OTHER Trip Report 07/10/2015

Report Type	Mini
Peak(s)	The Sharkstooth - 12630
Date Posted	07/10/2015
Date Climbed	07/05/2015
Author	Zambo
Additional Members	dillonsarnelli

Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth
Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth Climbers: Zambo, Josh & Dillon Peak: The Sharkstooth (12,630 ft) Route: Northeast Ridge (5.6), with 5.9 Variation Pitches: 5 Raps: 3 Distance: Approx 8 miles Vert: 3,400 feet Round Trip Time: 12 hours 45 minutes Pop. Boom. Crackle. Explosions in the distance were going off as I rolled out of bed at 1:00 AM on a Sunday. That might be the only time in my entire life I have been annoyed by the 4th of July. Much as I do not usually mind a bunch of high-schoolers lighting off fireworks in the middle of the night, it was an annoyance when trying to catch some sleep before a big day. The concert and midnight bedtime the night before were not helping either. Oops. I guess that one is on me. I silently reminded myself that if Andrew Hamilton can climb 58 peaks in 10 days on basically zero sleep (a record which was in progress during our climb), I could slog up Glacier Gorge for some rock fun on 1 hour of it. Besides, this is the park we are talking about. As Dillon is always keen to remind me, there are no bad days in the park. No arguments here. Keep reading.... Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth

Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth

Climbers: Zambo, Josh & Dillon
Peak: The Sharkstooth (12,630 ft)
Route: Northeast Ridge (5.6), with 5.9 Variation
Pitches: 5
Raps: 3
Distance: Approx 8 miles
Vert: 3,400 feet
Round Trip Time: 12 hours 45 minutes
Pop. Boom. Crackle.

Explosions in the distance were going off as I rolled out of bed at 1:00 AM on a Sunday. That might be the only time in my entire life I have been annoyed by the 4th of July. Much as I do not usually mind a bunch of high-schoolers lighting off fireworks in the middle of the night, it was an annoyance when trying to catch some sleep before a big day. The concert and midnight bedtime the night before were not helping either.

Oops. I guess that one is on me.

I silently reminded myself that if Andrew Hamilton can climb 58 peaks in 10 days on basically zero sleep (a record which was in progress during our climb), I could slog up Glacier Gorge for some rock fun on 1 hour of it. Besides, this is the park we are talking about. As Dillon is always keen to remind me, there are no bad days in the park. No arguments here. Keep reading....

Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth

Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth

Comments or Questions

SnowAlien	Super awesome 7/10/2015 9:33am Makes me drool! This route is very high on my list this summer, so thank you so much for the detailed run down. Climb on!
Dave B	I appreciate the positivity... 7/10/2015 9:42am ...but the Gash approach does suck! :D At least when there is no snow and you spend 1.5 hours hoping over VW size boulders and gaining less than a mile. Looks like you guys caught it in perfect approach conditions though. Nice job. That’s such a sweet route with great exposure. A hell of a way for Dillon to pop his alpine cherry too!
Monster5	Nice! 7/10/2015 2:02pm I kind of agree on the 5.9 vs 5.8. Fantastic route description and pictures. Nice on a first alpine, Dilly.
Brian C	Good work boys! 7/11/2015 6:28am Dillon, First Flatiron to Sharkstooth? Great work man! Also, I’m pretty sure everybody ends up doing that stupid 5.whateverit’sratedbutnoteasyandnotonroute pitch 3.
dillonsarnelli	This report 7/12/2015 4:15pm is pretty sick Zambino! Dave, Ryan, and Brian - thanks guys! It was awesome!

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Shake It Off - Sunday on The Sharkstooth

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