Katsuk Peak Survey Sept 30, 2023 Summary of Results: W. Peak 8678.2 ft +/-0.5 ft, E. Peak 8678.5 ft +/- 0.2ft. Too close to call which is true summit Katsuk Peak (aka Mt Holyoke) is a Bulger Peak and Washington Top 100 peak located along Ragged Ridge in the north… Continue reading
Snoqualmie Mtn Survey Sept 17, 2023 Eric and Anthony Summary of Results: East/Harder summit is true summit, 3.0ft taller than West. East Summit 6281.4ft +/-0.1ft, West Summit 6278.4ft +/-0.2ft (NGVD29 datum). Snoqualmie Mountain is a popular peak in the Snoqualmie Pass area. It has a steep climbers trail starting from… Continue reading
He Devil She Devil Peak Survey Sept 16, 2023 Summary of Results: She Devil is true summit, 3.1 in taller than He Devil. She Devil 9385.89ft +/-0.098ft, He Devil 9385.63ft +/-0.098ft (NGVD29 datum, same as quad uses, 95% confidence interval errors) He Devil and She Devil are two 9000ft peaks… Continue reading
Enchantments Traverse + Little Annapurna Sept 10, 2023 21 miles, 6100ft gain 6am – 5pm Ludwig hadn’t yet visited the enchanments so we decided to do a thru hike to see the whole area. Somehow despite me doing dozens of trips in there I’d never yet done a thru hike,… Continue reading
Rainier Attempt via DC to 12,800ft Sept 7-8, 2023 This year the routes on Rainier have melted out unusually early. In mid August a heat wave took out many snow bridges across crevasses, and soon afterwards the guide companies stopped guiding for the season. Usually this wouldn’t happen until mid… Continue reading
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Alpomish (4668m, IV, 7 pitch 5.8), Official Country Highpoint of Uzbekistan First Ascent Peak 4643 (incorrectly referred to online as “Khazret Sultan”) (4643m, III, 2 pitch 5.7), Second Highest Peak in Uzbekistan Aug 21-26, 2023 Eric and Andreas First Ascent of Alpomish Aug 21 – Taxi to Sarytog village, hike… Continue reading
Pik Kommunizma/Ismoil Somoni (24,590ft/7495m) Highest Peak in Tajikistan Aug 14-17, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Ian, Reuben, Paul Aug 14 – climb from basecamp to plateau (5900m) Aug 15 – move to peak dushanbe camp (7000m) Aug 16 – summit (7495m), return to plateau Aug 17 – descend to basecamp There are… Continue reading
Pik Korzhenevskaya (7,105m) Aug 6, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Reuben, Ian Aug 4 – BC to 6100m, drop cache, sleep 5600m Aug 5 – move to 6100m camp Aug 6 – summit, return to BC My goal for the summer was to finish climbing the snow leopard peaks, the 7000m peaks… Continue reading
Bazarduzu (14,652ft/4466m) July 25-26, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Ian Our big goal for the summer was to climb two 7000m peaks in Tajikistan: khorzenevskaya and communisma. This would hopefully allow Andreas and I to finish the snow leopards list, the 7000m peaks of the former Soviet union. The standard way to… Continue reading