ITINERARY, RibCo ‘04 TEAM
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Date |
Activity
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Distance |
Elevation Gain/Loss |
Hours |
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0 |
May 15-May 18
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Flight
Denver-Anchorage. Transfer to
Talkeetna by Shuttle Service. Night
in Talkeetna with West Buttress Team. |
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1 |
May 18
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Complete check-in
activities. If weather allows, flight
to Kahiltna Base. Cache food supply
for return. If we feel “fresh” on
arrival, single carry (packs and sleds) to branch of Kahiltna and NE Fork of
Kahiltna Glaciers (7,800 ft). |
5 miles |
1,000 feet
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Normal time: about 4-5 hours |
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2 |
May 19
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Cache sleds, and food
at Camp 1 at 7,800 ft for pickup on descent.
Use drag bags and packs to move to Camp 2 at 9,400 ft, on knoll near
foot of the Reilly’s Rib Route. |
~3 miles |
1,600 feet |
8 hours |
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3 |
May 20
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Carry and drag to Camp
11,000, working through icefall and upper crevasse system. This may require two carries through the
icefall. |
~1.25 miles |
1,600 feet |
6 hours |
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4 |
May 21 |
Descend 600 ft to get
cache at the base of the icefall. |
~.5 mile |
600 ft |
4 hours |
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5 |
May 22
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Carry to top of Access
(Crux) Couloir, caching at 12,300 feet.
Descend and sleep at Camp 3 (11,000 ft). |
0.75 mile
round trip |
1,300 feet |
14 hours |
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6 |
May 23 |
Rest day at Camp 3
(11,000 ft). |
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7 |
May 24
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Second carry up Access
Couloir. Establish Camp 4 at 13,000
ft. |
0.6 miles |
2,000 feet |
8 hours |
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8 |
May 25
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Move cache from 12,300
ft to Camp 4 (13,000 ft). |
~1 mile round trip |
1,700 feet |
~8 hours |
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9 |
May 26
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Carry cache over the
second ice dome to 14,000 feet. Sleep at Camp 4. |
~1 mile |
1,000 feet |
~8 hours |
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10 |
May 27
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Move up and establish Camp 5 at
14,000 ft. |
0.5 mile |
1,000 feet |
5-6 hours |
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11 |
May 28
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Carry a cache to
15,300 ft. Sleep at Camp 5. |
1 mile round trip |
1,300 feet |
6-8 hours |
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12 |
May 29 |
Move up to Camp 6 at 15,300 ft. |
0.5 mile |
1,300 feet |
3-4 hours |
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13 |
May 30 |
Rest day at Camp 6 (15,300 ft). |
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14 |
May 31
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Carry to Camp 16,300 ft. [Note: we intend to
cache some food and items non-essential for high camp and our summit bid,
such as snowshoes, at the location on the West Rib (about 15,700 to 15,800
feet) where we will cut down to the West Buttress Route Camp in Genet Basin –
14,200 ft - the day after our
summit.] |
1.45-1.95 miles |
1,700 or 2,100
feet |
6-7 hours |
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15 |
June 1
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Rest day at High Camp (16,300 ft). |
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16 |
June 2 |
Summit Attempt Return to 16,300-ft
High Camp for sleep after summit bid. |
3.5 miles |
3,420 feet |
15-20 hours |
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17 |
June 3
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Descend from High Camp
(16,300 ft) on the West Rib to the 14,200-ft camp on the West Buttress. Try to keep descending to 11,000 ft or
7,800 ft. |
8-12 miles |
5,300 or 8,500 ft |
8-12 hours |
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June 4
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Descend to base camp
at 7,200 ft and try to fly out. |
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June 5
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Shuttle to Anchorage. |
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June 6 |
Flight
Anchorage-Denver. |
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