goatboy Posted January 8, 2004 Posted January 8, 2004 Hey Cascade Historians, On page 207 of Nelson's Selected Climbs Vol I (2nd Ed) there is a photo of Sean Courage and Andreas Schmidt on a 3-day traverse of Buckner, Logan, and Goode. Does anyone know more about their traverse? I am curious what strategy they used, what routes they climbed, where they bivied, approached from and descended to, did they use a car shuttle, etc. I am not intending to go do the traverse, necessarily, but I am inspired by their effort and would like to learn more about how they did it. Thanks in advance! Quote
mvs Posted January 8, 2004 Posted January 8, 2004 If you read the text very carefully, you'll see that the team climbed to the top of the north buttress of Goode, which is just a little different from having climbed to the top of the main peak. Lotta people didn't catch that. Quote
goatboy Posted January 9, 2004 Author Posted January 9, 2004 Hi Michael, I took some photos of you on Orbit a long time ago and sent you some -- how'd you like 'em? As for your point about reading the text carefully, all I see is the caption stating that they're "carrying over the NE Buttress on a 3-day traverse" of the 3 peaks. It does not, to me, state or imply that they didn't climb to the main summit. Or are you referring to different text other than the photo caption? Anyone else have any input on this question? Thanks. Quote
mvs Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 Hee hee! Check out this thread this thread to see the inspiration for my misinformation. Hey Steve! Here is one of the pictures you took: pic of mvs thx for sending those slides. Our conversation on the route convinced me to start using slides, now I've got pounds of them. Anyway, that traverse does sound awesome doesn't it? Quote
Der_Wanderer Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 Oh wow yeah, will have to check that out, bust out maps, and so on. Quote
goatboy Posted January 9, 2004 Author Posted January 9, 2004 Hey Michael, I get it now ... your subtle joke went over my head the first time. I'm glad I "corrupted" you to use slides. They're definitely Mo Bettah! Fun to do slide shows too. As for your link, it didn't come up for me. ALso, when I go to "mountainwerk.com" it re-directs me to "Buy Domains.com" and says that your domain name is up for sale. I love your website and trip reports -- is it gone now? Quote
mvs Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 Huh, wierd that the link didn't work for you, it does for me, and I'm on another computer now. It was: http://www.mountainwerks.org/cma/2001/images/meorbit.jpg Anyway, we changed our site name from mountainwerks.com to mountainwerks.org. Got tired of paying the domain fee for .com. So somebody could "dev it out" and make it way better than our crappy mountainwerks.org site! I think if you do that traverse you should climb Storm King too. It's right next to Goode, and you get 4 100-highest peaks... Quote
goatboy Posted January 10, 2004 Author Posted January 10, 2004 Yeah, that link works now . . . I don't know what the deal was earlier. Good call on Storm King . . . I will keep it all on the burner. Hope you're doing well. Any winter adventures for you? Quote
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