Tentative Peak-Bagging Trip next Summer

“it does make it look really dramatic!”

“yea, because the knife edge of capitol needs help looking dramatic”

“it makes it dramatickier or whatever...”

“whatnever”

“This is more realistic, but still pretty exciting:

”

“dude, that is the most bad-azz red x i have ever seen!”

“Really? I can see it fine. Here's the addy:

http://www.theronwelch.com/mountains/fourteeners/Capitol/Returning%20over%20Knife%20Edge.jpg”

“you can see it because the image is in your browser cache. the address appears to be inaccessible from here... "DNS error".”

“i can see it

nanner nanner”

“how long is the knife edge? that could mean a lot of time at serious exposure for the person setting protection”

“i would guess 100' from the photos. all accounts i have read say the rock quality on the knife edge is much better than the remainder of the route to the summit.

i still can't see that image, and i tried to get to to it by ip address. i would bet it's in your cache as well but i'll accept this as a personal problem and move on.”

“ha ha”

“Can you see this?



http://66.235.212.145/mountains/fourteeners/Capitol/Returning%20over%20Knife%20Edge.jpg

It's a red-x for me.
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“I can get to it via Google images... it's in their cache. Well, this is better than nothing I guess...

”

“i can see things that you couldnt imagine”

“IM ON UR PEAKS, SUM TING YR MTNS
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“ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US”

“ALL YR 14 HERS ARE BELONG TO US”

“I believe the knife edge is only about 70 yards - give / take a few. It's not a big deal, but its is very exposed. Some people do the but scooch, others do a hand traverse. It's good quality rock and some people say its way more stable and better then the talus that is just below the summit.”

“Theres a video of someone crossing the knife edge?! I was talking about the 360 from K2. Man I'm excited but have my work cut out for me too. I need to read up.

I have to ask, and I'm definately showing my inexperience here but WTF is a brain bucket going to do if you plummet from the knife edge? Allow your family to have an open casket? Seriously, some plastic and foam is not going to save your life in that situation. I just keep thinking this is like jumping from a plane with an umbrella instead of a parachute.”

“the "brain bucket" is for falling rocks coming from above. so, no, not much use on the knife edge. used for when youre climbing up some debris field”

“i might not ever put it on, but ill defineitely take one on the needle and capitol climbs”

“I'd wear it anytime there's rock above your head. Stuff falls all the time, especially when your below steep terrain (45 deg or greater). You should assume that there are people moving above you and that rock will fall. Even a fairly small rock falling from as much as 20 feet above you will knock you silly or worse. :)”

“i often won't wear one when i climb, which is dumb, but i generally wear one when i belay. the idea of a falling rock from a climber knocking me silly and my leaving a climber without a belay is a scary thought. it's one thing to make a choice to take a personal risk but quite another when you risk your safety along with the safety of others.”

“I see. That makes sense. Thanks guys. Like I said I need to do some reading. This would obviously be my first time. *Gasp!* Does that mean Crash is going to take my cherry? I'm not sure how I feel about that...”

“i plan on throwing rocks at you jimmbo, so wear a helmet”

“i am going to wear a full set of pads, carry an avalanche meter, a sat phone, set pro even on flat ground, and take mega-doses of proactive antibiotics as well.”

“That Theron Welch site is down, but you should check it out. There are untold descriptions of crossing the knife edge on the net, since a couple of hundred people do it every weekend.”

“human highway!”

“That does detract from the sense of accomplishment. You want to be able to say "look what we just did! Isnt that incredible?!" and the guy next to you shruggs and says big freakin deal, I did that 10 times this summer. That is why I want to start looking for the really remote trails, and places. Stuff that is way off the beaten path, for my future hikes. The fewer people that have done it, or been there - the bigger the thrill for me.”

“well, you need to do this before you do that”

“tj is exaggerating when he says "a couple hundred every weekend"

a couple dozen maybe. couple hundred, no”

“I in, oh boy.”

“so are you Jimmysan or toejam?”

“tj is exaggerating when he says "a couple hundred every weekend"

a couple dozen maybe. couple hundred, no”
crash bang
6:12:13 PM


a couple hundred every season probably though. It's a 14er and thus heavily traveled, plus it's close to Aspen.”

“i'll say it once... i am NOT davy crotchead or whatever... i have more fun trolling as myself than i could ever have hiding behind an anonymous alias.”

“take 'er easy there Jim. LOL! I was just trying to remember who recently marked themselves confirmed, and you two were the only ones I could think that may have been maybe's.
I thought maybe somebody forgott so change their sign-in before posting that they were confirmed. LOL! Don't take any offense, I meant it good naturedly.”

“People who sign up for group trips better know how to take a joke. ;)

I don't know who that is either, but I'm looking forward to meeting everybody!”

“i thought davy and crash were having an epic battle on another thread and davy was a troll (or was it crash, i forget). haha! sarge will sign up next.”

“I thought that battle was betwen Crash and Corey B. I'm pretty sure I've defended him to both of them though.”

“Why yu be, talking that, call me crotch head, I will have yu no, I is not that type.,lol.”

“mg: tj is the one who recently confirmed as a yes, altho in my mind he has been a yes for awhile, for hes always talked like he was in for sure

and yes, these are popular trails, but im not going for a super duper remote trip. ive just always wanted to bag some 14'ers ever since my first colorado hiking trip 6 years ago. this is still beautiful country. better than spending a week on the adena trace or in the deam”

“i was just goofin' around and all.”

“The west approach to the Crestones will be pretty quiet. I've read of people having trouble staying on the trail, and from the top, the trail down wasn't obvious.”

“ive heard that it wasnt the most clearly marked trail”

“i dont know why that route isnt more popular. its only 4 miles, and a straight shot south of leadville and”

“we should rappel down. that would be a LOT more fun and a LOT faster.”

“do you have the equipment for that?”

“yep”

“that would be funny if you got a hundred feet from the bottom and found you ran out of bolts or whatever”