Choada_Boy Posted November 24, 2007 Posted November 24, 2007 Trip: Sumallo Cirque - Zero Gully Gear Walk Date: 11/23/2007 Trip Report: Like a bloated tick, I once again detached myself from the rest of humanity and hoofed it out to the Heart of the Spirit World, this time for a re-match with Sumallo Cirque. Leaving my Canyoneero at Pitch Dumb o' Clock in the morning: Three hours later and VOILA! I'm at the base of my brilliant idea. Pretty mountain! Pretty mountain! Pretty mountain! The Perfect Crime! Wait! What's that?? Wait a second!!!!!!! Seems like my deal(s) with The Devil came back to haunt me as Satan himself and his Demon Legions were furiously shoveling as much snow towards me as they could from all aspects and altitudes. So sad... So, for the second and a half time, and after standing around for a full hour marveling at my surroundings and admiring Satan's shoveling tenacity and copiousness, I turned my back on one of the most disgustingly beautiful places in the world and headed back towards my beloved civilization. Boy, after such a soul-filling experience in the Throneroom of the Mountain Gods, I sure was happy to find that the rest of the world was still, quite literally, a smoldering, ruined wasteland! Just as I'd left it!!!! Turns out, it was all part of BC's "Sunrise Enhancement Program". Don't get mad! Get even!! See ya! -J Gear Notes: Brought: 6 small nuts, 2 pins, 2 screws, 1 picket, 3 runners, 60m 6mm, etc. Used: Boots Approach Notes: I left B'Ham at 2:30 and got to the base of Zero Gully just before 8 without breaking a sweat. Dru's voodoo magic won't work on the gate, they've figured out how to use locks, so plan on hoofing it. The approach is so easy it feels like a crime, and if you follow the road to the very end, it dumps you right under Mount Payne with no bushwhacking. Quote
catbirdseat Posted November 24, 2007 Posted November 24, 2007 (edited) You got a lot closer than I did. Edited November 24, 2007 by catbirdseat Quote
111 Posted November 24, 2007 Posted November 24, 2007 love the throneroom shot. Gotta enter that in the next photo contest Quote
G-spotter Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 even with better equipment we couldn't get thru the gate today, so we went ice climbing instead. Quote
Don_Serl Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 (edited) you found climbable ice? edit: oops, just found your "Hope Mtn - Poker in the Rear" TR. very nice photos - inspiring! too bad it snows in later on... cheers Edited November 25, 2007 by Don_Serl Quote
cheamclimber Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Thats no fun, a big slide came down Cheam today...the drainage gully for the NW bowl is all clogged with avalanche debris. Quote
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