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What geologic forces would create those jumbled rocks on top? They look loose, like one hard grab and they could just let go.

Nice, thanks.

Look at me!

The shaky camera makes it hard to judge ....

What kind of gloves do you wear???

“ how did I just do that “ lmao 😂

No need. You’re at the top.

Amateurs

I climbed this almost forty years ago. My last fourteener. Quite possibly the most demanding of all 54 IMHO.

Dang looked unstable as all can be..But the rocks sticking together defying gravity..

Whats more impressive is that you did this on BD Converts. Yikes... what a brutal ski that was.

Retard & Retarder.

That is a class 4 move. Not a bad one, but a harder class 3 move plus big exposure. That moves it to class 4 even though not objectively difficult moves.

what's it like going down that last 100 feet? I always find it so weird going backwards

feels like i am playing lemmings on spectator

I dont think I could trust that stack of rocks you guys are climbing over to get to the top.

Very awesome! Good job, men!

I'd paraglide back down.

i could do this drunk

Haha on entend des Québécois à 2min30.

Man this looks like so much fun. Once my shoulder heels from shoulder surgery then I get the trim ligaments in my knee replaced I might try this!

We did that on acid.

Class 4 means you need rope protection. Clearly they did. This is why people die. I'm a Search and Rescue team member in the Sierra and we have had multiple climber fatalities this year on class 4 sections. Just saying...

February 2017 was the most historic snowfall month in the last 50 years you just missed it

Mostly class 3 screaming at it's finest on the standard route. Nice work!

Wow that loose rock looks scary as hell. Imagine the forces that thrust this formation up, and crumbled all that stone. One good quake and it looks like it would come down.

Class 3,4,5 ? Class 3 hands and feet , Class 5 roped for protection ( can solo ), Class 4 is Class 3 for those that think it is Class 5 and may need rope. The Wilson group is so rotten a rope for protection is highly recommended although it is only Class 3 . Often low level Class 5's ( 5.o - 5.6) are safer ,even solo than crumbly ,loose ,sketchy Class 3/4.

Is that the only route up to the summit?

Dude awesome! Was this the Gooseneck Couloir?

One of the scariest ascents I've been on.

Looks like very good snow cover, the drop-in is less steep.

Just the way second dude dropped with his arm behind him tells me he wasn't ready

There is a similar drop in Europe I have done it like 20 years ago snowboarding with Club Med ski instructors, it was in Alpe d'Huez or Val d'Isere. First you had to climb up from the top of a piste. Would not try it now anymore with 57 years of age, a pity, what a rush. Regular black piste crazy enough now.

I got to downclimb that bit in a hailstorm with static buzzing around us after a freak storm moved in at 11am. Lesson learned-next time start from Kilpacker so I don't have to downclimb that to get to Rock of Ages.

Attempting this Saturday, thanks for posting, I'm aprehensive.

go home tourist.

people who ski it on bad snow days are probably there for a short trip and are determined to ski it one way or another.. locals only hit it on pow days

When I climbed this with Daren in 1986 there was a big slab about the size of a baby grand piano near the top. When we were both on it, it slid down a little, scaring the crap outta us. It looks like that slab must've fallen in the intervening ~37 years, as it's no longer there.

How do you get to the top?

Once a gaper always a gaper

Same as getting hooked up at the mangy moose , be aggressive

Nice gnarly conditions

So typical of the 14-ers... just feel like the whole pile of bricks is going to come down as you pull on it...

Sweaty palms

I saw this video and thought there was no way I could climb this mountain. Then at the false summit I saw the much safer route 50 ft. below the ridge. Thanks for making this epic video.

dude that last part was sketchy af

I wanted to throw up just watching this. Jesus my legs would give out on me if I were there.

I'm getting vertigo on the couch watching

Thats scares the the hell out-of me.