lancegranite Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Beckey calls the E. face of Three fingers "A 2000' sheer wall of EVIL APPEARANCE that has not attracted climbers...'' Has any living soul with a camera ever visited this area? Quote
dberdinka Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 You can see it from the top of Green Giant Buttress. The snow coulior cutting across it's face actually looks like a good line in a spectacular setting. Other than that the rock looks truly horrid. Some type of metamorphosed-rotten-shist-hooky (actually I dont know what it is but it certainly looks like crap) I think there might be some walls in the Cascades that just can't, shouldn't and won't be climbed due to the exccedingly rotten nature of the rock. (Harry Majors makes reference to this idea in his E Face Mox Peak post) That is probably one of them. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 It's an easy hike to get in there and look. Do it on a rainy day.... Quote
lancegranite Posted December 4, 2003 Author Posted December 4, 2003 Cheers, I would love to hike into the area, but I live 1253 miles from said location. Evil or not, the idea of der verbottenwand has it's own appeal...Any Photos? Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 lancegranite said: Cheers, I would love to hike into the area, but I live 1253 miles from said location. Evil or not, the idea of der verbottenwand has it's own appeal...Any Photos? Plenty of choss to climb here yup! Quote
Bronco Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Seems like I read something about an attempt and photos on www.cands.com. Good luck finding it! Quote
mattp Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 That is www.cands.net, Bronco. Here's a picture either of Three Fingers or perhaps Whitehorse - with another probably unclimbed E. wall. Quote
lancegranite Posted December 5, 2003 Author Posted December 5, 2003 Very nice! I feel like I grew up with Three Fingers. Thats where the bigfoot are. Quote
JoshK Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 Ha! that's a great photo Matt. Is that anybody around here? Ultra lights look scary but fun. Quote
Robc Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 Check out a Hollywood fictional film called High Ice from 1980, starring David Janssen. I recall that it was filmed on the east face of Whitehorse Mt. It might give a good indication of what it might be like climbing adjacent Three Fingers. Quote
lancegranite Posted December 5, 2003 Author Posted December 5, 2003 Ha! I remember the filming of that movie! I grew up in Arlington. That was big news when you are 8 years old... Somehow I remember them flying out a frozen climber with a helicopter...has anybody seen this lost classic? Quote
mattp Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 The east wall of Three Fingers also comes up briefly in the trailer to some Channel 9 production -- an aerial shot that is real cool. I can't remember which show. Quote
forrest_m Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 i've seen the first half hour or so of high ice. cool: scenery, retro gear (gerry down vests, anyone?) lame: story, acting IIRC, four hotshots are making the FA of some rad face, but also bring along Jansson's girlfriend who has never climbed. Two of the guys get killed in an avalanche, but they keep going. The rock looks like black choss, but it must've been good enough to do the rigging for the film crew... someone told me that the movie ends with bad guys, explosions, a helicopter crashing into the mountain, but I never saw the end. Quote
PONCHO&LEFTY Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 MORE THREE FINGERS PHOTOS IN THIS THREAD Quote
dberdinka Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 A quick google search turned up a couple photos taken by a heli-pilot during the filming of said movie. LOOKS GRIPPING! Quote
lancegranite Posted December 5, 2003 Author Posted December 5, 2003 This stuff is priceless! It's 1980, and this guy has scored the most cake job...flying choppers for the movies. Partying, flying,money! He has no idea where Darrington even is. I am so jealous! Quote
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