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An exploratory climb of Mount Thielsen in Oregon
Mount Thielsen from the PCT junction, fairly early in the morning.
View north east of Howlock Mountain, from the PCT junction.
View west toward Mt. Bailey.
Meister Speik, note the new digital Nikon. Hanging you camera
case off your pack belt is not a good idea.
Photo Copyright © 2003 by Jeanne Russell. All Rights Reserved
Two young ladies who climb high in tennis shoes for a view and
brunch every year.
The ladies viewpoint and brunch rock.
Looking down hill at the brunch counter and Diamond Lake. Take a look here. Do not go straight up the hill from the brunch rock.
Go right, toward the pinnacle. Keep your party together. This is a freaky exposed place with thin cinders over steeply down sloping rock.
Cross this band of bad footing low, over to the comfort of hard talus. See our Climbing Mount Thielsen with great photos of the correct route by Paul McClellan.
In the steeps
This is serious exposure. We are way off route!
Jim, providing a fast and secure sitting hip belay. That is what
the rope is for!
On belay, down climbing exposed cindered slopes. At this point, my new
$500.00 Nikon digital camera started rolling, picked up amazing speed,
bounded down and smashed on the rocks below! After finding and retrieving
it, we decided to go get a beer at the Crater Lake Lodge
and come back to climb another day. Mr. Thielsen could wait.
View back up the hill, with the sun at the side.
Photo Copyright © 2003 by Jeanne Russell. All Rights Reserved
The summit block is good rock, getting there on route is another story.
Photo Copyright © 2003 by Jeanne Russell. All Rights Reserved
We met this nice family of hikers on the trail down.
Photo Copyright © 2003 by Jeanne Russell. All Rights Reserved.
We drove over to the "new" Crater Lake Lodge for a beer on the veranda.
Inside the restored Lodge.
The dining room, fully reserved.
Overlooking Crater Lake.
Crater Lake. The NPS charges a $10 entry fee, unless you have a
Golden Age Passport!
Mount Thielsen from Crater Lake.
Photo Copyright © 2003 by Jeanne Russell. All Rights Reserved
Un-attributed images on this page Copyright© 2003
2009 by Robert Speik. All Rights Reserved.
WARNING - *DISCLAIMER!*
Mountain climbing has inherent dangers that can, only in part, be mitigated
Read more:
MT THIELSEN
Fallen solo climber on Mount Thielsen, saved by chance encounter
Climbing Mt. Thielsen, a traditional mountaineering summit
Mt. Thielsen exploratory climb
MOUNT HOOD
Mount Hood - Climber killed by summer rockfall
Mount Hood - Lessons learned from the latest lost Mt. Hood climbers
Mount Hood - Final Report to the American Alpine Club on the loss of three climbers in December 2006
Mount Hood - Veteran climber injured during ice axe arrest on Mt Hood
Mount Hood - Climber injured by falling ice, rescued by helicopter
Mount Hood - Three climbers, their MLU and a dog "rescued"
Mount Hood - Three North Face climbers lost
Mount Hood - What happened to the three climbers
on the North Face?
Mount Hood - Two climbers become lost descending
the South Side
Mount Hood - Solo climber falls from Cooper Spur
Mount Hood - climbing accident claims three lives -Final Report and our Analysis
Mount Hood - Notable mountain climbing accidents Analyzed
Mount Hood - Solo hiker drowns while crossing Mt. Hood's Sandy River
Mount Hood - Solo climber slides into the Bergschrund and is found the following day
Mount Hood - The Episcopal School Tragedy
Mount Hood - experienced climbers rescued from snow cave
Mount Hood - a personal description of the south side route
Mount Hood - fatal avalanche described by Climbing Ranger
Mount Hood - avalanche proves fatal for members of Mazamas climbing group
Mount Hood - snowboard rider dies on Cooper Spur
Mount Hood - fatal fall on snow, Cooper Spur Route
Mount Hood - fatal fall on snow from the summit
Mount Hood - climb shows the need for knowledge
Mount Hood - climb ends in tragedy
Mount Hood - rescue facilitated by use of a VHF radio
THE THREE SISTERS MARATHON
The Five Sisters Marathon by Pat Creedican
North Sister and Middle Sister spring summits on telemark skis
Middle Sister and North Sister exploratory
BROKEN TOP
Solo backcountry ski to Broken Top Bowl and return
McArthur Rim - responsible climber slips on steep hard snow
A fine winter summit of Broken Top by Eric Seyler
Broken Top - climber disappears
Broken Top - climber slips on hard snow
SOUTH SISTER
Man rescued from crevasse just off South Sister climber's trail
Family of five and exhausted Great Dane dog rescued from South Sister Climber's Trail
Photos of a South Sister snow-climb in June 2006
A cross country circumnavigation of South Sister in September
South sister spring overnight snow climb, gear and skills
MIDDLE SISTER
Middle and North Sister exploratory adventure
North Sister and Middle Sister spring summits on telemark skis
Middle Sister - climb proves need for equipment and experience
