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Peak(s)  Vestal Peak  -  13,867 feet
Date Posted  07/30/2012
Date Climbed   07/13/2012
Author  pbakwin
 Vestal - Wham Ridge   
Report from our trip up Wham Ridge is here:
http://blog.ultimatedirection.com/wham-ridge/#more-422
Great route in a spectacular setting!



Comments or Questions
Steve Knapp
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8 hours?
7/31/2012 3:40am
Dang, that's impressive. Nice work on the free solo of Wham.


Monster5
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8 hrs RT in a great setting
7/31/2012 11:33pm
Pretty awesome. Whenever I start feeling good about my conditioning, I just take a look over at one of you people's websites.

Edit - Also, do the water bottles in front get in the way of scrambling? Looks like most of the testers are a bit long in the arm and aren't really affected. What about for smaller, more dense body types?


Marmot72
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8 hours!
8/1/2012 3:22pm
It's amazing - I remember grunting back up those countless switchbacks from the Animas on the return to Molas Pass. Thanks for sharing.


pbakwin
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Pack & bottles
8/1/2012 4:27pm
Bottles up front can be a minor obstruction when scrambling. It's mostly an issue for moves where you need your chest close to to rock. With the Ultra & Adventure vests you can move the bottles easily to pockets by your hips, which gets the out of the way when scrambling. The vests will come in 2-3 sizes. UD has been testing with a range of body sizes & shapes. So far so good, but certainly you'd want to try on the vest yourself.


James Jennings
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Great website and report!
8/2/2012 5:30pm
Wham Ridge is probably my favorite day on a Colorado peak to date. Truly an aesthetic line and the way the succession of Grenadier peaks mirror each other one after the other from Arrow, Vestal through the 3 Trinities is stunning. Congrats on your blitz of that route.


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