March 20, 2009.
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The tallest mountain in the lower 48.
It’s an amazing mountain with incredible history, and demands a ton of respect.
Whitney Portal, summit, back to Witney Portal in 12.5 hours. Not a trail hike, but a complete back country adventure. Full winter ascent of the famed mountaineer’s route.
6000′ of rock/ice/snow, Team Jordan got it done. Not without plenty of excitment. We bumped into old friends, made new ones….and put another notch on the belt.
We each carried a massive load, and brought enough back up gear for any surprise that could come our way.
Come mid day, the anticipated snow storm came more than a few hours earlier than predicted. Teams were bailing from the top, just short of the summit. Our team assessed it all continually and pushed into some wild conditions and was rewarded with a summit all to ourselves. Conditions warranted plenty of skills and practice situations. It was rock solid adventure all the way around.
above: Jordan NOT all smiles about the 2:30 a.m. start time. It’s puttin in the hard work.
Below right: Jordan and Karen in the middle of the 1500′ chute approach to the top ridge.
Jordan and team,
Great effort by a great team.Paul, Karen and Jordan, you guys really rock
Ad Alta,
GrandPa Romero
Hey Jordan!
Well done! Another one down!!!!
Can’t wait to see you at the top of the world!
Lots of love and enjoy it all!
Nora and Ian
Just a little weekend jaunt for the J.
Awesome job team Jordan!!! A training day for you, more than most would accomplish in a lifetime…true inspiration.
nice job dude! I tried mountaineers route in january 2009 and turned around at about 13000ft because we got out of camp too late.