Mount Washington: Jan 2011
Quotes of the year
"When you said 60 mph winds, I thought you were full of shit" -Bennett
"Take a rest here." -Joe to Anthony
"Oh thank God." -Anthony in the fetal position"Shrek. My dad is caught in a snow drift." -Scott
"Did you make it?" -Todd
"Hell No!" -Monica"Is there an easier way down?" -Teddy
"Well, the road but that's like 8 miles!" -Brad
As Brad walks away, Teddy, Phil and Harry walk down the road."This is not fun." -Alicia
Summit Team
9 of the 21 summited.
- Teddy Berlin
- Harry Liss
- Phil Welber
- Bart Blankenship
- Jim Blankenship
- Bennett Smith
- Brian Weihs
- Brad Winer
- Yang Il
The Plan:
- Saturday, January 15th, 2011
- Drive to North Conway
- Stop at the REI and/or IME and rent or buy gear (plastic boots, crampons, ice axe, etc.)
- Meet up at Dana Place and have dinner either at Dana Place or somewhere else,
- Meet up and have drinks, sort out any last minute gear issues, plan out our attack the next morning
- Sunday, January 16th, 2011
- Dressed for early departure (This year we plan on leaving no later than 6am, possibly 5am)
- Climb the Tuckerman’s ravine standard route up the mountain
- Meet up for dinner either at Dana Place or in Town. (I’m going to the BBQ place. Been dreaming about it for 9 months now)
- Hang out and drink wine and tell lies
- Monday, January 17th, 2011
- Breakfast
- Depart for home
The Room Arrangements:
- For a second straight year, we are staying at Dana Place Inn which is 5 miles from the AMC Lodge. http://www.danaplace.com/
- The rooms are pretty reasonable. A spot is roughly $80 per person per night.
- This includes breakfast and après ski wine and cheese.
The Crew officially IN:
- Climbing Sunday
- Glen Leighow
- Scott Leighow
- Teddy Berlin
- Harry Liss
- Phil Welber
- Bart Blankenship
- Jim Blankenship
- Bennett Smith
- Brian Weihs
- Brad Winer
- Yang Il
- Geoffrey Graham
- Myron Kowalski
- Alicia Archuleta
- Monica Beistline
- Joe Cannizzaro
- Kevin Zuech
- Rob Caldwell
- Anthony Scarpelli
- Joe Violante
- Todd Butler
- Climbing Saturday
- Thomas Fantaskey
- Galen Smith
- George Matthews
- Don Dearborn
Gear:
- Click here to see my gear list and each of the items in more detail...
Weather
Mt Washington can be windy and cold. Pay special attention to keeping your core, fingers and feet warm. You should have a full cover for your head and it should be windproof. On the climb, we’ll carry a day pack with food water and spare clothing, camera etc.
Those of you who need to rent stuff should do this on Saturday afternoon. You’ll need good boots (possibly Plastic if it's getting below 0), gaitors, crampons and ice axe. Trekking poles are useful but be sure you can attaché them to your pack when we do a short, steep section through the woods - for that section you’ll need to use your ice axe.
Consider how you’ll keep your water from freezing – start with hot water and then insulate it somehow. They will sometimes have thermos' and nalgene insulators at the Visitors center 20 feet from the Joe Dodge Logde next to the cafeteria.
Pics from Previous Years Climb
