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County High Pointing in all 50 states
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6 Messages
Digest #5386
1a
Mount Ritter. by "Jobe Wymore"
1b
Re: Mount Ritter. by "Coby King" cobyking
2a
Congrats, Jobe! by "fplobdell" deadbugman
2b
Re: Congrats, Jobe! by "Ken Akerman"
3a
Ritter summiteers - by "Jobe Wymore"
3b
Re: Ritter summiteers - by "Coby King" cobyking

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1a
Mount Ritter.
Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jobe Wymore"


Mount Ritter had been gnawing at me for many years so in 2015 a group of us decided to take the plunge. Well, it sounded good during email exchanges but what wasn't anticipated were injuries and a fire that raged through the High Sierra that summer. Plans were aborted.

But 2016 was a new year and early on we secured permits agreeing to meet in Mammoth in the fall. Dates were picked and we all showed. By Ritter standards our group was fairly large with the participants being Laura Newman, Kerry Breen, Andrew Kirmse, John Hamman, John Mitchler, Bob Bolton and of course myself, Jobe Wymore. On the 15th we set off up the trail just after filling our guts with beer and pizza. Of course I had a few slices with me in my pack for dinner later on, unfortunately no beer to wash it down. Pristine unfiltered Lake Ediza water would have to do.

Before setting off to bed the general camp conversation ensued and with game faces finally on departure time was discussed. I'd once (or twice?) dabbled the idea of a 5AM start to a few in the groupo during the slog in but that idea didn't go far so 6:15 it was agreed. Well, that eventually was replaced with 6:30 but I was pumped ready for the moment. Ritter was close.

Next morning dark and early, with headlamp on, the final preparation for launch was made with the others doing the same. The sun was just a dim glow but as 6:30 neared I sensed the agreed upon time was not going to be made. At this point the launch sequence would have been abandoned in Houston, but I made the flight leaving at 6:30 on my own.

The bummer thing about this is the others had experience (Bob) with the route or GPS tracks (many of the others) but I only had a photo of the route I'd casually taken off the internet. No biggie, though, the route was straight forward. Easy enough terrain was replaced by grassy slopes and eventually steepening talas as I got higher and decisions had to be made.

First decision to be made was what wide gully should I break off to my left in? As you clear the trees you'll see a large buttress off to your left with a huge massively wide tallas filled gully leading upward just beyond it. I'll call this the "lower gully". If one was to continue on towards the bulk of Ritter a second "upper gully" could potentially be reached and if taken would have you proceed upward angling left but much closer to the Ritter massive. I chose the lower gully.

As I got higher and higher I saw steep grass slopes to my right but having remembered that higher gully up and over the ridge if I was to have aimed for it I chose to continue upward. Eventually I curved to my right over ever steepening boulder fields that forced me onto Class 3 secure slabs that were preferred since I was alone. One this area was put behind me a little tiny cirque was reached and beyond it I could see some scruffy Class 3 dirt was in my future, not good. Beyond this scruffy dirt I also spied that it would take me to a saddle where Ritter loomed beyond. But first things first, this scruffy crap was going to have to be dealt with. In the end I decided to take it right up the scar left by prior climbers and after much debris slipping and sliding around and in front of me I made it up. Whew - I wondered about the others and hoped they end up choosing a different route since this dirt pitch would be complicated with others safety to be considered.

It didn't get any easier, though, since once I reached the saddle I was smacked in the face by a steeply angled snow/ice slope that this early in the morning was still not lit but shadowed and hard. Two options at this point = either retreat or solve the problem. The equation was solved by instead of venturing directly out on to the stope I hugged the rock to my right decending the edge of the glacier till I got softer snow. At that point, after knocking one massive(!) boulder loose I put on my crampons and marched ever higher till the snow had run its course.

Ritter is out of site at this point and after the excitement of the last two segments I was nervous but it was so close. I felt confident. I made my way up semi-stable steep tallas to a ridge line that loomed above, veered left and higher up on the ridge was greeted by a cairn and Ritter. Yeah, there it was! I could see nothing could stop me now and good thing because my tank was nearing empty.

