earlier response) but did not have the time or energy. When you climbed Monument did you have to prusik the final summit block - like Beckey recomends?

Thanks for the tips. Went for it this weekend in reverse starting with Mt. Temple, High Priest, Boxtop, and ending with Prusik. Great rock on all of the peaks....although it was hard to stay on the ridge proper for most of the climb. Boxtop was classic and the West Ridge of Prusik was the cherry on top. Only problem we had was water as Erik pointed out (in response)....so we got way dehydrated by the time we finished Prusik and I chucked a couple of times on the 10 mile hike out. Thanks

Aesthetically the traverse is much more impressive when you have Forbidden in front of you rather than the chossy ridge of Torment in your face. That and it is very anticlimactic to end on Torment. Technically: getting onto Torments SE face from the ridge is tricky and descending off of Torment is a pain (3-4 crappy raps). Anyway just some thoughts.........

Scheming a traverse across the Temple ridge spires in the Enchantments starting with Prusik Peaks south face then onto the Flake, Boxtop, Pogo Pinnacle, the High Priest….and ending with Mt. Temple. The traverse looks great on paper…..but is it feasible? Any beta or thoughts would be much appreciated.