Missing Climber on North Face

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Postby Perry » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:48 pm

Last night I was up at the peak, first time in 2 months. The snow was more consolidated than I expected, but soft near the summit, and probably deeper on the north face. That trip report mentioned "extremely soft snow," so they did take some risk doing that. I think the safest way to top out is to stay in the trees on the left side. The tree areas take longer to consolidate, but if you do slip at least there are branches to grab.
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Missing climber on North Face

Postby Cy Kaicener » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:49 am

Here is an interesting blog about the rescue
http://watershednews.blogspot.com/2009/ ... -face.html
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Missing climber on the North Face

Postby Cy Kaicener » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:08 pm

We now have a full trip report in their own words of the two guys rescued by helicopter on the fourth day on snow creek
http://hillnbatt.com/summit-attempt-san ... snow-creek
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Re: Missing climber on the North Face

Postby FIGHT ON » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:46 pm

Cy Kaicener wrote:We now have a full trip report in their own words of the two guys rescued by helicopter on the fourth day on snow creek
http://hillnbatt.com/summit-attempt-san ... snow-creek
:shock: I wonder if that guy that went with him is still his friend. :lol:
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