Trip Report
North Buttress AK report from May 2014
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Sunday February 1, 2015 12:43pm
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Comments
norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Congratulations on a great route. Really nice pictures and writing.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
The Ocean
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Such a stunning beautiful face from Basecamp. Proud climb man! Sweet pics.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Really high quality Sam, alpinsist magazine quality.
I loved the comment about your ex- girlfriend 😄
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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sweet and Thanx for sharing , You Sure Rocked it! (snow & ice too)
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christoph benells
Trad climber
Tahoma, Ca
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Hey! congrats on your success. too bad you didnt get up the cassin too, but joris would still be proud of your mt. hunter ascent!
We talked with you a bit at basecamp, we were the ones there snowboarding on the steep slopes outside of camp with zach clanton.
It was super cool to watch you guys through the telescope up there!
Well, everyone else could see you, I never could spot you with that damn thing...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Wow! Really great, well done gents!!
Jay Kerr would be proud.
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feralfae
Boulder climber
Montana, on the Divide and around.
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Congratulations! Very well done, and what a super trip report. What a super all-around effort.
feralfae
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Vwow. Stellar angles and color. Nice send fellas!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Wow! Thank you for a superb report on such a first-rate climb.
John
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Beautiful TR, great effort. TFPU
lars
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melski
Trad climber
bytheriver
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ya know,ya wake up in the tent after a climb like that and you tell yourself its just another day,,but you know,,its not and never will be,,cheers mate,,
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Like waking up by Snow Creek after Mt Watkins Melski?
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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THAT was really, really nice gents. Great job!
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phil wortmann
Ice climber
colorado springs, colorado
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Apr 27, 2015 - 08:52am PT
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Good job on the climb, and the writeup! The pics are amazing.
I was part of the team of 3 you mentioned, along with Doug Shepherd and Chris Sheridan. Due to time, we had to pass a party on the shaft by traversing to Deprivation and back just above the Vision. We then rapped the buttress just above the exit.
We did the route on a long weekend from Colorado, leaving Denver after work on Wednesday and flying into KIA Thursday at noon. We started climbing Thursday night around 930 pm, and returned to KIA around 10 pm Saturday night. We flew out of KIA Sunday morning and back to Co on Monday, back to work on Tuesday.
We were thankful for your bivy ledge above tamaras traverse, which we used for a quick brew stop. We took a short 2 or 3 hour nap before the last two pitches of the come again exit.
I really enjoyed your pics of the shaft and regret that we didn't have time to wait for a turn on it. Perhaps one day I'll have another go at her.
Good job on getting the summit, that's pretty rare and awesome!
Cheers!
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Alpinista55
Mountain climber
Portland, OR
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Apr 28, 2015 - 12:56pm PT
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Great write-up and photos! We skied in via the Kanakula Glacier back in 1985 to do this route, but temps at Kahiltna basecamp were 30-40 below when we arrived, so we opted for Denali's West Buttress. As it turned out, that was my last visit to the range, and I was always sad to have missed Mt. Hunter. I looked at it 3 times from the summit of Mt. Huntington, each time vowing to have a go the the NB, but it wasn't to be.
Anyway, great TR, guys!
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The North Buttress of Mt. Hunter from the north. Photo: Joe Puryear
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