mvs Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Dammit. I trundled that ladder off the backside this past spring. Someone went down there and brought it back Next time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 That ladder was placed by the Chinese in 1980. On the first ascent, one climber took off his boots and did a shoulder stand to surmount the step. He suffered frostbite on his feet. That ladder has been used by all climbers since and you had to go and trundle it off. You fiend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 was there a letter to greg_m from his ex girlfriend there this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted November 7, 2003 Author Share Posted November 7, 2003 drat, I forgot about that rumored letter. There was a large collection of Dr. Seuss books, but sadly, no green eggs and ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine_Tom Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Where's your GaperGear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Stanton: you should have gone with Toast and me up Kaleetan if you were out today. Not too much snow up there but it was Brrrrrrrrrr! I'm guessing it was 15F up there but with a windchill making it feel like 0F. 4.5 hours up, 1/2 hour at summit, 3 hours down. Would have taken about a half-hour shorter going up but we wound up doing the 3Gs Route (as in Triple Gullies) when we could have stayed on the ridge crest bootpath the whole time . Melakwa Lake is beginning to freeze over. Chair Peak looked spectacular in these conditions. Saw lots of hints of ice climbing ice forming up on the hike in--particularly the first falls (the one below Snowshoe Falls). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncascademtns Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 What a frick'n mess up there. The place was fairly clean when I was up there last. I guess that was a while ago. No 'green eggs and ham'? I like that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted November 7, 2003 Author Share Posted November 7, 2003 Klenke, well I had to be at work by 10:30, Kaleetan might have felt a little bit far! I hiked up Kaleetan last November though, and I remember the West Face of Chair looked pretty alpine. I didn't realize mailbox peak had become such a magnet for totems. Last time I was up there was just the mailbox and the green eggs and ham book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Pine Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Inspired by MVS's concise and provocative TR, I headed up Mailbox Peak on Friday. I woulda taken a picture of me on the "summit", but the splendor is captured well by the three photos already posted to this thread. In an attempt to satisfy the Necro criteria for a good TR I will now present some useful beta: Don't go, unless all you really require to satisfy your soul is a stiff though short workout and you don't have the time to do Si. The first half of the hike is thru that totally boring generic uniform second growth forest that we all know and love so well. After about 45 minutes, it breaks into some older trees and views open up of other clearcuts and I-90. But then after a bit of open ridge running, you reach the summit. As pictured, the top of this "peak" looks a pullout around Darrington or along the Middle Fork Road . There was even a fucking palette up there! Woo Hoo! Also, it's too cold and windy up there . Here's some more beta: If you do go, don't bring a bunch of stupid shit up there in the belief that people will think it's great!! Instead, if you need some ungainly weight in your pack, bring a case of beer . You know how people talk about training by carrying water up Mt. Si, then dumping the water on top to save their knees on the descent? Well, for Mailbox Peak all cool people bring a case of beer (bottles is best ). They then drink however much they want on top then stash any leftovers under the rotting couch or the shotgunned TV. Excellent training. Do a search for this in the Body Results Fitness Forum. You can leave the empties up there too. It will add to the "ambiance". Lots of people will think that's a cool funny joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Chuck I like your beer idea, but for god sakes, pack out the empties! Also, if you don't like the junk on the summit, don't just chuck it over a cliff, either carry it all of the way out or else leave it be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 catbirdseat said: Also, if you don't like the junk on the summit, don't just chuck it over a cliff, either carry it all of the way out or else leave it be. Yeah, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 (edited) Wow. Getting pumped about this Mailbox Peak climb. Any Official Timers out there? I'm going to need you for my speed climb of Mailbox peak, alpine style of course. I will be wearing my shorts over my performance prolyproplene and of course I couldn't go anywhere without my gaitors. I'll of course document the trip so there can be no doubt as to the validity of my claim: look for a picture of me in the dark, and then one of me with the rotting couch, shot-gunned TV, mailboxes, and that other crap. I have the day off tomorrow, so I'm headed up! Any of you Extremo Mountain Dudes out there up for it? Edited November 10, 2003 by olyclimber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncascademtns Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Is that a real Fire Hydrant? Holy Shit! Who's the bad ass that packed that thing up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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