Anna Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Climbed Thielsen today with Mr. badass himself, wazzumountaineer! Made really good time, enjoyed some very cool views, and the last scramble to the top was AWESOME! not much snow left up there..... Kurt I remembered the name of that fire I was on near Jefferson a few summers back...Olallie Lake Fire. Told ya I would remember eventually! Pictures pending... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Anna covered most of it, but... We met at the trailhead and were on the way by 7am. Time to the PCT was about 1 hour 15 minutes. There are a few really small patches of snow on the trail up to timberline, but nothing to get worked up about. We took the left hand side of the ridge because the going is a lot easier than the choss on the right; it's easy class 3 scrambling on the left side. We hit the summit sometime around 10:15am, after a little coaxing to get Anna up there sans rope. She definately scrambled like a champ! The views were decent since we could see south to Shasta...but the views north are currently obscured by the Davis Lake fire near LaPine. We headed back down and had our summit just below Chicken Point. Then the choss sliding began on our descent to the PCT. We finally hit the trailhead around 12:45pm, just in time for a couple more s... here's the West ridge from the summit: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=1294 And the Summit Pinnacle from near the PCT: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=1293 oh, and go on a weekday because we didn't see another soul all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted July 2, 2003 Author Share Posted July 2, 2003 You're AWESOME! Thanks for the climb, it meant more to me than you'll ever know.... So where's OUR summit pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 gawd i wish i was with you two instead of at work yesterday (which sucked), nice work ! hmmm, looks like some good skiing to be had up there when there is still some snow. next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean_Lowery Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 (edited) Hey Anna, thanks for the inspiration. After reading this thread, I had to go climb Thielsen yesterday. Really neat climb and amazing views. Summit block was fun scramble. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=1329 Edited July 6, 2003 by Dean_Lowery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 I climbed that route a few years ago and on that last bit climbed past some MountainEars wearing plastic boots (in early October!, Hot!, no snow!) with a fixed line up to the summit. Great views and some fun bouldering on those wierd lava towers near the summit. Ahhh, Climbing... It takes all kinds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Agree, cool bouldering on the volcanic stuff. After playing around there, 3FJ, Broken Top I think volcanic stuff gets a seriously bum rap. Some of it is choss, but some is totally solid and you can't find anything any frictionyer (is that a word? ). Can't see the need to place pro on that last 80 feet or so, pretty mild scrambling. Definitely a fun outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 "More frictiony." Hey, DFA climbed Thielsen a while back. Kind of a walkup. Is he part of this mysterious Cascade Horsecock Society now, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redoubt Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Dr_Flash_Amazing said: Hey, DFA climbed Thielsen a while back. Kind of a walkup. Is he part of this mysterious Cascade Horsecock Society now, or what? If you will attest that you were wearing shorts over polypro longjohns, your application will be reviewed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Dr_Flash_Amazing said: "More frictiony." Hey, DFA climbed Thielsen a while back. Kind of a walkup. Is he part of this mysterious Cascade Horsecock Society now, or what? i'm sorry but you must have summited a glaciated peak to become a member of our club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluck Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Is there some kind of "proof of prior flaming" you need to join the Cascadeclimbers.com club? Maybe an angry and threatening letter to a co-worker? Some kind of postal behavior witnessed and validated by a notary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 gapertimmy said: Dr_Flash_Amazing said: "More frictiony." Hey, DFA climbed Thielsen a while back. Kind of a walkup. Is he part of this mysterious Cascade Horsecock Society now, or what? i'm sorry but you must have summited a glaciated peak to become a member of our club Thielsen, 3 Fingered Jack, and Broken Top are "Glaciated" peaks? Hmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Alpinfox said: gapertimmy said: Dr_Flash_Amazing said: "More frictiony." Hey, DFA climbed Thielsen a while back. Kind of a walkup. Is he part of this mysterious Cascade Horsecock Society now, or what? i'm sorry but you must have summited a glaciated peak to become a member of our club Thielsen, 3 Fingered Jack, and Broken Top are "Glaciated" peaks? Hmm.... That must mean peaks that were glaciated at one time. But then that would include just about everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Alpinfox said: gapertimmy said: Dr_Flash_Amazing said: "More frictiony." Hey, DFA climbed Thielsen a while back. Kind of a walkup. Is he part of this mysterious Cascade Horsecock Society now, or what? i'm sorry but you must have summited a glaciated peak to become a member of our club Thielsen, 3 Fingered Jack, and Broken Top are "Glaciated" peaks? Hmm.... where did anyone say that they were glaciated? mabe i am blind, but i dont see it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Fence_Sitter said: Alpinfox said: Thielsen, 3 Fingered Jack, and Broken Top are "Glaciated" peaks? Hmm.... where did anyone say that they were glaciated? mabe i am blind, but i dont see it... It's here. for Mazama membership are: Mt Thielsen, Broken Top, South, Middle and North Sister, Three Fingered Jack, Mt Jefferson and Mt. Hood. In Washington, summiting Mt. St. Helens, blah, blah, blah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 snoboy said: Fence_Sitter said: Alpinfox said: Thielsen, 3 Fingered Jack, and Broken Top are "Glaciated" peaks? Hmm.... where did anyone say that they were glaciated? mabe i am blind, but i dont see it... It's here. for Mazama membership are: Mt Thielsen, Broken Top, South, Middle and North Sister, Three Fingered Jack, Mt Jefferson and Mt. Hood. In Washington, summiting Mt. St. Helens, blah, blah, blah... gawtca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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