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Alpineholydog
Trad climber
Spring Tx
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Dec 13, 2014 - 06:32am PT
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Thanks Cragman. I think he went for Ritter Banner as well. It just makes sense given his equipment.We have been up to Nydiver and the whole area leading up to the east facing chute the last 2 years always w him in mind. Glad you made it out ok after searching that chute and east part of the saddle. Very dangerous area for sure.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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May 23, 2015 - 09:35pm PT
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I had a distant goal of ascending Blue Crag Coulior this season to have look.
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crankster
Trad climber
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May 24, 2015 - 06:52am PT
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You'd be the one to ask, cragman...any information in the last year that would steer you away from the Ritter/Banner area? I have a climb of Ritter planned this summer. It's always seemed liked the most likely choice to me. What a gift to the family it would be to bring closure.
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crankster
Trad climber
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May 24, 2015 - 07:06am PT
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SE Glacier. I've always thought that he was looking to tag Ritter and get back, get his car and head to CO.
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canyoncat
Social climber
SoCal
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May 24, 2015 - 09:26am PT
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Safe journeys, and best wishes for bringing him home.
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Gene
climber
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May 24, 2015 - 01:22pm PT
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Dean,
There is something so alluring about the Catherine Lake side of Ritter and Banner. It's a good place to search. Wish I could join you. Be safe.
Gene
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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May 25, 2015 - 02:34pm PT
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Hello there Dean.
I expect to be sufficiently rehabilitated by late June/early July for a Minarets trip to look for Matthew. I still think of him often and would like to help his family and friends. Keep in touch.
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Alpineholydog
Trad climber
Spring Tx
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Jun 10, 2015 - 08:37pm PT
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Cragman.
Matthew signed summit logs I believe I read. If so he should have signed Ritter or Banner if he bagged them. The east approach to saddle is well traveled these 2 yrs without sign. The proper chute to ascend Ritter can be confused either on way up or down. Scanning the northwest slope of Ritter seems reasonable. The glacier down to Lake Catherine is only occasionally hiked but not devoid of traffic. It would seem that someone would have spotted some gear over there. Matthew is either up on that slope of Ritter or in a similar area over on Minirets. Pretty hard to mess up Banner as there is a mildly difficult route find but correctable and not treacherous. Weather clear that day. Might have gotten turned around a bit on decsent but why no summit log signed. Have summit loggers from that day all been contacted fro Ritter and Banner? Just feels like a slight wrong turn w a fall.
Sorry if this all so obvious.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Jun 30, 2015 - 11:54pm PT
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Heard about some incident at Minaret Falls today on my scanner, but no details.
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SplitPants
Social climber
LA
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Jul 17, 2015 - 06:07am PT
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Bump
Thinking of Matt. It has been 2 years now:(
Hugs to his family and friends
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pacarockhound
Social climber
Escondido CA
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Jul 17, 2015 - 05:48pm PT
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Maverick 101,
That September outing sounds good, as does all the other searches.
Thank you all for continuting the search. I hope to make it to Mammoth myself this autumn at some point and will do what I can.
My heart goes out to Tiffany, family and friends.
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DataJunkie
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jul 23, 2015 - 12:22am PT
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@Cragman
I am still sticking with this region, and in particular, the notch between Ritter and Banner...and more specifically, the gully on the west side that leads down to Catherine Lakes.
I remember earlier in the thread you thought Matt may have tried Michael Minaret. Out of curiosity, what changed your mind?
Today I "hiked" to the end of the Agnew Meadows Campground road while looking for the Wildflower Loop (which I finally found). I was happy to see new posters in this area near PCT and the one below, which was at the beginning of an unmarked trail that I think leads to Ediza or Shadow. These posters seem to be new, which is good considering the wind, rain, snow. I also saw some at Red's Meadow, and I think a few in town.
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tdg119
Social climber
Northampton, PA
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Jul 24, 2015 - 10:04am PT
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Ahh, that poster gave us particular issues putting it up - about a year ago on the dot. Was the tape holding better on the others, I hope? I don't want them becoming litter in landscape.
Thanks everyone who continues to think of us. We do follow along, we're just the quiet type.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jul 25, 2015 - 06:15pm PT
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Thanks Cragman and everyone else involved.
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DataJunkie
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jul 28, 2015 - 12:33am PT
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Was the tape holding better on the others, I hope?
Yeah, the others look great. Someone must have put up new ones, I am imagining around the 17th, because they did not look weathered at all. The poster in the pic I showed looked like it was in a plastic protector sleeve that fell apart. I didn't notice any litter from tape or anything.
On a side note, this forest is a nice place for solitude for me, but I always can't help but feel the secrets that it holds. Matt's case being the most recent and the one that I am interested in seeing resolved, but also Steve Fosset's plane crash (found), and the slew of skiers and boarders that have gone missing in the Red's Meadow Valley (most lived to tell their story, one didn't).
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DataJunkie
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Has anyone seen this?
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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"hobnails" makes in unlikely to be connected to this case.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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It is a good time of the year, especially with low snow last year, to find clues in the back country. I hoped to participate on a couple of those this fall. Unfortunately, I fell and won't be healed enough in the bear future. Good luck. I hope some information is discovered.
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10b4me
Social climber
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Has anyone seen this?
Interesting, though. Wonder how long they have been buried?
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