maxneale Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Trip: Alaska - Cassin Ridge Date: 6/14/2014 Trip Report: My partner and I benefited tremendously from other people's Cassin trip reports. Partly in an effort to give back, I wrote up a report from our ascent this year. We found the route to be much more challenging than expected. When we got down Lisa, the basecamp manager, told us we were the only Americans to get up a technical route on Denali this year. Several of the more "exciting" parts of the trip were: when we dropped a tent pole into a crevasse, when my partner got hit in the arm with ice and had to climb the first and second rock bands with largely one arm, and when we he woke himself up from farting. (I'm sure his list of "exciting" highlights would be different.) The write up describes our time on the mountain and my difficulty exploring questions like "why climb?" Here's the trip report. Edited August 15, 2014 by maxneale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Gano Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Great adventure and post Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 The images are great, but the writing is even better. Thanks for putting that together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpetsailor Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Top-notch TR from a superlative climb. Zeb's arm recover okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 excellent climb and a excellent write up. a disfunctional arm would have stopped most people. that Zeb is an animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrex Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed reading it...I bet that turd has moved an inch or so towards the ocean at this point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenwesh Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Way to get after it, all that wallowing sounds epic! Chest deep snow trenching is brutal enough at 3000 meters, 6k sounds much worse! My buddy colin was part of the alpine mentors group. He was pretty bummed about the crappy june conditions, but that's what next year is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtree Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Fantastic TR. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimZam Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Strong work boys. Shit ton of snow this year. Way to hang tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 f-ing baller boys. Thanks for posting this up. Inspires us desk jockeys to keep at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthorman Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Wow! What a great write up and pictures to go along. I really liked your perspectives and thoughts that you added with facts and details. Congrats on a great climb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 really excellent writing. honest about the challenges, full of stoke... this was truly great to read. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somethingclever Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Great writing, enjoyed it thoroughly! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Styczynski Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Started looking at this the other night and finally got a chance to read it start-to-finish tonight. Outstanding and inspiring to say the least. Great TR. Congrats on an impressive climb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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