A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch
Friday, October 9, 2009
"50 Crowded Classics"
The North Ridge of the Grand Teton (IV 5.7) is the right-hand skyline ridge. I did this route in the late 1970s with South African Richard Wilmott. We did a bivouac on the Grandstand and summitted early the next morning. Click on the text to access Steck and Roper's list of "Fifty Classic Climbs in North America." Count how many of these gems you have done and enter the polling data on the sidebar to your right. (As an aside this is one of the best alpine routes I have ever done, and one of three Fifty Crowded Classics that I did with Richard, the others being Royal Arches in Yosemite, and the Northcutt-Carter route on Hallett in RMNP. I also third-classed the Sentinel Rouge on the Brenva Face with Richard.)