NORTH SISTER
North Sister - Accident analyzed for
ANAM by Fitz Cahall
North Sister - Trip Report June 2007
North Sister - Climbers swept by avalanche while descending Thayer Glacier Snowfield
North Sister - Climbing with Allan Throop
North Sister - Accident Report to the American Alpine Club
on a fatal fall
North Sister - Fatal accident news reports
on the loss of Dr. Shively
North Sister and Middle Sister - Trip
Report, spring summits on telemark skis
North Sister - North Ridge Trip Report by Sam Carpenter
North Sister - AAC Report of fatal fall from east side
by Martina Testa
North Sister - SE Ridge Solo, a Trip
Report by Sam Carpenter
SMITH ROCK
Smith Rock - AAC: Experienced rock climber Jim Anglin dies
Smith Rock - AAC: Leader fall turns climber upside down
Smith Rock - AAC: Warning!! ** Belayer drops climber off the end of the top rope
Smith Rock - AAC: Fall on rock - protection pulled out
Smith Rock - AAC: WARNING - Belayer drops climber off the end of the top rope
Smith Rock - AAC: Inadequate top rope belay
Smith Rock - AAC: Climber injured on the approach
Smith Rock - AAC: WARNING - belayer drops climber off the end of the top rope
Smith Rock - AAC: Belay error - novice sport climber injured
Smith Rock - AAC: Fall on rock, protection pulled out
Smith Rock - AAC: Fall on rock - poor position, inadequate protection
Smith Rock - AAC: Pulled rock off - fall on rock, failure to test holds, exceeding abilities
Smith Rock - AAC: Belay error - fatal fall on rock
MOUNT WASHINGTON
Mount Washington - AAC: Matt and Joanne,
Accident on traditional North Ridge Route ends with helicopter rescue
Mount Washington - News:
Matt and Joanne, News reports of their serious accident
Mount Washington - AAC: BC and JWS, Leader
fall, good belay, self rescue and extraction by helicopter
Mount Washington - AAC:
Seifert-Gentz, Report on fatal accident while setting rappel anchor
Mount Washington - Rock and Ice,
analysis of double fatality on Mount Washington
Mount Washington - News: Seifert-Gentz, Oregon tragedy claims two lives
Mount Washington - News: JM, Injured climber rescued from Mount Washington
Mount Washington - AAC: Seyler-Smith,
Leader fall, protection pulled out and anchor fails - Epic accident
Playing Icarus on Mount Washington, an Epic
story by Eric Seyler for Climbing Magazine pdf
THREE FINGERED JACK
Trip Report: Climb of Three Fingered Jack in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness
News - Three Fingered Jack - OSU student falls on steep scree slope
AAC Report - Fatal fall from Three Fingered Jack in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness
AAC Report - Three Fingered Jack - Fatal slip on snow patch
AAC Report - Three Fingered Jack - belayed fall from The Crawl
Trip Report: Photos of climbing Three Fingered Jack, a deceptively dangerous fifth class summit
Trip Report: Photos: Climbing Three Fingered Jack
TR: Three Fingered Jack experience by Ben Siebel
TR: A violent fall on Three Fingered Jack by Julie Zeidman
A violent fall in Spain on caught on video
mpeg file - WARNING - This may be disturbing! The climbers did recover.
MOUNT JEFFERSON
Mount Jefferson - two climbers rescued by military helicopter
Mount Jefferson - climbing accident recounted
Mount Jefferson - downclimb proves fatal to solo climber
MOUNT ADAMS
A fine Mount Adams summit by Paul Chance
Mount Adams, a fine traditional alpine mountaineering summit
MOUNT ST. HELENS
Snowmobiler survives 1,500ft. fall into Mt. St. Helens
Snowmobile access to Mt. St. Helens questioned by Mountaineers
MOUNT SHASTA
Mt. Shasta climb highlights need for arrest skills
Five Seconds (on Mt. Shasta)© 1996 by Mike Sarmiento
MOUNT RAINIER
Climber on Mt. Rainier dies, others injured
R.J. Secor critically injured during a runaway glissade
Mount Rainer, eventually, with R.J. Secor
Mount Rainier climber killed by falling rock
Another Mt. Rainier climber dies on Liberty Ridge
DENALI AND HUNTINGTON
"Mount Huntington's West Face" by Coley Gentzel,
©2005 by AAI."
Friendship is the rope that binds us"
OTHER SUMMITS
Fatal climbing accident at Meadow Crags near Bend Oregon
Climbing the Snow Creek Route on Mt. San Jacinto, California
Cheating death on the Snow Creek Route on Mt San Jacinto, California
Mt. Ritter 1971 tragedy provides experience for a generation of climbers
On Being and Becoming a Mountaineer: an Essay
Climber dies on the steep snow slopes of Mount McLaughlin
Report: R.J. Secor seriously injured during a runaway glissade
Mount Rainer . . . eventually, with R.J. Secor by Tracy Sutkin
Mt. Whitney's East Face Route is quicker!
Mt. Whitney's Mountaineer's Route requires skill and experience
Sierra Club climb on Middle Palisade fatal for Brian Reynolds
Runaway glissade fatal for Mazama climber on Mt. Whitney
Slip on hard snow on Snow Creek route on San Jacinto
Notable mountain climbing accidents analyzed
California fourteener provides an experience
The Mountaineers Club effects a rescue in the North Cascades
