LOC:
Camp Dolphin
Sky
Few, Winds Light from the NW, No Precip, -6.8°C, BARO 782 Falling
Had
an excellent sleep last night, and why not? We reached the summit of
Wahoo Tower Yesterday!
We
rolled out of bed at 8:00am yesterday and set out at 10:30am. We
rounded Mt. Oluk on the West side and quickly saw our first
objective; a large couloir with a cornice at the top and a crevasse
in the middle.
Martina
led us up. We were roped into two groups of two because of the
crevasse hazard. The avalanche hazard was deemed to be moderate. At
the crevasse, which was mostly filled in, Martina took one ski off
and made her way across a bridge. We each then came across one by
one. We did a couple more switchbacks, unroped and boot packed up
the rest of the way. Sneaking by the cornice on looker's left.
Then
we had lunch, after which we contoured around the east side of Wahoo
and then skinned up a wide snow slope to the final couloir before a
short hike to the top. The slope was steep and there were cliffs
below but the snow was good and we felt confident skinning so after a
few serious moments we arrived at the top (2840m).
We
had a brief celebration at the top then skied down. The snow was
crusty in spots but good in others so we had s fun ski.
We
were back at camp a little after 5:00pm. We toasted Earth Day and
our success with some 'Kool-aid'. When the stars came out later it
was mighty fine.
We
haven't finalized the objective for today, but I'm happy with
anything. I feel very lucky to be here.
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