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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 23, 2016 - 06:51am PT
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Is there a better place to be?
Show us some of yours!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2016 - 06:58am PT
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Going back to the top one on 8/11...38 years of reminiscing leading to action.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2016 - 07:27am PT
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Cragman...the more I travel abroad the more I appreciate what we have here....enjoy!
Just finished a one month tour with a climbing friend from Armenia....Indian Creek, Red Rocks, Yosemite, the Black Canyon and El Dorado. He remarked that apart from the worldclass climbing and scenery he was most impressed by the abundant wildlife sightings and the lack of trash along the highways.
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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May 23, 2016 - 07:35am PT
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The Silver Divide
Graveyard
Minarets sunrise
Ritter
Best friends make these places better.
This is my personal favorite valley bellow giants. Just West of Ritter.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2016 - 07:45am PT
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I've finally found religion... i now belong to the church of the mountain cirque sepulchre.
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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May 23, 2016 - 11:53am PT
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Dragkar-Go, Tengi Ragi Tau, and a few unnamed/unclimbed peaks
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 23, 2016 - 10:01pm PT
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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May 24, 2016 - 12:31am PT
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The prominent central rib in pic 1 has Donini's name written all over it. What an incredible line.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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May 24, 2016 - 06:31am PT
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Beautiful, thanks!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 24, 2016 - 08:51am PT
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I'm the one in the yellow shorts...
but we didn't do that route (as compelling as it was) and opted for the right ridge...
the weather was less than compelling... and being far away from the road with no other means of communications definitely figures into the assuption-of-risk calculation...
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO & Bend, OR
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May 24, 2016 - 11:34am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 24, 2016 - 11:43am PT
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^^^Nice one of the 'stack!
Ojai Alex, that is the best shot (ONLY SHOT) of the gorge which I have seen. That was a lot of scrambling in brush, unless there's a trail, I'm guessing, which produced that shot. Thanks for posting it among these giants. Keeps things "real," for the masses.
Not that I'm jealous, not a bit. Jim can have his frozen choss and thin air.
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wbw
Trad climber
'cross the great divide
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May 24, 2016 - 12:05pm PT
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That face on the left in particular is world class in regards to it's
badassness.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 24, 2016 - 12:44pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 24, 2016 - 07:42pm PT
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I will admit to being fascinated by the "Greater Ranges" of the world.
I enjoyed trekking around Nepal in 2005 & 2008, but I'd be dead now if I tried to climb any of these.
The French expedition that made the first ascent of Annapurna I, stayed just right of the diagonal cliff at center of photo, then crossed it to the left through a line of weakness, and stumbled up the ridge to the summit.
It was the first 8,000 Meter Peak to be climbed.
I hiked up Gokyo Ri to about 17,600' for a distant shot of Everest & Lhotse in 2005.
Some of the smaller pointy peaks are pretty inspiring too.
My only "Greater Ranges" expedition,in 1976 to Alaska, was a real eye-opener, & I used up a lot of my luck.
We did a new route up a spur peak on the north side of Mt. Deborah in the Hayes Range and decided we would die on Deborah's North Ridge, if we didn't retreat.
It was very scenic.
Our retreat down the avalanche gully between the North Face of Deborah & Sally was blessedly quick, since it was all over fresh ice-fall debris.
After sulking for a few days, we then made a strong attempt on a new suicide route on Deborah's eastern neighbor, Mt. Hess.
I had picked a nice ice route that led to Hess's north summit, if we survived a very active icefall that dropped city-blocks of ice on our approach on a regular basis. Luck was with us, & we knocked off about 26 leads of fun ice climbing, then climbed into a storm. We bagged the north peak of Hess in a white-out and nearly died a couple more times during our retreat.
When I got back home, I decided I had used up my luck in the "Greater Ranges" & I've been a much more careful climber ever since.
I commend Donini for doing so much, much more wonderful bad-ass climbing in the "Greater-Ranges" for so many years.
I'm glad to be your friend and your stories are always welcome.
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO & Bend, OR
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May 24, 2016 - 10:37pm PT
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Fritz:
Really enjoyed your post!
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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May 25, 2016 - 09:52am PT
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Bump for some great pictures.
Fritz,
That is an awesome mini-trip report of Mt Deborah BITD. Gave me the shivers in more ways than one. TFPU!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - May 25, 2016 - 09:57am PT
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Nice Fritz....Deborah is the real deal.
Great photos from everyone....not JT but the scenery will have to do.
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Friend
climber
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Jul 12, 2016 - 08:12am PT
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AWESOME photos Jim and everyone else. Keep posting!
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