[TR] Three Fingered Jack- South Ridge 8/20/2006

[dinomyte]

Climb: Three Fingered Jack-South Ridge

 

Date of Climb: 8/20/2006

 

Trip Report:

I won't bore you guys with too many details, since Jack has been popular lately but Kevin_Matlock and I went up on Sunday.

 

Simply hiked in the 5 miles or so the climbers trail, headed on up to ridge, scrambled up, dropped our packs, belayed across the Crawl, scrambled some more, waited 2 hours for our turn up the pinnacle, summitted, then did the whole thing in reverse.

 

The interesting part was our view of the fires on Washington and Jefferson. We heard that the approach to Washington was actually closed, even though the Puzzle fire looked a bit more impressive.

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

Cam on summit pitch, quickdraws, etc.

Edited August 21, 2006 by dinomyte

[Couloir]

...waited 2 hours for our turn up the pinnacle, summitted...

Wow, that's a bitch. It was pretty crowded huh?

[dinomyte]

Actually, most of the two hours was spent waiting while one 3-man team gave rapelling lessons to a gal with them. It was her first time, apparently doing anything. Nice place to learn, eh?

[Couloir]

That's crazy. Good job on the climb.

[gapertimmy]

cool fire pics!

[Kevin_Matlock]

...waited 2 hours for our turn up the pinnacle, summitted...

Wow, that's a bitch. It was pretty crowded huh?

Yep, your typical DMV-style line. By the time we got to the saddle (aka "the waiting room") we looked at the number in our hand: #483. Unfortunately over the summit loud speaker they announced "now serving #6".

 

Oh well, it just gave us some time to watch the folley coming off the top. When it was our turn we had the entire summit block to ourselves. Here's the man himself rapping the top.... notice his big toothy grin since it was a ghost town by the time started down.

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Good trip and good after-climb refreshments were waiting back at the van...