Mount Huntington Phantom Wall

We landed on the west fork of the tokositna beneath the northeast ridge of mt.

Mount huntington phantom wall.

The upper half of the phantom wall is just visible to the right of the harvard route. Define your space with villa walls. New age oak l102. Call it what you want.

Here s the skinny on our climb of the southwest face of huntington. I just climbed the southwest face of mount huntington in the alaska range with clint helander. The french ridge arises from the foreground. In 1991 i sat in base camp with my friends gordy kito and ritt kellogg while jay smith and paul teare climbed the phantom wall.

The weather remained unsettled and we slowly strung out every bit of rope we had. Smith teare 1991 and shi shi by ichimura yokoyama 2005. Count zero on huntington. The harvard route follows up the arête just to the right joining the west face couloir route at the top of the ramp.

Basically we repeated the crux pitches of the phantom wall smith teare 1991 but missed the summit due to very bad weather. The west face couloir is prominent snow ice ramp sloping up the center. The third ascent of the phantom wall a new variation or a new bail whatever it was incredible. Lightweight and easy to install the single material core panel villa wall is ideal for creating custom cubicles workstations study carrels or dividing space without incurring the costly expense of cubicle systems or permanent construction.

Aside from the decade s worth of routes he has done in the revelations he has also soloed denali climbed the moonflower buttress on mount hunter and gotten the third ascent of the phantom wall on mount huntington with kurt hicks in 2013. We were perched 4000 feet above a narrow fork of the tokositna glacier on mount huntington s southwest face attempting a new route on the mountain s largest and last unclimbed wall. As seen from the harvard route the phantom wall is quite impressive well deserving of its name. The night although only five hours long had been a cold one without the comforts of a sleeping bag and had dragged.

Helander said he first noticed huntington s south ridge in 2013 when he climbed the phantom wall on the mountain and then later took a flight seeing tour of the alaska range with his family. Fun day on mount huntington last week i climbed the southwest face of mount huntington in the alaska range with clint helander. Need a custom size material or design for your villa wall modular panel give us a call to discuss your requirements. Although we are about the same age i am 35 his smile and jovial attitude takes years off of him.

Take your space to the next level. Customize your way. Back to villa wall. Thus far the 7 000 ft wall has seen only 2 ascents.

See aaj 1992 pages 50 58 we had been stormbound for ten days when they arrived.