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1. Of our group of 7 who started the hike, 4 of us made it to the top. JT, me, p*, and Big O.
2. This is a picture showing why only 4 of 7 made it up to the top. There's a section of the hike, at about 11,400 feet, called "Chicken Out Ridge." It's a knife-edge ridge that you basically have to climb up, along, and over. Pretty serious exposure on either side of the ridge, which is probably about 6 feet wide (or less) on average for its length. In climber's terms, doing Chicken Out is considered class three "bouldering," meaning (I think) that it's about as gnarly and exposed as you can be without roping up and seriously climbing. You can see about 4 people up to the left who are just about done with Chicken Out. It's not a kind place to be for acrophobic people - like me. (Heights and I have never gotten along well. Go figure.) The other 3 of our party turned back at about the beginning of the ridge. They don't call it "Chicken Out" for nothing.
3. The travelin' rat, a few hundred feet below Chicken Out, looking back up at the peak.
4. Happy campers, post hike. Yes, I do believe we drank some beer when it was over.
No, not a bike ride, but more "extreme" than any ride I've ever done!
1. Of our group of 7 who started the hike, 4 of us made it to the top. JT, me, p*, and Big O.
2. This is a picture showing why only 4 of 7 made it up to the top. There's a section of the hike, at about 11,400 feet, called "Chicken Out Ridge." It's a knife-edge ridge that you basically have to climb up, along, and over. Pretty serious exposure on either side of the ridge, which is probably about 6 feet wide (or less) on average for its length. In climber's terms, doing Chicken Out is considered class three "bouldering," meaning (I think) that it's about as gnarly and exposed as you can be without roping up and seriously climbing. You can see about 4 people up to the left who are just about done with Chicken Out. It's not a kind place to be for acrophobic people - like me. (Heights and I have never gotten along well. Go figure.) The other 3 of our party turned back at about the beginning of the ridge. They don't call it "Chicken Out" for nothing.
3. The travelin' rat, a few hundred feet below Chicken Out, looking back up at the peak.
4. Happy campers, post hike. Yes, I do believe we drank some beer when it was over.
No, not a bike ride, but more "extreme" than any ride I've ever done!
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