joepuryear Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Trip: FA of Jobo Rinjang, Nepal - Date: 5/5/2009 Trip Report: Hey all, David Gottlieb and I just had a fun adventure in the Himalaya of Nepal. We spent 40 days out and about, first on a cool acclimatization trek, then a climb of Kyajo Ri, then finally our efforts turned toward the unclimbed 6,778-meter Jobo Rinjang. Check out a full account of our adventures on our Climb Nepal Blog. Here a few images from the Jobo Rinjang climb: Approaching Jobo Rinjang: Our line up the south face: A couple shots of David climbing On the summit: Quote
Alpinfox Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 That is one fawking sweet looking peak. Nice work boys! Looking forward to the hometown slideshow of this one as well. Quote
billcoe Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Wow . Nice work, that's out there. You weren't fearful of snow sloughing off/avalanches or cornices breaking off above you on that line ? Big congrats! Quote
davidk Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Way cool guys! Looking forward to the hometown slideshow of this one as well. Me too Quote
davidk Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 (From blog) descent was 20 raps, made by pulling rope directly through ice v-threads, plus downclimbing Impressive LNT! I didn't know that method worked, but 20 raps sure is a lot of proof. Quote
UnderDaSea Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 Beautiful pics on your blog! So Rad, congratulations! Quote
joepuryear Posted May 9, 2009 Author Posted May 9, 2009 Cool, Thanks guys. Wow . Nice work, that's out there. You weren't fearful of snow sloughing off/avalanches or cornices breaking off above you on that line ? No, there was very little snow. It was a very dry winter in Nepal. Most of the peaks were showing tons of blue ice. Our climb of Kyajo Ri was all ice, when we expected mostly snow. Also, the cornices faced north. Rockfall was the major concern. (From blog) descent was 20 raps, made by pulling rope directly through ice v-threads, plus downclimbing Impressive LNT! I didn't know that method worked, but 20 raps sure is a lot of proof. Yes it works with ropes that are maybe <8.5 mm. We had Sterling 8.4's, which worked great for this. I've tried it with 8.6's and it was tough, but it probably depends on the rope. Quote
damage Posted May 30, 2010 Posted May 30, 2010 nice tr and post, thanks for the great pictures! Quote
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