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Double Finisher - 14'ers and a Season |
A few weeks ago I posted an inquiry as to the terrain on the far side of Twin thumbs Pass as a means to access Jagged. En route we planned to pick up Turret and Pigeon, but Jagged as the main target. Thank you to those who responded and I'll take a moment to post a link to our trip through a portion of that terrain.
Did the usual train ride to Needleton and the hike to Chicago Basin. Lots of people, more than I've seen before and even those sweet hidden gem spots were taken. We asked if we could share a spot and my eternal thanks go to T. and A. for letting us come aboard. You know who you are.
Day One called for a climb of Windom my my partner to score the last 14'er on his list. We made Twin Lakes a bit after dawn and within 2 1/2 hours G was finisher. Started at age 26, finished at 42, not a bad course.
We then packed the loads up and over Twin thumbs to drop into the basin on the far side. The idea was to minimize heavy load hiking for setting a camp and then day hiking Pigeon and Turret. Then we would drop down to the Jagged Meadow, and do the same again. The first camp would be at a gem of a lake halfway down the valley between Twin Thumbs and the Jagged Meadow.
Things got a bit complicated when I pulled the stunt of snapping my right fibula on the way down oh no more than ten minutes hobble from the camp site. Breaking bone is a weird sound, you don't really know if you hear it or you feel it, but it sure got my attention. Kind of hurts too.
We overnighted at the lake and debated the next move, PLB or walk out . . . a call to my wife by SARSAT or a more private experience sure to be remembered. The lake offered an icing source, the ace bandage offered a bit of stability and the hiking poles offered a bit of support.
The next day called for about 800 feet vertical over perhaps 3/4 mile of bushwhack to the Jagged Basin and another PLB open ground decision point. We opted to continue and at the Jagged Cabin made the last call as to go for it or push the button. We went for the river and ended up camping at river's edge that evening.
The next day offered on again and off again trail from the river camp to Needleton, may be 3 miles with the added joy of an up and over Water Tank Hill. The real reward was the chance to go to Silverton for a hot meal, if we could hustle the early train. A hot meal is a serious stimulus.
As dumb as it sounds, we had a great trip, we scouted the route over Twin thumbs, we saw the river trail and hike up to the end of the Jagged Meadow. We know where to go next time . . . And we got two finishers out of the debacle . . . G finished the 14'ers and I finished off any chance of scoring may last 5 Centennials this year. I even got this really neat brace and boot for the next 4 to 6 weeks and a snazzy X-ray for the scrap book. Climbing just don't get any more entertaining than this.
The usual Climbing with Bob narrative can be found here.
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