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Canceled: Mt. Washington, Graduation Climb

  • Start date: 07/05/2013

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/06/2013

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is a graduation climb for participants in the Basic Mountaineering class; people who took this class have first rights to places on this trip. We will car camp at the trailhead Friday night, and climb the standard (north ridge) route Saturday. The last 200 vertical feet is technical rock.

  • Event Leader: Deeter Wayne

  • Assistant Leader: Harris Rick

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating:

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 180

  • Season: 2013

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Harness, helmet, two locking carabiners, belay-rappel device (ATC), a couple prusik loops, sun screen, sun glasses, bug repellent, 3 qts water, food for day.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 10.5

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 3000

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Less than a week before, the west slopes had substantial snowfields on them, promising great glissades. Woops! They were almost gone by the day of our climb. While there were some mosquitoes, they weren't as bad as expected. At least there's some advantage to a low-snow year. Used the purple 8.5mm rope on the first pitch. It was chopped to 44m last year to remove a damaged section and now just barely reaches from the saddle to the rap block. We were all on the summit around noon and hung out there for about an hour. Liz shared her usual copious amount of pizza all around. This was a first Mt. Washington summit for Rick, Ted, Chris and Liz--congratulations! We used the 60m rope to rap all the way from the block back to the saddle. Many thanks to Rick for his excellent assistance on the climb.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 9
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Deeter, Wayne 541-954-0924 N 15
2 Signed-Up Harris, Rick 541-729-3460 N 15
3 Signed-Up Glick, Theo 541-968-8704 N 15
4 Signed-Up Larsen, Todd 509-949-0034 N 3
5 Signed-Up Melton, Chris 541-335-9733 N 15
6 Signed-Up Hurkes, Liz 503-522-2993 N 15
7 Signed-Up Hartnell, Daniel 541-708-2135 N 15
8 Signed-Up Weldon, Elise 541-510-4096 N 15
9 Signed-Up Weldon, Nicholas 541-510-4661 N 15