Climbing Oregon's Mt Thielsen Alone
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- Mt Thielsen stands 9,183ft about 12 miles North of Crater Lake in Oregon's Cascade range. This is a video of me climbin' on up it. In this video I remain on the west face of the summit for the entire climb. The more standard route wraps around to the East side of the summit block for a slightly easier climb.
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Video Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Ridge Approach
03:57 - Scrambling Rock Gully to Summit Block
04:29 - Climbing Summit Pinnacle
12:27 - Summit ~9,183ft
13:42 - Rappelling Summit Pinnacle
17:35 - Descent
Intense climb! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks for watching!!
That was a gangly pitch guy dude. I have a fresh vision in my head from climbing yesterday. Definitely a better pitch to rap down. I’m impressed so I just subscribed to see your other climbs.
Appreciate it!
You went up the hard way. If you approached the summit pyramid on the east side, it’s a 10 minute scramble to the summit.
I definitely agree with you 🤙
Yea...a real map
Nat geo baby lol
Ugh! That scared the SNARF outta me! I've done the "easier" route to the east.. kinda on the face.. way easier. But then again it was in the mid nineties and I don't know if it even exists any more. Someone spray painted spots on the route so it was a no brainer. I was glad to follow them. I was top roped but it was sketchy with my casual belayer! Great climb Alex!
Thanks!
Enjoying your videos! I don't see any summit registers on these peaks you've been climbing, like there are on Mt. McLoughlin, Mt. Shasta and Shastina. I wonder why that is? Maybe too hard to replace?
Not sure lol.. I've always wondered who manages those on the peaks I do find them on. Like what do they do with info scribbled into a composition book?
@@summitspecials I know the Summit Registers for Mt. Shasta are labeled "USFS" and they are stored at a Library in Berkeley, CA. The ones in Oregon, I don't know what happens to those.
@@okokokok987some guy gets high on fentanyl and forgets about wm
Nice! Have you ever gone inside?
...of your mother? Yes... haha sry couldn't resist. Thanks for the comment 🤙
@@summitspecials :D You got jokes! I like. One day we'll sit around a fire and trade terrible mom and grosser than gross jokes. But until then have you even seen the opening on tealsin that the usgs claims is there allowing one to peer into the cone?
Dang the side you went up was a little sketch/vertical in some areas, kudos doing it with gloves on I’d want bare hands and chalk haha
The grabs weren't bad and I was able to maintain three points of contact the whole way. I was just extremely careful not to dislodge anything and there were a couple spots where it was hard to decide which side of the rock to go around 🤙
What would you grade that last 20 foot section on the summit block? I’ve heard it graded anywhere from 5.3-5.9
I'm not to confident in rating and wouldn't want to steer you wrong. I think 5.3-5.9 is in ballpark
Should done rabbit ears just a few miles south west from diamond lake.
Looks cool. I hadn't heard of rabbit ears before. Took me a minute to find online lol. Would like to check it out
@@summitspecials I wish I could send pictures but my fire crew and I spent a couple days up there this last summer during the lighting storms and it was phenomenal.
Did you up-climb and down-climb both on the west side? Is there a rappel loop on the west side? Thanks.
I did. There was only a loop on the East side, but I set my own up on the West.
How did you get that rope down. Just leave it their?
My anchor was the red strap with rappel ring. The rope was just looped through so that I could pull it down from the bottom. If you go up a summit like Thielsen, Washington, or Broken Top, you'll likely find the same setup left behind by other climbers. If I come across one in good shape I will use it and leave it, but if it is pinched, torn, sun damaged, or otherwise compromised, I'll consider it trash and collect it or add a loop of cord to reinforce it. This is the way 😉
What gloves are you using?
Just some cheap ski gloves made by Scott. I've been using the camp gloves with windmitts more recently.
70?
60m rope
@@summitspecials 5.7 route
dude that last pitch was sketchy af
;) ... I wish I could have gotten better view points on it. I know it can be hard to gauge how vertical something on camera, especially with the head cam.