Buckaroo Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Cassin thanked Washburn for his photos and help on the Cassin Ridge on Denali by giving him these photos of the climb. Washburn recently donated them to the AAC and they've put them on flickr. before LED headlamps before curved ice axe picks before gore-tex before plastic boots and before helmets Cassin on the Cassin ENJOY Quote
Pilchuck71 Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Completely awesome photos! Thanks for posting such a sweet link Buckaroo. I found it somewhat amazing that the photo stats (views) were so low on some of those......74 to 114 views. It should be interesting to watch how quickly that number rises. Quote
AlpineK Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Right on I've only seen photos from an older AAJ. Climbing the buttress from the east fork of the Kahiltna is pretty hard core. It's interesting comparing the conditions they encountered as opposed to the ones I remember. They had a lot more pure rock climbing on the ridge. Quote
Le Piston Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Thanks for sharing those...they were really cool. It makes me feel like a total wimp boy with my modern gear. At least the desire to enjoy the beauty of the mountains remains the same. Quote
YocumRidge Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 Amazing pics and surreal feeling like going back in time to an older civilization but on the same mountain. Pic #32: did they have some sort of accident? Quote
Doug Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 OMFG! Those are incredible. Thanks Buckaroo! Quote
olyclimber Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 Thanks! Root down: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaclibrary Quote
mike1 Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 That was very cool! Thanks for sharing!!! Quote
Buckaroo Posted October 12, 2009 Author Posted October 12, 2009 Pic #32: did they have some sort of accident? according to 50 Classic Climbs summit day was really cold and windy and Canali's feet (or toes?) got bad frostbite, but he got lucky at the hospital and didn't need any amputation. They were really sketch getting him down, it happened near the summit. His feet were swollen and Alippi gave him his bigger boots. Alippi then put extra socks in his bootcovers but couldn't wear crampons. Canali fell at some point and Cassin held him by self arrest. In the final Japanese couloir they were hit by a powder snow avalanche but it didn't take them down. The weather cleared and a plane was able to fly him out. Quote
YocumRidge Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks for digging up the details. Sorry to hear that. Quote
wfinley Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 Those are awesome! Thanks for the link! Quote
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