Today was Friday and on Wednesday I had stood on top of North Palisade. To say I wasn't fresh at this point would have been an understatement so off I went on tired battered legs to the top of Ritter, my 58th and final California CoHP. Triumph! I had worked hard for this moment over many years. The reward didn't disappoint. It was mine, forever. A quick peek at my watch showed 3:50 up from Lake Ediza so for 25 minutes extra I enjoyed the solitude that Ritter gave me. A special moment.

But the day wasn't close to being over so with earphones on down I went retracing my route. The rest of the group was eventually met just above the glacier and they looked solid. Success was their's so with a simplified exchange of beta and congrats we went our separate ways. Mitchler wasn't feeling well, though. We've all had a day in the hills where things don't work out how we want them to (for whatever reason?) and Mitchler unfortunately was dealt this card on this day with Bob havin been dealt the same card earlier on.

After a little break with Mitchler, we decided to not retrace the snow/ice slope but instead to decend what I earlier referenced as the upper gully. Wise choice. It was littered with cairns that guided us ever downward with the security of knowing that someone had been here before. The route never exceeded Class 2+ and after a slight downward climb, eventually angling right, we swung around a steep snow patch and clambered up to the ridge line that connected to the grassy steep slopes referenced earlier in the morning. >From here down we went retracing steps till eventually being embraced by camp.

The day was longer than I had anticipated and my wife raised much alarm in the CoHP eGroup since she had expected me out much earlier due to her being familiar with my speed of travel. She hadn't factored in that mountains toss you a curveball from time to time, some in your control, some out. With the exit being complicated beyond route, the day way stretched.

In the end everyone made it out safe and now having gone our separate ways I'm sure all of us have a slightly different take on the day, a moment that for sure all of us will remember.
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Re: Mount Ritter.
Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Coby King" cobyking
Congratulations! Ritter took me two tries. Definitely one of the premier California HPs. To complete on Ritter is special.

Who else summited?

Coby

Coby King
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Jobe Wymore lunasoars@aol.com [cohp]" <cohp@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 09/18/2016 8:53 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: cohp@yahoogroups.com, Kerry Breen <Kerry@mountainhiker.org>, John Hamann <john.hamann@us.af.mil>
Subject: [cohp] Mount Ritter.

Mount Ritter had been gnawing at me for many years so in 2015 a group of us decided to take the plunge. Well, it sounded good during email exchanges but what wasn't anticipated were injuries and a fire that raged through the High Sierra that summer. Plans were aborted.

But 2016 was a new year and early on we secured permits agreeing to meet in Mammoth in the fall. Dates were picked and we all showed. By Ritter standards our group was fairly large with the participants being Laura Newman, Kerry Breen, Andrew Kirmse, John Hamman, John Mitchler, Bob Bolton and of course myself, Jobe Wymore. On the 15th we set off up the trail just after filling our guts with beer and pizza. Of course I had a few slices with me in my pack for dinner later on, unfortunately no beer to wash it down. Pristine unfiltered Lake Ediza water would have to do.

Before setting off to bed the general camp conversation ensued and with game faces finally on departure time was discussed. I'd once (or twice?) dabbled the idea of a 5AM start to a few in the groupo during the slog in but that idea didn't go far so 6:15 it was agreed. Well, that eventually was replaced with 6:30 but I was pumped ready for the moment. Ritter was close.

Next morning dark and early, with headlamp on, the final preparation for launch was made with the others doing the same. The sun was just a dim glow but as 6:30 neared I sensed the agreed upon time was not going to be made. At this point the launch sequence would have been abandoned in Houston, but I made the flight leaving at 6:30 on my own.

The bummer thing about this is the others had experience (Bob) with the route or GPS tracks (many of the others) but I only had a photo of the route I'd casually taken off the internet. No biggie, though, the route was straight forward. Easy enough terrain was replaced by grassy slopes and eventually steepening talas as I got higher and decisions had to be made.

First decision to be made was what wide gully should I break off to my left in? As you clear the trees you'll see a large buttress off to your left with a huge massively wide tallas filled gully leading upward just beyond it. I'll call this the "lower gully". If one was to continue on towards the bulk of Ritter a second "upper gully" could potentially be reached and if taken would have you proceed upward angling left but much closer to the Ritter massive. I chose the lower gully.

