kevbone Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Trip report 9/22-9/23 Peak: Prusik Peak Crimper and I and another non CC.comer left the car at 5:15 or so on Friday morning, from the Colechuck lake trailhead. Was on top of Asskick, I mean Assgard pass by 9:30 or so and at the base of the west ridge by 12:30. Took a break and racked up for the Chalkstone south face route. Started the route at 1:30 and did it in 4 pitches. It took a little longer than expected, summiting at 7:38. It was almost completely dark by this point. We rapped off the summit only to find the entire north face was covered in snow and ice. It took a while to find the anchors, due to having to brush the snow off them. Then down we rapped into the black unknown abyss. Not knowing where it ended. This was not our plan, for we wanted to be able to see the anchors and the ledge where we climbed off to the right. We arrived back at the bivy site below the west ridge around 10 PM. Wow, were we wasted, after 16 hours on the go, plus a 10 mile approach. Woke up and left camp around 9 or so and was at the car by 2 pm. Eating fat burgers and beer by 3 and home to Ptown by 10:30 PM. Great route, with a huge approach. Always wanted to climb Prusik, now I have. Gear: set of nuts, single set of cams to green Camelot, doubles to purple Camelot, and one # 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Congratulations on spelling Prusik correctly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Congratulations on spelling Prusik correctly! Thanks. I had to look it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Seriously though, thanks for the TR. It's good to know about the snow and ice on the north side. Any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Seriously though, thanks for the TR. It's good to know about the snow and ice on the north side. Any pictures? No, my camera broke about a week ago, and crimper did not bring his. Sorry. We did get perfect weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 How come the second half of this thread is gone? There was not profanity. No one was getting rude! Who axed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimper Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 that was weird. i noticed that all the references to minx were deleted. i am noticing a pattern here....is anybody else? then again, does anybody really care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpig Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 not so weird. i heard minx graduated to my space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I'll chime in with some pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpig Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 punk, punk., punk, punk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimper Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Gary, thanks for posting some photos. we didn't have a camera between the three of us, so it's great to see your photos and be reminded of just how burly the flare above the chockstone was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) Climbing through the chockstone was cool. Didnt think I was going to fit. Edited September 26, 2006 by kevbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underworld Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I'll chime in with some pictures: chestbeat disguised as charity btw - good pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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