sobo Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Willi was killed while descending the aptly named cadaver gap btw... Correct, along with Janie Diepenbrock Yep, knew about the student. Do you know what route they climbed to the summit? Something I read somewhere (Challenge of Rainier??) led me to believe that they climbed the Gib Ledges route. Just seem to remember that for some reason... Quote
To_The_Top Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) I think that Pandora did that route with two others. I would check with the rangers to see what is in. Cadaver gap was taken (Willi) as a shortcut down the DC Ingraham route under bad conditions, to avoid this take Cathedral gap. Edited November 30, 2011 by To_The_Top Quote
To_The_Top Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Go to the Rainier forum for the bearings for Muir. Quote
dougd Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 I would check with the rangers to see what is in. Excellent advice. jDCH: If you do decide to take a serious look at Gib Ledges, just make sure you're off that route early... We launched from Muir at 0100 in "winter conditions" and made good time to the top of the chute. No need to linger that close to all that rock... There was quite a bit more snow on the route then which made it a hell of a lot of fun. We descended the DC and I was very happy to hike down that route instead of down climbing the ledges as they were then. It's a different mountain now than 04Jun11... Good luck, d Quote
JDCH Posted November 30, 2011 Author Posted November 30, 2011 thank you for all of the great advice, I think I am going to prepare for both gib ledges and kautz, and ask the rangers when I get there to make the final decision. I'll let you know how it goes! Quote
kevino Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 yeah i'd watch out for icefall...from the 28th Quote
DPS Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Wow, looks like you may have a decent weather window. Dress warm, summit temps into the single digits. Brrrr. http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/rainier_report.html Edited November 30, 2011 by DPS Quote
JDCH Posted November 30, 2011 Author Posted November 30, 2011 kevino, where was that picture taken? Quote
DPS Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) kevino, where was that picture taken? Looks like serac fall off of the Nisqually Glacier, taken from the Muir: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=22534.0 Edited November 30, 2011 by DPS Quote
mattp Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Sobo, Willi's party had been attempting to climb via the Ingraham Glacier, as I recall. They did not reach the sumit. Quote
sobo Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Thank you, Matt! Now I need to figure out why the hell I've been thinking, for the past 15-20 years, that they ascended via Gib Ledges... Quote
dougd Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 They got up to around 13k in some really foul conditions before calling it... Very determined group... Sad... d Quote
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