thelawgoddess Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 looking for some beta - - anybody been up the finger/thumb recently? or had a good look at it? Quote
knelson Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 Haven't been up there, but Gator's last climbing conditions update on the MRNP website (which I can't seem to pull up right now, or I'd cut and paste for ya) said it was pretty out of shape. Entrance was a rocky waterfall at the moment, I believe he said. -kurt Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 28, 2005 Author Posted July 28, 2005 thanks. i guess i should have checked there first. DOH! anyway, found it: "Fuhrer Finger - this route is out for the season. The entrance to the chute is now a rocky waterfall and the approach up the Nisqually is heinously crevasse ridden." guess i'll be savin' that one for next year! Quote
OlegV Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 http://chris.pirillo.com/images/MountRainier.wmv Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 28, 2005 Author Posted July 28, 2005 http://chris.pirillo.com/images/MountRainier.wmv cool. what were you doing flying around the mountain. i almost got dizzy! btw, who said, "We're closer to the mountain than the climbers are!" not sure i would agree with that one! Quote
sobo Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 Seems to me that the photographer went to a fade (around the 2:20 mark) right as the plane was approaching the Fuhrer/Kautz routes. I didn't see 'em, didjoo? Quote
graupel Posted July 29, 2005 Posted July 29, 2005 This photo as of Wednesday showed it as being discontinuous. I've never been close to it under conditions like that to see how much of a hassle that makes it, but at the very least, it wouldn't be as much of a cruise as it would be when connected. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=12319&sort=1&cat=500 Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 29, 2005 Author Posted July 29, 2005 Seems to me that the photographer went to a fade (around the 2:20 mark) right as the plane was approaching the Fuhrer/Kautz routes. I didn't see 'em, didjoo? honestly, i was just enjoying the show as a whole and didn't notice any routes in particular. Quote
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