olyclimber Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 who ever it was, I would just like to offer my services as an agent and publicist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatinoutliquor Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Impussible! Oly, are you a cunning linguist? I want to know how much chocolate was consumed. Chocolate is aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Maybe it was Chuck Norris in a wig. But he didn't climb the Nisqually Icecliff, he stayed in one place and pulled the mountain down with his ice tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Posted by "OldMan" a couple years ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Gauthier Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I'll post some recent images of the Nisqually Cleaver and Icecliff on the blog. Soon I hope... That image is a bit dated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 well, whoever it was... you way to go get it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 dude what's up with the shortcut on the right? no coloured line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Post deleted by MisterE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magellan Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 dude what's up with the shortcut on the right? no coloured line? Nisqually-Gibraltar chute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I dunno, I think Brian might be stretching his Troll legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Ha ha! It was Pandora! I knew it! The following comes to us, courtesy of Mike Gauthier, head climbing ranger MRNP (http://mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/) Nisqually Icecliff, on Saturday a solo climber successfully climbed the route. This marked the first summit for Mount Rainier in 2006, and a rather significant achievement for the climber, Hannah Carrigan. Carrigan headed out towards the Nisqually Basin around dawn, considering both the Icecliff or the Cleaver route. The Cleaver was tempting, but looked thin and icy (particularly near the high traverse up on the Cleaver itself.) The Icecliff also looked hard and thin in places, but doable considering the winter snowload. In the end, she opted for the Icecliff. Carrigan reported firm snow and ice for much of the route. There were a number of difficult problems to negotiate. One section of the icecliff required commitment to both ice tools while traversing and climbing. Getting across the Bergshrund at the base of the cliff also required technical climbing. One notable comment was that slots, crevasses, and steep sections viewed from below, grew substantially in size once on scene. After passing the technical secions in the Icecliff, Carrigan then ascended the upper Nisqually Glaciers to the crater rim and Columbia Crest. She reported a number of open crevasses on the upper Nisqually and Ingraham glaciers. Despite the deep snowpack below 10K, there still seems to be some gapping crevasses up high. Carrigan descended the Gibraltar Ledges back to Camp Muir. An excellent solo journey on a big mountain in the winter, Good Job Hannah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Bitchin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 WAY COOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Gauthier Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Congrats to Hannah for sure, it was definitely her day on the mountain. I've got an image with the route marked... I'll post it to my blog soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Righteous! Rawk on, Pandora! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Well Done, Hannah! E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Nicely done Hannah! Glad to hear it went well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To_The_Top Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Congrats Hannah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Somewhere in an alternate reality the title of this thread says "Pandora drags some fatass dude up the Nisqually Icecliff." EDIT: ok, so we're going to try to misunderstand my post now, eh? Reading instructions: the above post reads: "Pandora is a flippin slogzilla badass, and it's a good thing that she soloed, so that some poor fool didn't have to get horsedrawn up the frickin Nisqually ice-cliff." There, that should clear up any confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Nihhce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I was wondering, how did she make it without someone to heckle the whole way? Be that as it may: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 no fair!!! hannah wieghs about as much as a pack of cigarattes - if i went dancing across all them goddam cracks my gargantaun ass would plummet all the way down to china for anyone even heard i was gone... nice job girl - now what's your daddy think about all that? kinda makes me rethink my plans on turning my own daughter into an uber-mountain-machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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