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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Consider mine crossed and toes as well. Good vibes on their way.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Hopefully they hunkered down somewhere and are just off in a direction unexpected, and soon will have word they are safe.
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nah000
climber
now/here
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dropped off on sunday. topped out on monday.
haven’t made it back to skiis at base by thursday.
really wish there was more a person could do besides just hope for these guys.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Not too gnarly, by Alaskan standards.
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climber
away from the ground
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Happy-
It’s unlikely a hunker scenario.
Reilly-
I’m curious which route on which tower they did, and how you are familiar with the descent from it. Can you fill us in on details of the descent from the route they climbed? V threads or fixed anchors from previous parties?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dunno, but any descent off the towers isn’t bad if you have the gear to leave.
Obviously, the weather will have the last word. Best wishes.
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away from the ground
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Mar 8, 2018 - 10:12pm PT
Dunno
I bet.
I was skiing with a friend of Ryan’s today, he got a message about it.
All he had to say was “That sounds really bad.”
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nah000
climber
now/here
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did some googling and based on the photo leclerc posted on monday i suspect they summited the main tower.
leclerc says they are looking towards mt. fairweather [so west] and there is a very recognizable notch in the descending ridge at the far left of the image. looking at images of the whole formation it seems certain that the notch is the same one that can be seen along the ridge descending from the west summit. there appear to be two peaks lower than they are at in the image and their formations seem to be similar to the “west” and “midget” towers that are to the west of the “main” tower. i don’t know the formation well enough to be certain and images from as radically different perspectives as the ones i’m looking at can be deceiving, but i’m about 75% sure that the summit of the “main” tower is where that image on leclerc’s instagram was taken from.
assuming all of this is correct, according to mountain project it would appear the mountaineer’s route is the most common descent from the main tower and consists of a few fifth class steps with the remaining being mostly fourth class terrain [but all of that would be in summer, so winter would be a different animal assuming they did go down that way]. mp puts that route at 1200’ long.
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Braunini
Big Wall climber
cupertino
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Coast Guard is out looking but the weather isn't great. Winter storm advisory the next couple days.
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climber
away from the ground
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Thanks Nahoo. It’s always nice to have an informed opinion rather than a know it all remark.
Maybe John K. can give beta on the descent. I know he’s climbed out there a bunch. I’m sure he knows Ryan also.
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nah000
climber
now/here
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also ironically enough Ryan Johnson posted a tr on st from his and his partner’s ffa of the south buttress of the main tower back in 2011.
on that occasion they descended the mountaineer’s route, so Johnson, at least, would already be familiar with that descent...
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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I won't sleep well tonight. Worrying about these guys and hoping for the best outcome.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Treez, thanks for the clarification and your insights.
Hoping for a miracle for your friends, your brothers.
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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Hoping for the best. Leclerc is young and a real inspiration. He has always played a high-risk game, though.
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Matt's
climber
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man, this breaks my heart. Marc-andre was really inspiring to me. Met him a few times in squamish and yosemite. As I was aid climbing up leaning tower, he and his partner passed free-climbing the route. They had a boombox with them. That moment was instrumental in me realizing that aid-climbing was stupid. Watching marc-andre climb was beautiful. Really hope that he and his friend are alive...
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supafly
Trad climber
vancouver, bc
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Is there a current rescue underway or is it snowing too heavily right now?
Or is it just wait and see, and if the worst is true, recover in the spring? :(
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Let's hope for the best here.
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