mountainsloth

Beautiful pictures and a nice solo adventure. Thanks for sharing.

Glad to hear the trail is in great shape and new hardware on the classic. I need to make it back out. That place is old school and quite good.

Wow. Great report. Love the stoke! A reminder that I need to revisit such an amazing peak.

Wow! What an amazing adventure! Your photos are great and you really capture some great moments. I wish there was more photos of the actual climbing. 😊

Ooo! Nice line. I like what is to the left on that wall too!

Cool! I love seeing TRs of these long forgotten peaks. Sad to see the trail in such horrible shape. Much of the Pasayten trails seem to have fallen into this condition. I had the same issue along the lost river and monument creek up and over pistol pass a handful of years ago. Books and maps said the trail was there, NF had no current beta, so we had a pretty serious schwack. Ballard is not on the Bulger list!? I wonder why?

Nice work. Looks great!

Nice! This has been on my list for a while. Looks right up my alley! 🤪

Wow. Quite a story. A good reminder that shit happens to very experienced climbers. Sorry it had to happen to you. The rescue sounded like it was smooth as can be. Outside of the accident you must feel quite fortunate for the beautiful trip and the speedy rescue. Cheers to learning from mistakes!

Every mountain trip is a learning experience.

Bummer on the failed summit. So close. Why was your buddy sick? Sounds like the universe is fighting you hard on this peak. Keep trying and be more careful on the descent. 👃 🤕

Cool idea. Lovely photos.

Interesting story. Serac fall sounds scary. The mountains always teach if you are paying attention. Glad you are around to do the learning. Warm, Late evenings are bad times to be crossing glaciers. It was well over 10 years ago now but I seem to recall a 60M rope being the right length with some downclimbing at times. Doubles don’t make sense as you are rappelling steps in what is mostly a 3rd/4th class ridge.

12 cars at the TH is unheard of! Crazy!

Wow. What a wild idea. I love your creativity to challenge in the mtns. Just goes to show you, our biggest mountains reside inside us all.

More slabbage growing in the slabbage patch. Love it! Wish I were there to play.

Are there other established routes out there? Looks like it has some potential.

Cool looking Mtn. Thanks for sharing. I love learning of newish routes/places.

My knees feel 60 but my heart feels 20. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Love it! Spectacular pics in and area I explored much more slowly a few years ago. I do love running long days in the hills. Too bad my knees don’t anymore.

Thanks. I appreciate that.

Hey gang, I have a trip planned for WY at the end of July. Where is there good camping near GTNP? The climbers ranch is closed for the 2020 season due to COVID. 😕 Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Banks is awful. The sun is oppressive, the mosquitos horrid, and the wasps swarm from every flared crack you climb. Plus all the holds are slopping in the same direction and the few jugs explode at the slightest pull. Also, the locals try to run you down with their ATVs or shoot you off the wall. you got lucky finding banks lake on the only week of the year this shit doesn’t happen. 😏🤫

Yea, I’ve tried 2, 3, & 4 day trips with a variety of altitudes we stopped at and every time I got sick on the second day. 🙄 Yet many of my friends have been up and down Rainier multiple times in a 24 window and never felt a bit of sickness. everyone is different.

Nice one. I have attempted to climb rainier 3 times, each a failure due to severe altitude sickness. Some just can’t catch a break. I don’t dream of this Mtn much anymore but when I do it is of this route. Thanks for the stoke.