Gaucho Argentino Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 (edited) Trip: Baker/Roman Wall (with camera crevasse rescue!!) - Coleman / Roman Wall Date: 4/27/2011 Trip Report: 08/09/2009... Well, sitting in front of the computer is not my forte, but is the only way to share some of the fun. I had been intending to post at least this trip, out of the 30 climbs of the last 2 years, mostly because of some cool pics of massive crevasses, getting my camera out of one... good times. So, on a Friday night, Matt, Chris and I took off to Baker. We tried to bike in the 7 miles of the closed road 39. We did it for only 2 miles and then 5 of carrying the bikes... but it was a hell of a way down !! [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/090807_2200hrs-Biking_in1.JPG[/img] As a funny note, on the Hogback we found a party of six that were going for the North Ridge in a multiday climb, and the guys asked us for an extra lighter because NO ONE brought a single match or lighter (I swear I'm not lying...) We found some late season broken crap up there under the Black Buttes [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/090808_1211hrs-Hitting_the_Glacier_12a11.JPG[/img] And after the very nice day, night came with some clouds and light rain, but nothing that bad [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/326.JPG[/img] However the morning was awesome and we went up working the way through ginormous crevasses... some of them: [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/425.JPG[/img] [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/519.JPG[/img] Unluckily, my velcro camera case opened, and the camera flew into a crevasse... FUUUUUUU#####ccccccc******kkkkk!!!!!! Matt self arresting while I went to the lip to try to see the camera, but no way... [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/617.JPG[/img] Well, what the hell, we kept going and we summit... Pic of the top of the Roman Wall with Colfax in the background [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/712.JPG[/img] Summit rim with an ocean of clouds all around [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/812.JPG[/img] Time to head down, and when tracing our steps, I look again for the camera, and I saw it stucked in a lip about 30 feet down in a 200 feet crevasse !! So we buried two pickets for Matt (his back in the pic) and one more for Chris (took the pic) and down I went. [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/1117.JPG[/img] I got the camera and recorded two videos. NOW: viewer discretion advised , clearly can be exhilarating to go down in a crevasse on an 8.9 mm rope, because the expressions are not precisely for a school, but what the heck, I do not mind, I got my camera back !! NOTE: don't tell me I have no accent, OK??!! First short video: Second slightest longer video: And here is a pic with MY CAMERA of the crevasse where it fall, it got stucked in the little lip border kinda above the big hole you see in the bottom... [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/917.JPG[/img] Finally, we made it out without major extra complications, good time with good friends outside, what can be better? [img:center]http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/1015.JPG[/img] Credit goes to Matt and Chris for pics as well, some were taken by them... Gear Notes: 1 x 8.9mm 60m rope 3 pickets Approach Notes: Bike, wandering around crevasses Edited April 27, 2011 by Gaucho Argentino Quote
curtveld Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Clearly an excellent outing guys! And a much better TR with the recovery of the camera - great shots. Quote
jrex Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Looks like it scared the sh*t out of you while in the crevasse. The shot you took looking down speaks a thousand words. Looks like a sweet climb... Quote
Gaucho Argentino Posted April 28, 2011 Author Posted April 28, 2011 Looks like it scared the sh*t out of you while in the crevasse. The shot you took looking down speaks a thousand words. Looks like a sweet climb... Back in 2009, I think this climb was my fifth ever in my life. The feeling of hanging in the air on an 8.9 mm rope was actually very interesting , specially when you see there is a whole in it and you can not see the bottom ... I do not know many people willing to go on purpose doen there so at least they can see how it is from inside ... otherwise the climb was fairly simple and common, but fun... Quote
goatboy Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 End of second video highlight: "This is fucking un-BELIEVABLE!!!!!" Quote
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