stuart, sherpa, argonaut, colchuk traverse

[boothhaley]

i think this was done by peter croft once, and then onto prussik in the same day -- and with only a banana to eat! ha!

 

but has anyone in recent years done this? anyone have any ideas about the west ridge of argonaut? looks like the w. ridges of stuart and sherpa are both mid 5th class. . . the whole thing could be done quite lightly, maybe in just approach shoes. . .

 

thoughts??

 

-booth

[mountainmatt]

Wayne gave it a go a few years ago...

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=703533

[ryanb]

I heard Joe Puryear did it and I think Fitz Cahall gave it a good go.

[boothhaley]

this guy has a nice TR about it from last september. on page two of the discussion is even a copy of Peter Croft's account. he had fig bars, not bananas. . .

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/961530/1

[ryanb]

Another description is in "ways to the sy, historical perspectives on north american mountaineering" here:

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=aXRz6_EIAYQC&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289#v=onepage&q&f=false