tvashtarkatena Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Trip: Horseshoe and Booker - Go to Buckner, hang a left, descend, hang a right Date: 7/28/2010 Trip Report: Josh and I went for #99 on my garbage pile list: Horseshoe, with Booker thrown in as a bonus. Horseshoe provides some exposed chosstacular fun near the summit. Booker probably holds some kind of record for false summits...be prepared for a good, long session of are-we-there-yet? The heat that weekend! Kinda wish we could have a dose of it now, though. Summit Hygiene by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Sahale Arm by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Pet Goat (Sahale Arm) by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Cirrus over Sahale by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Alpine Training by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Horseshoe Lake by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Snaffle by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Horseshoe Summit Sketch Move by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Descending Horseshoe by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Ascending Booker by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Buckner from Booker by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Josh on the buttress above Buckner Basin by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Climbing out of Buckner Basin by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Sahale Arm View by PatGallagherArt, on Flickr Gear Notes: poons n poles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDowns Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Great pics, Pat! Was up on Horseshoe last summer...quite the vantage point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 How far along are you on d list, mon? Cuz that's the ONLY reason to climb Horseshoe LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 My summer climbing with tvash, subtitled "The reason why I have no interest in the WA top 100 any more" But fwiw, Booker has probably one of the top #5 summit vantages I've ever experienced. Too bad that huge steep face is such a pile of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDowns Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Just got #30 this last weekend on Flora...still a long ways off! The cool thing is by the time i get to #50, ill have all the tough ones out of the way! LOL Thats the benefit of helping my dad finish up his list Should be smoother sailing after that but who knows. Ive been wrong in my assumptions before and had my ass handed to me on peaks i thought would be easy. Looks like you've found a good climbing partner in Josh! Anyone willing to put up with "The List" is a-ok in my book Ill say one thing about the T100 list, it has taken me to places i probably wouldnt normally travel to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 when you gonna take up the county highpt list boys? did the mighty, mighty sturgeon rock of clark county in the pouring rain friday - maybe the only time in my life i've done 4 hours of solid hiking with an umbrella in my hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Just got #30 this last weekend on Flora...still a long ways off! The cool thing is by the time i get to #50, ill have all the tough ones out of the way! LOL Thats the benefit of helping my dad finish up his list Should be smoother sailing after that but who knows. Ive been wrong in my assumptions before and had my ass handed to me on peaks i thought would be easy. Looks like you've found a good climbing partner in Josh! Anyone willing to put up with "The List" is a-ok in my book Ill say one thing about the T100 list, it has taken me to places i probably wouldnt normally travel to. Cool that you're doing it with your dad. Man, that's rare. Yeah, that's why I've loved doing the list, too. I've been to some really amazing places off the general radar.... ....with some really, really shitty rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) when you gonna take up the county highpt list boys? did the mighty, mighty sturgeon rock of clark county in the pouring rain friday - maybe the only time in my life i've done 4 hours of solid hiking with an umbrella in my hand I'll wait until after I suffer a massive head wound.... Edited September 20, 2010 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 What route is that up Booker? The ridge from Sahale? I've always looked at the steep N? face - the one you see from Buckner - and wondered if there was a route up it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Trust me, you don't want to climb anything steep on Booker. Its the walk up from Buckner Basin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDowns Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Just got #30 this last weekend on Flora...still a long ways off! The cool thing is by the time i get to #50, ill have all the tough ones out of the way! LOL Thats the benefit of helping my dad finish up his list Should be smoother sailing after that but who knows. Ive been wrong in my assumptions before and had my ass handed to me on peaks i thought would be easy. Looks like you've found a good climbing partner in Josh! Anyone willing to put up with "The List" is a-ok in my book Ill say one thing about the T100 list, it has taken me to places i probably wouldnt normally travel to. Cool that you're doing it with your dad. Man, that's rare. Yeah, that's why I've loved doing the list, too. I've been to some really amazing places off the general radar.... ....with some really, really shitty rock! I hear ya on the shitty rock. Have already had a couple serious bouts of it climbing Jack and Boston! Horseshoe was a blessing after having just climbed those two earlier that summer LOL Its been a great time sharing this with my dad, though. It makes all the hard work, long approaches and, at times, shitty climbing well worth it. Part of doing this list is for my love of climbing and part of it is because my dad is doing it (and i wanna be like him when i grow up! ) Too many of my friends dont have anything in common with their parents...i really cherish my time with my dad in the mtns. Sounds cheesy, i know, but its the truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Well, bruthah, hope to see at the party this year. Don't know when it is though. I'd love to meet you and your old man closer up than through Josh's long lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDowns Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I'll plan on being there Ill bring a few celebratory beers for ya, Pat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 What route is that up Booker? The ridge from Sahale? I've always looked at the steep N? face - the one you see from Buckner - and wondered if there was a route up it. Well, there's that route in Beckey... I tried it long ago (back when the shuttle van would drop you at the trailhead), got partway up and ran into a pitch that was like a vertical wall of pie plates stacked on edge, and we decided we'd had enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 We ran into a route like that near Aspiring in NZ. We looked up, looked at each other, then my buddy asked "Anybody wanna climb this?" We spent the rest of the day in the hut sipping whiskey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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