Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Cathedral Peak

Having some skill in rock climbing appears to be a good thing when it comes to mountaineering. How lucky am I that I met great folks like Richard and Bob P. one morning at the portal parking lot to hike up the mountaineer's route. Apparently Bob saw something in me that I didn't realize and opened the opportunity for me to test out my skills on Cathedral Peak.

Bob, thanks for being such a great mentor. I strive to improve over these next several months and hopefully these skills will come in handy for my future big climbs (and not so big ones too.)
http://gocarine.smugmug.com/Category/Cathedral-Peak/23434526_4SHF6x#!i=1893245141&k=wvfXgmM

BTW, Bob is such the climbing animal.. he blew right through two other climbing teams who started an hour before us.. most of it without rope.

I saw surprising stamina for a relative newbie. (I wouldn't have been surprised if I had known you completed an Ironman Triathlon.) I saw determination. I saw willingness to listen and learn.

My Pleasure. I love leading Cathedral Peak. Having a student learn so quickly and then just motor past two other teams made my day.

Cathedral is a high-quality moderate climb. Real climbing animals do much harder routes. For those of you wondering about the "without rope" comment, we were roped the whole time, but I led most of the route without protection. After 50+ times, I know where the hard spots are and aren't.

Carine did a great job. This won't be the last TR from us this summer.

Congratulations Carine, that is a fun route...

BP, still only 50+? I thought you'd be near 100.

Nope. Just three times (all with WPSMB members) since you and I climbed it. The total is only 55.