capitol in winter

[rhanson]

In Dawsons Guide it mentions that no one has summitted capitol in winter within 24 hours car to car. Does anyone know if this is true?

[jf32]

according to the tr - took these two 10 hours from car to summit - and then they skied down - I'm not sure if they made it to the car or camped although I assume car

Either way - this is one of my favorite tr's i've seen on the site

http://14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.ph ... ki=Include" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[doumall]

Was probably true when the book was written. Its been done by several groups since then.

[Jon Frohlich]

That info is fairly old. I think Davenport and Beidelman did. The TR doesn't mention returning to the TH though you can infer they must have. You can read the TR here:

http://www.skithe14ers.com/p-capitol-peak.php

That TR is still one of the most amazing things I've ever read.

Edit: Guess they didn't do it in calendar winter but amazing anyway.

[Kiefer]

Wow, Joe.
That shot of Jordan is absolutely SICK!
Awesome capture!

[doumall]

Which one Kiefer? That day produced some gems.
edit: after thinking about it for half a second, you must mean the first one

You going to AK again this year?

[Dancesatmoonrise]

Wow, Joe.
That shot of Jordan is absolutely SICK!
Awesome capture!

FWIW, my humble little 2c worth favorite picks:

Sunrise on Daly
Joe on knife-edge
Edge of Oblivion
Next image after "Edge"
Making it Look Easy

(Also enjoyed : K2 Downclimb, Catch of the Day, Safe on East Face)


I'm in awe...and would strongly recommend this TR as morning reading, as it does nothing to for insomnia, but may actually prove quite effective for constipation. Yikes.

BTW...doumall, you guys exited PLB? Down the Bear Creek draingage? If so, I'd appreciate hearing how the waterfall wall was that time of year. Thanks.


--Jim

[doumall]

Jim, I don't know of the waterfall wall. I do remember skiing past a few flowing falls though and didn't notice any promising water ice. It happened to be the first wet slide cycle of the year above 12k or so, so a pretty warm day. The ski through PLB was quite good by staying to the south side.

[gb]

BTW...doumall, you guys exited PLB? Down the Bear Creek draingage? If so, I'd appreciate hearing how the waterfall wall was that time of year. Thanks.


--Jim

Looks a bit like this:


That time of year, it's easy snow

[Dancesatmoonrise]

Thanks, guys.

[Kiefer]

Which one Kiefer? That day produced some gems.
edit: after thinking about it for half a second, you must mean the first one

You going to AK again this year?

That was originally the plan...Sultana Ridge on Foraker & possibly a shot at Mt. Barrill. But due to this pesky unemployed BS, I can't come up with the $$$ in a realistic time frame to make an expedition work. So for now, it's looking more like spring of 2011 instead.

Looking at heading to Peru, the Alps or possibly Elbrus (with a side-trip to Georgia and possibly Azerbaijan) next year. It'll def be one of those three, we just haven't finished researching the logistics of each yet.