As I got higher and higher I saw steep grass slopes to my right but having remembered that higher gully up and over the ridge if I was to have aimed for it I chose to continue upward. Eventually I curved to my right over ever steepening boulder fields that forced me onto Class 3 secure slabs that were preferred since I was alone. One this area was put behind me a little tiny cirque was reached and beyond it I could see some scruffy Class 3 dirt was in my future, not good. Beyond this scruffy dirt I also spied that it would take me to a saddle where Ritter loomed beyond. But first things first, this scruffy crap was going to have to be dealt with. In the end I decided to take it right up the scar left by prior climbers and after much debris slipping and sliding around and in front of me I made it up. Whew - I wondered about the others and hoped they end up choosing a different route since this dirt pitch would be complicated with others safety to be considered.

It didn't get any easier, though, since once I reached the saddle I was smacked in the face by a steeply angled snow/ice slope that this early in the morning was still not lit but shadowed and hard. Two options at this point = either retreat or solve the problem. The equation was solved by instead of venturing directly out on to the stope I hugged the rock to my right decending the edge of the glacier till I got softer snow. At that point, after knocking one massive(!) boulder loose I put on my crampons and marched ever higher till the snow had run its course.

Ritter is out of site at this point and after the excitement of the last two segments I was nervous but it was so close. I felt confident. I made my way up semi-stable steep tallas to a ridge line that loomed above, veered left and higher up on the ridge was greeted by a cairn and Ritter. Yeah, there it was! I could see nothing could stop me now and good thing because my tank was nearing empty.

Today was Friday and on Wednesday I had stood on top of North Palisade. To say I wasn't fresh at this point would have been an understatement so off I went on tired battered legs to the top of Ritter, my 58th and final California CoHP. Triumph! I had worked hard for this moment over many years. The reward didn't disappoint. It was mine, forever. A quick peek at my watch showed 3:50 up from Lake Ediza so for 25 minutes extra I enjoyed the solitude that Ritter gave me. A special moment.

But the day wasn't close to being over so with earphones on down I went retracing my route. The rest of the group was eventually met just above the glacier and they looked solid. Success was their's so with a simplified exchange of beta and congrats we went our separate ways. Mitchler wasn't feeling well, though. We've all had a day in the hills where things don't work out how we want them to (for whatever reason?) and Mitchler unfortunately was dealt this card on this day with Bob havin been dealt the same card earlier on.

After a little break with Mitchler, we decided to not retrace the snow/ice slope but instead to decend what I earlier referenced as the upper gully. Wise choice. It was littered with cairns that guided us ever downward with the security of knowing that someone had been here before. The route never exceeded Class 2+ and after a slight downward climb, eventually angling right, we swung around a steep snow patch and clambered up to the ridge line that connected to the grassy steep slopes referenced earlier in the morning. >From here down we went retracing steps till eventually being embraced by camp.

The day was longer than I had anticipated and my wife raised much alarm in the CoHP eGroup since she had expected me out much earlier due to her being familiar with my speed of travel. She hadn't factored in that mountains toss you a curveball from time to time, some in your control, some out. With the exit being complicated beyond route, the day way stretched.

In the end everyone made it out safe and now having gone our separate ways I'm sure all of us have a slightly different take on the day, a moment that for sure all of us will remember.

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Congrats, Jobe!
Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:50 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"fplobdell" deadbugman
Hearty congratulations to Jobe Wymore on his completion of the county HPs of California. Jobe finished the Golden State on Friday, September 16, 2016 on Mt. Ritter in Madera County. He is the 32nd completer of California.

Fred Lobdell
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Re: Congrats, Jobe!
Sun Sep 18, 2016 3:20 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Ken Akerman"
I would like to congratulate Jobe on his completion of 58 county high
points of California.

I definitely would like to climb these and many other mountains. I am
looking to join mountaineering teams in 2017 and subsequent years for
mountaineering ascents.

Ken Akerman

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