Grand Teton climb, Summer 1998

During the summer of 1998, my Kiwi friend Craig P. and I made two attempts on the second highest peak in Wyoming, the Grand Teton. The first attempt was unsuccessful, because I was still wasted from climbing Rainier in a day, just two days previously. We went back over Labor Day, and managed to summit via the Owen-Spalding route. The weather had looked a little dicey for an attempt on the Direct Exum Ridge, and the hailstorm that dumped on us while we were descending makes me think that we made the right choice.

 

High camp at the Lower Saddle, looking down Garnet Canyon.

 

Craig diggin' life at the Lower Saddle.

 

The Bibler tent with the summit pyramid of the Grand behind. (whoof, I won't carry anything except the Bibler on my back anymore. No interest in luggin' anything heavier than 4 lbs, 1 oz. And no, I don't get a kickback from Bibler or Black Diamond...)

 

Craig and I on the summit. Yes indeedy, those clouds did build up into a thunderstorm a short time later...

 

Owen rappel, shortly before the hailstorm.

 

Psyched to be back at Lupine Meadows, psychin' for some grub in Jackson on the way back to Salt Lake.

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