Shut Out on Mt Abbot
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:11 pm
A few wrong moves getting to the Ridge, Trailbuds rotator is done rotatin, Justin slipped, slid and stopped inches from being thrown from the mountain, dark clouds came over us. Time to get down.
It just wasn't our day.
Besides all the bad juju, there was plenty of water all the way to the base of Abbot, no need for crampons, I would take ice axe , may not really need it but just for insurance, a few good size rocks on the couloir so take a helmet.
Afew shots here http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/564192791DNeEcg
I had instep 4 pointers, didn't need em, boots would work fine here
Had a bad feeling about the weather
Went too high off the couloir, moving down to access the trail to the class 3 stuff
It just wasn't our day.
Besides all the bad juju, there was plenty of water all the way to the base of Abbot, no need for crampons, I would take ice axe , may not really need it but just for insurance, a few good size rocks on the couloir so take a helmet.
Afew shots here http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/564192791DNeEcg
I had instep 4 pointers, didn't need em, boots would work fine here
Had a bad feeling about the weather
Went too high off the couloir, moving down to access the trail to the class 3 stuff