Sierras Alpine!!! Whitney Area 8/7-8/15

[SemoreJugs]

Need a partner!

 

Tick List:

Some of the objectives are Mythril Dihedral

http://patituccistock.com/stockclimbing/source/01cl-al0928.html

in the Mt. Whitney area (with tons of other possibilities very close by) and Red Dihedral up the Incredible Hulk.

http://www.supertopo.com/topos/reddihedral.pdf

 

 

Going with a group of 4, so I need a rope partner. We have one more permit spot for you available.

 

Options: FLy into LAX on 8/7 and hitch a ride with my friends from NC.

 

Fly in whenever and rent a car (expensive)

 

Road trip down! This is my favorite option but also the most time consuming. You would have to provide the car (i'd provide 70% of gas expenses to compensate for wear and tear). I've never driven down the coast and have wanted to see it for so long.

 

My climbing style:

I know the balance between fun, adventure, pushing limits, and safety. I tend to get along best with people that are jovial and open. Passive agressive types dont work for me. I expect a partner to be able to communicate effectively, and will give them nothing less in return. I would prefer that we climb a bit before commiting to such a large trip. I've been burned in the past (and lived to laugh about it after) by sight-unseen partners. Trust needs to be developed before we are on a totally committed rock route and I will not compromise on this.

 

 

Resume:

roguly a dozen Grade II-IV Alpine and Long Routes in:

Wyoming's Wind River Range, Eldorado Canyon, Squamish, Outer Space, Enchantments, Linville Gorge, NC , Looking Glass Rock, NC

 

I've been on Rainier twice:

once on Kautz Glacier Route (up to 13,400)

once on Emmons Glacier Route (summit)

 

Rock Climbing: 7 years of trad climbing, 9 of sport and TRing. I spent 7 years climbing on the EAst Coast: New River Gorge, NC (the trad bastion of the nation), Tennesse, and the REd River Gorge.

In the NW I've been climbing at, in order of decreasing frequency:

Index, exit 32, LEavenworth, Tieton, Vantage, Squamish, Smith Rock

 

I'll be taking a trip to the enchantments this July 27-31:

Ticks include Prusik (west ridge and maybe south face)

Dragontail, SErpentine Arete

Stuart NW face of W ridge

 

this will be good training for the Sierras trip and would be a great way to bond with a new partner

 

Edited July 24, 2005 by SemoreJugs

[Billy]

Hope you don't get passed on the uphill side on one of those routes!!!!

[SemoreJugs]

I'm glad you have taken such an interest in me to share your comments. You must have a rich, full life lurking under bridges looking for billy goats to eat. Lets climb together!

[Double_E]

SJ, have you seen my recent thread re. Mt. Shasta? you want to climb Shasta on your way down there to the Whitney area??!! Maybe August 5/6?

 

My climbing style:

I know the balance between fun, adventure, pushing limits, and safety. I tend to get along best with people that are jovial and open. Passive agressive types dont work for me. I expect a partner to be able to communicate effectively, and will give them nothing less in return. I've been burned in the past (and lived to laugh about it after) by sight-unseen partners. Trust needs to be developed before we are on a totally committed rock route and I will not compromise on this.

 

cool, man. that works for me. and especially this part:

 

I would prefer that we climb a bit before commiting to such a large trip.

 

I can't be-liieeve how many people on this site seem open to the idea of connecting with a total stranger via the internet, meeting them for the first time at a trailhead, and then 2 or 12 hours later roping up to climb a heavily glaciated peak, or else a big wall climb or something..... without getting to know each other on a long dayhike or a practice climb, etc. pretty fuckin crazy, if you ask me.