Calendar

Past Activity

Three Fingered Jack

  • Start date: 08/03/2013

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/03/2013

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This will be an 11 mile round trip with the top section being technical rock. We will meet at the Thurston Albertson's parking lot at 6 pm on Friday the 2nd, Travel up to the PCT parking lot on top of Santiam Pass and sleep. Start hiking at 3:30 am on Saturday the 3rd.

  • Event Leader: Rick Harris

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-729-3460

  • Event Leader Email: RHarris@obsidians.org

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating:

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 174

  • Season: 2013

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Helmet, climbing harness, two locking caribeners, two prusic loops, 3 litters of water, food for a day, camping gear for one night at the parking lot, and ATC. Bug repellent, sun screen, sun glasses.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 11

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 3000

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The day started out as simple as it gets. Almost no wind with the stars out nice and bright but no moon so headlamps it was at 3:30 am. Bruce, Dalen, Liz, Marge, and our guest Alex began climbing through the dust of the PCT for the next 3.5 hours to the crawl. We got a great view of the fire just North of the Metolious but a slight breeze kept the smoke headed straight North. As I set the crawl I began remembering what Wayne Deeter had told me a month earlier during our scouting mission "Don't expect the mountain to be the same as it is today" followed by a little chuckle. Well there was a spot of dirt where I had set a piece of pro the month earlier. I scratched my head a little bit and decided to move on and set pro elsewhere. Such is the nature of the Cascades. All in all everyone got their summits. Dalen was a great assistant and made sure I didn't lose my marbles as we moved along the crawl. Thank you to the entire team for such a great first technical lead. Rick.