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Posted on 8/25/13 at 12:52 pm to tigers win2
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made summit
Congrats bro. I got back late last night after my summit. You'll have to come back out and we will summit some choss piles in Oregon.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 3:40 pm to tigers win2
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Left camp at midnight. Made summit! Just before sunrise. Got an LSU flag pic and then all phones and camera batteries shut down due to cold. Back at 2nd base camp. Ears still ringing from wind
Congratulations. Bet that first victory beer will be sweet.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 5:05 pm to tigers win2
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Left camp at midnight. Made summit! Just before sunrise.
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Got an LSU flag pic and then all phones and camera batteries shut down due to cold.
Can't wait to see the pics!
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:18 pm to CoastieGM
That's awesome I can't wait to do it one day. I read trip reports on CascadeClimbers like a man possessed. You probably said it but I didn't see when browsing, who'd you go with, RMI?
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:32 pm to Pettifogger
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Cascade Climbers
A lot of great info on there. I'm on there a lot researching future climbs.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 11:49 pm to LSUintheNW
Flying home tomorrow. Pics coming as well as video of trip in a few weeks. A few pics below that were on iPhone
We made summit at 5:45 am this morning after starting at midnight and then came the whole way down. Very tough day. Climbing ice walls and walking across horizontal ladders spanning 8-10 foot crevasses was uncomfortable
Winds were tough with 40-50 mph and all of this in the middle of the night with headlamps. Disappointment Cleaver is appropriately named. Couldn't get pics of rely difficult / tricky/ dangerous part because we couldn't stop moving at all.
Nothing with a battery worked for more than 5 minutes on the summit before the cold shut them down due to battery impact. Got back down to11,000 feet and all worked fine and had good charges.
If you look top center you can see people for a sense of scale
Only two pics from summit
Camp on the glacier
More people in background
Some other climbers in our group
We made summit at 5:45 am this morning after starting at midnight and then came the whole way down. Very tough day. Climbing ice walls and walking across horizontal ladders spanning 8-10 foot crevasses was uncomfortable
Winds were tough with 40-50 mph and all of this in the middle of the night with headlamps. Disappointment Cleaver is appropriately named. Couldn't get pics of rely difficult / tricky/ dangerous part because we couldn't stop moving at all.
Nothing with a battery worked for more than 5 minutes on the summit before the cold shut them down due to battery impact. Got back down to11,000 feet and all worked fine and had good charges.
If you look top center you can see people for a sense of scale
Only two pics from summit
Camp on the glacier
More people in background
Some other climbers in our group
Posted on 8/26/13 at 12:38 am to tigers win2
Congratulations! Welcome to the club. I'm seriously jealous.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 3:16 am to tigers win2
Congratulations! How was the weather on summit day? Did y'all ever consider turning back?
Posted on 8/26/13 at 7:49 am to tigers win2
Congrats, although I could have done that easily.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 8:06 am to TigerGyp
This pic show some of the technical / scary stuff. Had to climb ladder tilted over a large crevasse and then go up an almost strait up section. Then turn left and cross another ladder laid across a different crevasse. We had to be belayed(sp?) down the near vertical section when coming down. Also had to use a running belay(sp) on the steeper section where the rope teams alone would have not been sufficient to keep everyone from falling down the mountain.
Only head lamps and moon light on the way up. And the winds were 30-40 mph with gusts to 50. Temperature near 18 degrees on the night climb to summit.
Only head lamps and moon light on the way up. And the winds were 30-40 mph with gusts to 50. Temperature near 18 degrees on the night climb to summit.
This post was edited on 8/26/13 at 8:09 am
Posted on 8/26/13 at 8:30 am to tigers win2
I'm fricking jelly as hell bro. If I'm ever up there I'll def be looking into this. I never realized that you didn't need much experience to give it a go.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 8:44 am to braindeadboxer
Experience isn't exactly needed. Just $, set of balls, and good endurance. They'll teach you the basics to survive and there are plenty of guides on the mountain to help with any rescues if it came down to it.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 8:55 am to LSUintheNW
Posted on 8/26/13 at 1:21 pm to Pettifogger
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You probably said it but I didn't see when browsing, who'd you go with, RMI?
I went through IMG (International Mountain Guides). Can't say enough good things about them.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 4:24 pm to LSUintheNW
How much $$? Congrats man. That looks like fun. Don't know if I could handle 18 degrees for too long! 
Posted on 8/26/13 at 7:11 pm to dbllung
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How much $$? Congrats man. That looks like fun. Don't know if I could handle 18 degrees for too long!
About $1,300 plus gear purchase or rental.
It was only that cold up near summit. In mid twenties when you came down a bit.
Even when cold and windy, While climbing you're sweating. 5 layers up top and 2-3 on the legs. I rented all the real cold gear stuff. It worked well. Was never cold except when we stopped moving.
This post was edited on 8/27/13 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 8/26/13 at 10:14 pm to tigers win2
Earned your Man Card walking over those ladders!
Posted on 8/26/13 at 10:29 pm to CoastieGM
No doubt, can't imagine how that would feel with a pack on, layers, and oh yeah....fricking crampons on your feet.
Just think, this is the standard route. There are some people out there doing some crazy shite in crazy places elsewhere on the mountain.
Just think, this is the standard route. There are some people out there doing some crazy shite in crazy places elsewhere on the mountain.
Posted on 8/27/13 at 7:43 am to LSUintheNW
Wow! that's pretty amazing.
Love the LSU picture.
Climbing those ladders looks scary are fack
Love the LSU picture.
Climbing those ladders looks scary are fack
This post was edited on 8/27/13 at 7:44 am
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