jasoncapecod
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Since Dick Bass wrote Seven Summits , I have been a armchair mountaineer. At the age of almost 52 I decided to get my ass out of that chair.
I signed up to climb the mountain with International Mountain Guides (IMG). I enrolled in the 3.5 day Disappointment Cleaver Route. To some a walk up. If you think 12 miles and almost 9 k vert a walk up.
I arrived 2 days before the climb so I could go on a acclimatization hike to Camp Muir. From the base at Paradise Muir is 4.5 miles and around 4k vert away..
Made it up in 4.5 hrs which according to local hikers was a great time.
Now on to the climb.
1st day 8 climbers and 4 guides hike to Camp Muir. We spent the night
Day 2 is spent training and then 1100vert hike to Ingraham Flats.
But first you climb Cathedral Gap a 1000 vertical feet of loose rock with crampons on..This is were it gets interesting.
Once at Ingraham Flats we go to bed at 5pm and get up at 11:30 for the push to the summit..But first the crux of the climb..Disappointment Cleaver. Another 1200 verts of steep snow and rock. You slip you will probably die..
Well long story short.. I made it to the top of the Cleaver and had to turn around..50mph winds during the climb beat the crap out of me physically and mentally.
Four out to 8 climbers made the summit and all came down saying I made the right decision.
All said and down it was life changing experience...
I have more pics that I will post , for some reason it is not allowing me..
I signed up to climb the mountain with International Mountain Guides (IMG). I enrolled in the 3.5 day Disappointment Cleaver Route. To some a walk up. If you think 12 miles and almost 9 k vert a walk up.
I arrived 2 days before the climb so I could go on a acclimatization hike to Camp Muir. From the base at Paradise Muir is 4.5 miles and around 4k vert away..
Made it up in 4.5 hrs which according to local hikers was a great time.
Now on to the climb.
1st day 8 climbers and 4 guides hike to Camp Muir. We spent the night
Day 2 is spent training and then 1100vert hike to Ingraham Flats.
But first you climb Cathedral Gap a 1000 vertical feet of loose rock with crampons on..This is were it gets interesting.
Once at Ingraham Flats we go to bed at 5pm and get up at 11:30 for the push to the summit..But first the crux of the climb..Disappointment Cleaver. Another 1200 verts of steep snow and rock. You slip you will probably die..
Well long story short.. I made it to the top of the Cleaver and had to turn around..50mph winds during the climb beat the crap out of me physically and mentally.
Four out to 8 climbers made the summit and all came down saying I made the right decision.
All said and down it was life changing experience...
I have more pics that I will post , for some reason it is not allowing me..