Day 1: Cinema Gully on Thin Ice

Curtis Gifford, Dave Rapp, and Greg Scharer with Mark Synnott


Greg and Mark ‡


Dave ‡


Mt Washington View ‡


Small bridge ‡


Mt Webster ‡


Cinema Gully ‡


Mark climbing ‡



Slushy Climbing ♦


Mark on 2nd Pitch ♦


Looking down from belay ♣


Dave, Curtis, and Greg at Anchor ♣



Mark Climbing ‡


Dave ♦


Climbing a series of short traverses ♣


Team coming into Anchor ♣


Greg enjoying the cold ‡


Complicated rope management ‡


Traverse Pitch leading to final pitch †


Cold belay station ‡


Dave waiting to climb ‡


Curtis ‡


Mark climbing †


Puffy jacket on! †




View of Mt Willey †


Greg and Curtis heading to Hitchcock ♣


Curtis and Mark setting up rappel †


Dave and Greg back in the hotel ‡

† Greg Scharer Photographer

‡ Curtis Gifford Photographer

♦ Dave Rapp Photographer

♣ Mark Synnott Photographer