Update: Check out another climb of Mount Rainier via the Kautz Glacier route on the other side of the mountain I did in the following year. This was a private climb with a party of two consisting of Dustin Shigeno and myself. Some people had taken as much as 4.5 liters and had run dry anyway. Lesson learned: Take enough water along! The 2.5 liters each that we had taken was not This was a very pleasant and fairly easy glacier climb on a big mountain. Since we had scheduled the trip for three days we spent the night in camp Traverse for variation.) We again run out of water but made it down to camp by 5.30pm. The descend was slow and uneventful, except the traverse back that was a bit exciting again. If you plan to trek this month we recommend the northern approach on the Rongai, which is generally dry. November on Kilimanjaro is a short rainy month. Weather conditions are good and the slopes less busy. This will all come crashing down Friday due to a strong cold front. Wednesday’s high of 76 is close to the record of 78° from 2020. Since Dustin didn't feel too well we decided, however, that it was better to descend quickly and aborted the melting process.Ĭlimb of Mount Rainier: Daniel on the summit with Mount St Helens in the background What is the weather like on Kilimanjaro in October, November and December October on Kilimanjaro is a great shoulder month to trek. Afternoon highs will be around 15° above average in the 70s. NorthWales Wales Snowdonia FrozenWaterfall Climbing BlaenauFfestiniog. Luckily I had taken my stoveĪlong and we started melting snow. Frozen waterfall from yesterdays climb Beautiful weather. When weįinally arrived on the crater rim at noon we had the whole summit to ourselves! The problem was that we had nearly run out of water. Here, Dustin started to have some altitude related problems but since we were so close there was not much thought of turning around now. Therefore we continued traversing all the way to the saddle between the summit and Liberty Cap where we could pass Some people passed the bergschrund without traversing butĪpparently the snow bridge wasn't very stable. To the bergschrund we ventured to the right, following a traversing trail with huge crevasses close by. Since we both felt pretty good there was no reason to return to camp and not go for the summit. Being just a 2 person rope team we moved up the "Corridor" quickly, gainingĪbout 1000 ft per hour for the first 2 hours. Late it was already fairly bright and we didn't need to use our headlamps at all. The party in front of us was about 90 min ahead. Other parties had left for the summit much earlier, some at 11.30pm, most others at around 1am. Well, we got up at 3am and were on our way on the Emmons Glacier at 4.30am. Snow we decided to get up at 3am to go for a "little hike" to maybe 11.000 ft or so. And apparently everybody else in camp got ready to go for the summit that night. boy, another delightful day as high temperatures climb into the mid and upper seventies and we’re going to heat things up. Originally planned to take it easy, stay in Camp on Sunday in order to acclimatize and climb to the summit Monday morning. Since we both hadn't been above 11000 ft before we didn't know how we would react to altitude and therefore had Climb of Mount Rainier: party of three on the high traverse below the bergschrund
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