Climbing Oregon's Mt Thielsen Alone

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  • Опубліковано 22 жов 2024

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  • @Zoomdak
    @Zoomdak 3 роки тому +3

    Intense climb! Thanks for sharing your experience.

  • @SUMMIT_MAN_VAN
    @SUMMIT_MAN_VAN 15 днів тому +1

    Just subscribed 799 subs whoop whoop 💯🤘🏻

  • @roadtrippin2781
    @roadtrippin2781 2 роки тому +1

    Nice! Have you ever gone inside?

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  2 роки тому +1

      ...of your mother? Yes... haha sry couldn't resist. Thanks for the comment 🤙

    • @roadtrippin2781
      @roadtrippin2781 2 роки тому

      @@summitspecials :D You got jokes! I like. One day we'll sit around a fire and trade terrible mom and grosser than gross jokes. But until then have you even seen the opening on tealsin that the usgs claims is there allowing one to peer into the cone?

  • @stevemclaughlin8517
    @stevemclaughlin8517 Рік тому +3

    You went up the hard way. If you approached the summit pyramid on the east side, it’s a 10 minute scramble to the summit.

  • @DougSandburg
    @DougSandburg 3 роки тому +3

    That was a gangly pitch guy dude. I have a fresh vision in my head from climbing yesterday. Definitely a better pitch to rap down. I’m impressed so I just subscribed to see your other climbs.

  • @okokokok987
    @okokokok987 2 роки тому

    Enjoying your videos! I don't see any summit registers on these peaks you've been climbing, like there are on Mt. McLoughlin, Mt. Shasta and Shastina. I wonder why that is? Maybe too hard to replace?

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  2 роки тому

      Not sure lol.. I've always wondered who manages those on the peaks I do find them on. Like what do they do with info scribbled into a composition book?

    • @okokokok987
      @okokokok987 2 роки тому +1

      @@summitspecials I know the Summit Registers for Mt. Shasta are labeled "USFS" and they are stored at a Library in Berkeley, CA. The ones in Oregon, I don't know what happens to those.

    • @BK-tz4jn
      @BK-tz4jn Рік тому

      @@okokokok987some guy gets high on fentanyl and forgets about wm

  • @washburnb1
    @washburnb1 Рік тому +1

    Yea...a real map

  • @silasmarner7586
    @silasmarner7586 3 роки тому +2

    Ugh! That scared the SNARF outta me! I've done the "easier" route to the east.. kinda on the face.. way easier. But then again it was in the mid nineties and I don't know if it even exists any more. Someone spray painted spots on the route so it was a no brainer. I was glad to follow them. I was top roped but it was sketchy with my casual belayer! Great climb Alex!

  • @bryanstevenson6805
    @bryanstevenson6805 2 роки тому

    Should done rabbit ears just a few miles south west from diamond lake.

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  2 роки тому +1

      Looks cool. I hadn't heard of rabbit ears before. Took me a minute to find online lol. Would like to check it out

    • @bryanstevenson6805
      @bryanstevenson6805 2 роки тому

      @@summitspecials I wish I could send pictures but my fire crew and I spent a couple days up there this last summer during the lighting storms and it was phenomenal.

  • @Leon-qh9br
    @Leon-qh9br 4 місяці тому

    70?

  • @ianhamrick2342
    @ianhamrick2342 2 роки тому

    How did you get that rope down. Just leave it their?

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  2 роки тому +3

      My anchor was the red strap with rappel ring. The rope was just looped through so that I could pull it down from the bottom. If you go up a summit like Thielsen, Washington, or Broken Top, you'll likely find the same setup left behind by other climbers. If I come across one in good shape I will use it and leave it, but if it is pinched, torn, sun damaged, or otherwise compromised, I'll consider it trash and collect it or add a loop of cord to reinforce it. This is the way 😉

  • @nathanberry5633
    @nathanberry5633 3 роки тому

    What would you grade that last 20 foot section on the summit block? I’ve heard it graded anywhere from 5.3-5.9

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  3 роки тому +1

      I'm not to confident in rating and wouldn't want to steer you wrong. I think 5.3-5.9 is in ballpark

  • @mhtinla
    @mhtinla 3 роки тому

    Did you up-climb and down-climb both on the west side? Is there a rappel loop on the west side? Thanks.

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  3 роки тому +1

      I did. There was only a loop on the East side, but I set my own up on the West.

  • @baaad_science
    @baaad_science 3 роки тому +1

    Dang the side you went up was a little sketch/vertical in some areas, kudos doing it with gloves on I’d want bare hands and chalk haha

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  3 роки тому +1

      The grabs weren't bad and I was able to maintain three points of contact the whole way. I was just extremely careful not to dislodge anything and there were a couple spots where it was hard to decide which side of the rock to go around 🤙

  • @KalebSchumaker
    @KalebSchumaker 3 роки тому

    What gloves are you using?

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  3 роки тому

      Just some cheap ski gloves made by Scott. I've been using the camp gloves with windmitts more recently.

  • @keitasalmon6485
    @keitasalmon6485 3 роки тому +1

    dude that last pitch was sketchy af

    • @summitspecials
      @summitspecials  2 роки тому

      ;) ... I wish I could have gotten better view points on it. I know it can be hard to gauge how vertical something on camera, especially with the head cam.