Kings Canyon National Park Mountaineering Trips
On trail by 5:30 AM. Headlamps until the ledges, and then made easy time up to Iceburg Lake. Drinking 2 liters at each lake. Started up toward notch from Iceburg and followed the narrow gully on the left, instead of the larger scree gully on the right. Probably more class 3 climbing than expected at this stage, still fun. Two gullies join halfway up at large boulder and ascent becomes easier. At...
Day hike to Mt Whitney on Whitney trail, with Renaud and Geoff. Great weather... very long day.
Palisades: U-Notch to North Palisade and Swiss Arete to Mount Sill
Big Pine, California, United States
21.0 miles
21.0 miles
Our ambitious plan was to head into the Palisades, climb four 14ers, and Temple Crag on our 5 day trip. Although our odyssey did not succeed in completing our crazy plan, we did tackle two classic sierra routes to the top of two 14ers.
Spike, Skydog and King hike Mt Whitney
4 person climb of the West side of Mt Williamson. Started just west of Lone Pine, up Shepherds Pass across Williamson Bowl and then up the West Face. The final section is a pretty easy class 3 climb for about 50'. Not much exposure for that section. Overall this is a long hike. It is 11 miles to Shepherd's Pass and lots of vertical. Probably the toughest part is the Williamson bowl....
Sunday night I was lying in bed surfing the net on my phone as I tried to get some sleep. I came across a posting on meetup.com for a hike to Mount Whitney for Thursday 7/28. The person had an extra permit and was looking for a hiking partner. It sounded exciting but I decided to sleep on it before signing up. Monday I emailed the person and said I was...
