4 Peaks Mother Lode

levi501 · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 24 Location: NorCal

You guys are amazing,.

Great write up JC, I'll see you all soon enough.
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Davis2001R6 · Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy

Ken, I looked I picture #10, I can't believe I wasn't last to climb down that thing. Can't imagine climbing up it though, I didn't think there was any place to grab.

There is a lot more snow up there than I would have though as well.

Desert-Boonie · Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 219 Location: Glendale, AZ

Those are the pictures from my solo hike on April 1st, I'll have the pictures up from our latest hike by tomorrow, so the snow was still thick when I was there 3 weeks ago. Not much than a couple pockets of snow when we went this past weekend. Yeah there are only really 2 good holds on that wall, you just got to stay focused and inch up and grab the top of it and pull yourself up and over. Pure adrenaline rush for 5 seconds of climbing. I'm just glad I didn't have to slide down it again this time to get a glove. Very Happy

I was going to take a picture of Kim at the bottom of it once I was up, but I didn't want to freak her out anymore than she was. I think a picture with someone standing on the ledge of it will really give people a better feeling of what this section is like.
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LongStoryShort · Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 402 Location: Doha, Qatar

Yeah if you would have taken a picture of me while I was down there I would have been like Neutral

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KIM* · Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Phoenix

I probably would've flipped you the bird.
That is...if I could've let go of the rock I was hugging !!!!

LongStoryShort · Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 402 Location: Doha, Qatar

Actually, I couldn't have done anything, this was the part when Kim was like, "I need a foothold.." Then she stepped on my head...... Confused

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KIM* · Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Phoenix

Davis2001R6 · Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy

Cool Pictures, nice beard JC!

LongStoryShort · Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 402 Location: Doha, Qatar

Thanks man, you know us unemployed people, we like to grow beards.... Crazy

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GeorgAz · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 815 Location: Scottsdale

All you guys are amazing! That looks likeone very scarey trek! Bravo!! I'll stay a little closer to the ground!