rollo Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Anyone want to do the south chute/finger traverse Sunday, weather permitting? Normal partners bailed, and I've heard you need a belay across the traverse. PM me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 constance is what got me started and hooked on mountaineering. we didn't do the finger traverse, though; we did the terrible one. (yeehaw!) i don't know how the routes compare, but i found this: Without any snow, the "terrible" is much easier than the "finger." whatever you do, have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distel32 Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 if you can call in sick on monday I'm game! or if we leave saturday night and get back to seattle in the afternoon. Â I just need some alpine...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_retard Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 rollo said: Anyone want to do the south chute/finger traverse Sunday, weather permitting? Normal partners bailed, and I've heard you need a belay across the traverse. PM me if interested. A rope may or may not be necessary depending on your comfort level on class 3 exposed rock. A friend and I climbed Constance years ago using the finger traverse and returning via the terrible traverse never belaying once, and I'm no expert rock climber. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman_Clyde Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Wait a week and I'll join you. I had already planned a one day Constance climb on the 22nd. I'm sure there is still snow on the Terrible Traverse at this point. I did a Google search a while back and found some excellent photos of both traverses, if you're wondering what they are like. I don't have the URL, but I found them using "Mount Constance Trip Report". I still haven't been beyond the top of North Chute but I found the photos reassuring. A confident alpine rock climber would probably not need a belay on the finger traverse. The Terrible Traverse would depend on snow conditions, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 best part about constance is the hike up to the lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollo Posted June 14, 2003 Author Share Posted June 14, 2003 I'll be on Rainier next weekend. Thanks for the offer though, Norman. Maybe some other time. Anyway, I'll be somewhere in the Oly's this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_Route Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Norman_Clyde said: ...still haven't been beyond the top of North Chute but I found the photos reassuring. A confident alpine rock climber would probably not need a belay on the finger traverse. The Terrible Traverse would depend on snow conditions, of course. Yep...after climbing up and over by way of North Chute, and turning toward the summit block, I followed a route that narrowed to an exposed, sloping ledge marked by a pin with a couple runners on it. Â I had no rope and was solo anyway, but thought "a confident alpine rock climber would probably not need a belay here." Then I backed off. Â Choosing the alternate crossing-over by way of Terrible Traverse proved successful, but it was very late into a long season and most of the remaining ice could be bypassed on rock. Bivied on top. Returned by way of South Chute. A glorius hike. Â Heard said: Â ... bring bivy gear, and you will bivy... ... bring rope gear, and you will belay... Â mC Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman_Clyde Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Of course I am referring to the same confident climber of Alpine rock that would not need to rope up on Forbidden's W. Ridge and other such places. In general I am not that person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 glorious is good!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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