Triplet Rocks T/R by Ze

[Wild]

Nice trek man! The top of that mountain looks like an epic bouldering area. What a fun, yet brutal looking adventure...the best kind That must have been 15 hours of pure concentration. Awesome, good job!

[zippetydude]

well great..........

Are you sure you would have like it? Somebody on this board (not me! you know, Fern's friend....I can't think of his name!) says you whine a lot when it comes to bushwhacking.

Ze is tough, and even he says it was murder.

Personally, I think I'd rather wait until Fern and that other guy do the trail 20 or 30 times and clear all the bushes out of the way.

z

[Zé]

apparently someone was drawn in by my TR, went missing for 2 nights but was luckily rescued today...

http://socalhikes.com/2010/11/the-lure-of-triplet-rocks-missing-hiker-rescued/

[Hikin_Jim]

Are you serious? He was trying for Triplet? And he saw your TR? I thought the guy just got lost but at the same time I was wondering how anyone could get over on the Triplet side of Twin Peaks by accident. I've read several articles, but the details have been sketchy at best.

HJ

[Zé]

he emailed me a TR, should provide some more details

[Hikin_Jim]

Wow. Fascinating. News accounts made it sound like he was completely lost, which he clearly was not. He knew which ridge he was on; it's just that the ridge he was on has no clear route. It sounds like that had he not been resuced, he'd have hiked out on his own. I originally got the impression that he should never have been out on that ridge. Based on the account you linked to it sounds like he had some route finding difficulty but that he was basically qualified to do the hike.

That's really cool that he gave you his story. With so many of these of these situations you hear nothing after they're rescued and no one learns anything. I really appreciate that he shared his mistakes (late start, not looking back on the way to Triplet so he'd be familiar with what his return route looked like, not collecting water when it rained). I also have a greater appreciation for just how tough Triplet Ridge really is.

Congrats to you for making it there and back without creating a SAR incident.

Wow, mentally/emotionally a tough one for Scott. A four day SAR incident. Not good at all. I guess he must have had some rain gear or something. Being soaked through on that ridge could have quickly become life threatening.

Thanks for the post.

HJ