forrest_m Posted June 6, 2003 Posted June 6, 2003 … in 4 hours. Mark “King of the Kahiltna” Westman and I are going to attempt the South Ridge of Hunter. Colin left last night for the Cassin. I guess we’re the second wave of Alaska-bound cc.commers. Wish us good weather and good snow conditions! Quote
erik Posted June 6, 2003 Posted June 6, 2003 HAVE FUN FOREST AND BE SAFE SPECIALED IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE S RIDGE OF HUNTER..... Quote
Distel32 Posted June 6, 2003 Posted June 6, 2003 I hung out with Colin on Monday night and all he could do was talk about the climb and how excited he was. Kid even skipped graduation, lucky bastard! Good luck to everyone Quote
Paco Posted June 6, 2003 Posted June 6, 2003 Szyjakowski said: N Good luck HOMBRES! ditto Have fun and cimb safe. Now go get them mountains. Quote
forrest_m Posted June 27, 2003 Author Posted June 27, 2003 Got back on tuesday. Mark and I landed on the tokasitna glacier below thunder peak on monday 6/9, spent several days waiting for it to stop raining, then set out in the early am on the 12th. we reached the summit plateau of hunter around 6 pm on the 15th and the south summit a bit later. with clouds rising from the valley, we decided to skip the higher north summit in favor of finding the top of the west ridge while we had visibility. spent the 16th hydrating in our tent, and then headed down during the coldest part of the "night", arriving at kahiltna base around 6 am on the 17th after a fairly harrowing trip through the northwest basin. we believe that this was the 3rd ascent of this route, which involves a bit of everything that alaska climbing has to offer: icefalls, mixed climbing up to M4, full-on corniced ridge traversing, long stretches of moderate ice, uncertainty and commitment, and a traverse of mt. hunter's 4-mile wide summit plateau. i'll post a longer TR when i get some photos scanned. Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted June 27, 2003 Posted June 27, 2003 nice man! congrats! and let see them pics... nice one! Quote
Marko Posted June 27, 2003 Posted June 27, 2003 Oh man, very freaking cool Forrest! Hunter is definitely THE grandest peak I've had the pleasure of failing on. South Ridge, nice. Did you enjoy the Happy Cowboy? Pictures man, pictures! Cheers, Mark Quote
glassgowkiss Posted June 28, 2003 Posted June 28, 2003 Marko said: Oh man, very freaking cool Forrest! Hunter is definitely THE grandest peak I've had the pleasure of failing on. South Ridge, nice. Did you enjoy the Happy Cowboy? Pictures man, pictures! Cheers, Mark nice job. i think happy cowboy is on south east spur, not on south ridge? Quote
Marko Posted June 29, 2003 Posted June 29, 2003 Pretty sure it's above where the two routes meet. I gotta check a photo to be positive though. Mark Quote
forrest_m Posted June 29, 2003 Author Posted June 29, 2003 marko - you're right, the happy cowboys start about a pitch beyond where the SE spur and the S. ridge join. about the best i can say about the cowboys is that thank god i never have to do anything like that ever again... Quote
Marko Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 A section on the route of steep knife-edge crap snow with thought-provoking exposure off both sides. Forrest and Mark should have a better definition than I do though. Mark Quote
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