Sloan Peak
Corkscrew Route
(aka, There is no spoon!)
August 12-13, 2006
Pictures by Wendell,
Peter, and Adrian unless otherwise noted.
Check out those links!
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download.
I left a spoon at home for this
trip. The pictures will show that I really enjoyed the
trip more without it.
I was able to provide much of the humor for the other 9
climbers.
They were all laughing at the way I did boulder hopping and
bouldering all the time.
I don't know why, it seemed like great fun to me...
I rate this climb a "9", provided you do it this
time of year. It's even better if Peter is leading the
trip!
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Sloan in the winter.
Nicknamed "The Matterhorn of the Cascades"
Courtesy of Joun
Scurlock
(No, mom, it's not as dangerous as that
picture looks.)
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Not your average backpacking trail.
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Summit planning from camp Saturday
evening.
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Laura's solo tent.
Don't you wish you had one of these when you were 5 yrs old?
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My wooden spoon, carved while before
dinner.
Thanks to Laural (sharper knife),
and Peter (photo)
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Mist reflections of sundown
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We will cross the glacier from
right to left across the upper section,
then go around the rock mass toward the back, clockwise.
Then we scramble up through boulders to the top.
Like a maze, there is only one way
to scramble to the top of this peak.
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Morning climb with sunrise over Glacier
peak.
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A bit medieval-ish:
Sloan Summit in a fortress of colored rocks,
with the moon overhead during the day...
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Robert tying in to avoid a crevasse
plunge.
None happened on this trip.
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Robert and Gilbert.
Gilbert is showing off his really cool
camera.
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There's the windy trail. And the view to
go with it.
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One of the "castle" posts, and Rainier in the
background.
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Some of the summit team.
You couldn't get everyone on this summit at the same time.
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I look back at Peter as I check out the
lower far side of the summit ridge.
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Baker, Shuksan, Ruth Mt., Me, Glacier
Peak.
I'm still waiting to do Shucksan and Glacier
Peak.
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That's the glacier crevasse field we hiked
through.
Tour de glacier.
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Waterfall inspires serenity.
(Thanks Adrian)
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Picture Gilbert took this picture of me.
His
wide-angle lens better captures the view.
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I travelled up the corkscrew to the peak of
Sloan
Through the river and back
All to find a spoon that was at home in the rack!
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