rob Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Trip: Mt. Shuksan - Fisher Chimneys Date: 7/1/2007 Trip Report: My buddy Pie called me up suggesting we do a route together this weekend. By Thursday, a questionable weekend forecast had improved and we decided that Fisher Chimneys sounded like a great idea. Pie recruited Jenni and another climber (Jon) for the adventure. We hit the trailhead at 5 PM Saturday and settled into a comfortable bivy around 8:00 PM or so, dropping packs and going on a quick reconnaissance of the chimneys, hoping to speed our ascent in the morning. Back at camp by nightfall and feeling somewhat confident about the next morning's routefinding, we settled down with dinner and hit the sack. Lake Ann Sunset The next morning, we quickly learned that our confidence in our route was unfounded as we ascended what was to be the first of several incorrect gullies. There was still plenty of snow, and without benefit of a climber's trail or prior knowledge, we wasted time climbing and downclimbing various starts which turned out to be incorrect. Eventually, we found the start of the chimneys (keep moving right!) and didn't have any more route-finding problems after that, except for a few places we had to bypass some snow and moats. Hmm, not this one This seems better... Whew! Jon, Pie & Jenni on top of the chimneys Winnies Slide -- Oh Noes! The black gloved finger of death! On top of Winnies Slide, Pie and Jon weren't feeling well and decided to wait for us while Jenni and I continued to the summit. We made pretty good time up Hells Highway and onto the final slog to the summit pyramid, where we encountered a group of ~15 (!) mounties taking turns on the summit. Due to time constraints, we abandoned our hopes of climbing the SE ridge and climbed the standard snow ramp instead. Pretty easy climbing got us on the summit in short order, where we admired the view and snapped some photos before downslogging back to camp. The hike out to the car was awesome. Summit View Jenni on the summit Me on the summit I downslogging -- there it is again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa_D Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 nice trip--this is definitely on my to-do list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pup_on_the_mountain Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Good job Rob! Looks like you're getting out quite a bit.. keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Right on Dude :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Nice job. Great sunset pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamczak Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 really nice! I have few technical questions - I'm planning on doing the same this coming weekend: how many hours did it take you to do that whole thing? what gear you carry? what did you use? thanks:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Nice job guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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