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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
This is a pictorial TR from our ascent of Johannesberg over the weekend. Our original goal was the 1957 NE Rib, but wet brush and saturated soil persuaded us to climb the CJ Couloir instead. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed the climb!
Rob on the ascent. David scurrying below looming blocks of ice. The view up from the rock bypass. David climbing in the upper couloir. The view back down to the valley floor from the upper couloir. Looking up. Another view up the couoir. The view down to the Cascade River Road. Spider and Formidable through evening clouds. David and Rob getting into the climbing on the E Ridge. Looking down on camp from the lower E Ridge. Rob and David further up. Views of Spider and Formidable from the lower ridge. Mix-up Peak. The view down the ridge from the false summit. Finally on the summit! The view down the upper NE Buttress from the summit. 1 label Views along the summit ridge. 15 labels Sharkfin Tower, Boston, Sahale, Buckner, Booker (enlarge for tags). Spider Mountain from Johannesberg's E Ridge. More downclimbing. One last view of the E Ridge route on the way out via Doug's Direct. Gorgeous! Moon over Mix-up and Cache Col with a looming Spider Mountain from Doug's Direct. Downclimbing Doug's Direct.
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Damn Tom, some of that ice looks like it just landed. That mountain always sounds like part of it's crashing down.
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GeoTom Member
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 3215 | TRs | Pics Location: Earth |
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:58 pm
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Quote: | Hope you enjoy as much as we did! |
Yes, and it was a lot less work for me than for you
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GaliWalker Have camera will use
Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 4931 | TRs | Pics Location: Pittsburgh |
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:05 pm
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Absolutely awesome! Every time I look at that mountain I feel humbled - way to go and tame it!
PS. I was admiring it on Saturday from Cascade Pass, just a day before your climb.
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cartman Member
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 2800 | TRs | Pics Location: Fremont |
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:07 pm
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GeoTom wrote: | Quote: | Hope you enjoy as much as we did! |
Yes, and it was a lot less work for me than for you |
Seriously, nice pics, and well done.
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Josh Journey a.k.a Josh Lewis
Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 4836 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:20 pm
Wonderful Photos!
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Now thats a place I want to be. How technicle is it?
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 5712 | TRs | Pics Location: Back East |
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:20 pm
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Nice job Tom. Jim and I were yelling to you on our approach to Forbidden. We were thinking of you up there. Glad that you had success. Awesome pics!
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Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5093 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:22 pm
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was your dad with you?
too bad you couldn't glissade the route.
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peakbagger Sean Martin
Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 37 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
Nice work Tom!!!! Impressive as always. Still want to get out there and climb the 1957 NE Rib!
The liver is evil.......and it must be punished!
The liver is evil.......and it must be punished!
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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
Stefan,
No my Dad was not with me.
I was remarking the whole trip about how you and Don went in there and climbed Johannesberg and Cascade in the same day. That's impressive work. Couple questions:
1) What time of year was that?
2) I assume you descended CJ Couloir. Was it continuous?
2) What route did you take up Cascade? ..we saw a greyish gulley on the S side that looked like it would go, but there looked to be one steep section about 1/6 of the way up.
The CJ couloir was not continuous for us, forcing a rap off the moat to climber's right onto unprotectable (waterfalls here), wet low-mid 5th for 1 full pitch.
The mountain was silent the whole day.
josh_lewis - the E Ridge is exposed and loose, and if I had to give it a grade I'd say it's 5.6 at the most, but mainly class 3-4. Although not super technical, it is a serious mountain.
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Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5093 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:02 pm
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too bad about pops.
we climbed jberg in June 2000. Usually, the road does not open until July 4th, so we parked at the gate down low, and then took bikes up the road.
Snow was continuous to the col.
I don't remember about Cascade how we went up. Next day we did the Tripletts and then had too much rain so we said forget Mixup and lets go down the couloir, which we did. We glissaded it. Not so bad when you are constantly in the fog--you don't know how steep it is.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Way to go Thomas. Great pics and report.
Oh, and incidentally, I don't think it's funny at all talking about "Ribs". Ya wise guy.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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robM Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 138 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:18 pm
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Get a life, or die trying!
Get a life, or die trying!
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Dayhike Mike Bad MFKer
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 10955 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to Tukwila |
Wow..very nice! Strong work indeed!
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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Randy Cube Rat
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 2910 | TRs | Pics Location: Near the Siamangs |
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Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:44 pm
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Thanks for the great pictures. Looks like one to have on the list. Great looking mountain.
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