Ed Cesnalis Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 @Mike Koerner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 Closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 Thanks Ed. Your photos are wonderful. You should take your show on the road. Spend a few weeks flying out of Driggs, Idaho (a real friendly airport with auto fuel within a 100 yards of the gate) to take photos of the Tetons and Moran. Then up to Lebanon, Oregon (91 octane alcohol-free self-serve) for photos of Hood and the Cascades. Then to Gunnison, Colorado (auto fuel within 0.2 miles) for photos of the San Juans, Sangre De Cristos and central Colorado peaks. You could be famous... at least among climbers. Mike Koerner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted September 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 9/1/2018 at 10:55 PM, Mike Koerner said: Thanks Ed. Your photos are wonderful. You should take your show on the road. Spend a few weeks flying out of Driggs, Idaho (a real friendly airport with auto fuel within a 100 yards of the gate) to take photos of the Tetons and Moran. Then up to Lebanon, Oregon (91 octane alcohol-free self-serve) for photos of Hood and the Cascades. Then to Gunnison, Colorado (auto fuel within 0.2 miles) for photos of the San Juans, Sangre De Cristos and central Colorado peaks. You could be famous... at least among climbers. Mike Koerner I see more freedom in my future and I like those Ideas. I already go to Oregon and have only recently been looking at shots I want to try. Here's a wider Labor Day View Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFB Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Ed Cesnalis: I really enjoy looking at your photos. Thank you for posting them! I am amazed, impressed, and appreciative. I hope, someday, to take a photo 10% as awesome as the ones you post. Happy Labor Day to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted September 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 MO CLOSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted September 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 That close in the lee of a 13,986' summit should be done with some forethought in a light sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted October 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 Super shots. Do climbers venture here? If so, I would imagine that these photos would be highly useful to them for planning routes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted October 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 35 minutes ago, Runtoeat said: Super shots. Do climbers venture here? If so, I would imagine that these photos would be highly useful to them for planning routes? Current conditions as well as 'beta' for routes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 What's amazing in these photos is the way they bring out differences in color. I don't remember seeing the pattern in the rock shown in the last photo when I was there. The second to the last photo would be very helpful in route selection. The last photo… not so much. You need a closer view. The last photo is the back side of Humphreys. I first saw this, and attempted to scale it, during a week-long, solo backpacking loop. I quickly recognized that it was a technical climb and gave up. It's heartening to realize, 50 years later, that I wasn't completely stupid. That was late summer. I came back on Thanksgiving with a huge group of family and friends (14?). It was foolhardy. The average competence level was exceedingly low. We didn't make it far. I came back again a couple months later to attempt a winter ascent with a proper climbing party. We sleep in the middle of a frozen lake just off to the right (south) of this photo. (I have not done that again. The ice creaks and groins all night, keeping you awake.) Our summit attempt the next morning, up the middle of the face in the last photo, did not go well. There were a lot of pitches. We were going too slow. Then our lead climber dropped a glove. There was no way to recover it, and no way to continue without it. (Ever since then he has tied his gloves to a cord running up his sleeves and over his shoulders.) I came back again the next summer and successfully soloed the peak via the southwest ridge (on the left in the second to last photo). Most of the route was class 3 scrambling. Only the summit block was class 4 or low 5. The summit block is the highest knob on the right side of the peak in that second to last photo (It’s on the left in the photo of the back side). It looks like a tiny step in the photo, but it’s actually a bit tricky getting up. I developed a solo rope system, on the spot, which worked well for me on a number of subsequent climbs, including class 5.7 peaks. I made two subsequent attempts on southwest ridge with my climbing friends, the last of which was also successful. Mike Koerner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Mike, I'm impressed. Should have realized there were climbers among the fliers on this forum. Beside your flying stories, you must have some good climbing stories to tell. My only experience "hiking among rocks" was to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon for an overnite in my tent in Bright Angel campground about 12 years ago. It was beautiful country for this flat-lander from Michigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Very nice Dick. Canyons are the reverse of mountain climbing. It's the trip back that's most memorable on the Bright Angel trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runtoeat Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 I was in my late '50's and let a bunch of 30 year old fellow engineers talk me into going with them. I was running at the time and in good shape. Backpack with tent was 30 lbs. Won't forget looking up the mile high walls, wondering if I'd be able to get back to my car. Lucky it was in December. Can't imagine going this vertical distance scaling rock walls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted November 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Humphreys today November 27, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ed Cesnalis Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Humphreys this morning plus neighbor Basin plus Minarets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdarza Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 Amazing as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGLyme Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Best in class photos... and glad you are ok Ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Today's edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Ed, On the bright side... you have more time to edit your pictures. This one is perfect. Thanks. Mike Koerner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 With Wahoo in the foreground you can see the entrances to the 2 couloirs 'Kindergarten' and 'The Checkered Demon'. When I asked my now deceased hero / friend , Walter Rosenthaul if he has ice climbed the demon he laughed and told me he doesn't climb things that he skis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WmInce Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Bar none Ed, those are the best pictures I’ve ever seen of those mountains. You do a really good job of capturing their magnificence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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