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[TR] Nesakwatch Spires - Ensawkwatch Enchainment 07/27/2024


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Trip: Nesakwatch Spires - Ensawkwatch Enchainment

Trip Date: 07/27/2024

Trip Report:

 

Posting this mostly just to say that if you wanna get after this, there are still snow patches in the basin for water, and as of last weekend the bugs were not even remotely bad.  Driving past the parking spot for Slesse now highly inadvisable.  We went a bit further and managed to retreat without getting a flat tire, but we were lucky rather than smart in that regard.

 

 

North Ridge of South Nesakwatch Spire from summit of north spire:

N Ridge of S Nesakwatch Spire.JPG

 

Edited to add: Also, the pocket glacier has not slid yet.

 

Gear Notes:
Light rack to modern (grey) #4 Camalot, tricams handy

Approach Notes:
Steep but such a nice well-trodden trail!

Edited by tanstaafl
add pocket glacier info
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Oh Lord no, it took us 12 hours bivy to bivy just to do the two Nesakwatch spires and the NW Face of Rexford, not that we were rushing.  If I was ever that fast I'm not anymore.  We were talking en route about how badass Kobus and John and Emily were back in the day to do all that as an FA.

 

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My partner at one point observed, "I think this is our first trip where our combined age exceeds 100."  hah.  Which sadly means we haven't climbed together since before the pandemic, when we we already damn close.    

I try to keep in mind those wise words of Dave Whitelaw:  "Every day is a gift."  

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