Total so far: 11,715m
Cayoosh... A Duffy classic that has long eluded me. It popped into my head as a possibility the night before, but the weather was longing slightly uncertain. We decided to drive up there anyway, and if it was looking too cloudy plan B was to ski Chief Pascal instead. The sky wasn't looking too bad when we pulled into the parking lot, so we decided to go for it. It was pretty cloudy for most of the morning, but just before we reached the saddle between the East and North Glaciers we were treated to a full blue sky. It wasn't to last however and as we attempted to skin up the steep face guarding the summit we quickly became socked it. We decided to cut our losses about 20m below the summit ridge, and began to descend the North glacier. Unfortunately we underestimated the number of crevasses on this route, and before long had to retrace our steps as we encountered a very large complex, the visability was poor and we had no rope. So we climbed back to the initial saddle and enjoyed the 1000m run back down the East glacier.
No comments:
Post a Comment