I climbed Mount Olympus in 11 hours, 6 minutes round trip. This is the new fastest known time (FKT) on the mountain, breaking my own FKT from July 31, 2007 by 24 minutes. I went solo and the climb was unsupported. I started at 3:10 am and finished at 2:17 pm (miraculously, the same real…
Category: Climbing
Clyde Minaret – Rock Route
Clyde Minaret is the highest point of the rugged Minaret group of peaks near Mammoth Lakes. I have wanted to climb in the Minarets since I first viewed them from the summits of Mount Ritter and Banner Peak in 2007. There are 17 minarets in all, but most are rarely climbed. The rock in the…
Mount Sill – North Couloir
Last Wednesday I drove 6+ hours to the eastern Sierra with big mountains on my mind, specifically Mount Sill and the Palisades. At 14,153 ft, Mount Sill is the sixth highest summit in California and the second highest in the rugged Palisades group. The peak is known as the best viewpoint in the Sierra with…
Thompson Peak, Trinity Alps
Topping out at just over 9,000 feet, Thompson Peak is the highest point in the Trinity Alps, which is a section of the Klamath Mountain Range in northwestern California. The peak is at the headwaters of the most rugged drainage in the Trinity Alps, the Canyon Creek drainage, where several peaks rise above 8,800 feet….
Blown off Shasta
Hari and I attempted the Avalanche Gulch route up Mount Shasta last Friday but were turned around by fierce winds on the upper part of the mountain. The gusts became so strong as we ascended that movement became restricted to periods between gusts. The worst part was the ferocious storm of ice crystals pelting the…
2009 Adventure Run Ideas – WA
A selection of adventure run possibilities for 2009 and beyond in Washington State. Washington: Ptarmigan Traverse: Tough to pass on this one. Mount Olympus: Shoot to lower my FKT from 2007. Lyman Lakes/Napeequa Valley: An area of astounding beauty covered thoroughly in a 50 mile loop. Mount Shuksan: An iconic mountain that has yet to…
2009 Adventure Run Ideas – CA
A selection of adventure run possibilities for 2009 and beyond in California’s Sierra Mountains. New for this year is a section for the Northern California Coastal Ranges, which features an appealing mixture of old growth redwoods, rugged coastline, and snowcapped mountains. Sierras: Middle Palisade: This peak lends itself to the fastest time of the Palisade…
New Mountain Photography Galleries
Check out the new mountain photography galleries on my website! 2008 2007 2006 2005 The 2008 gallery is new and the 2005-2007 galleries contain the same photos as on the old Stanford webspace, but they are now in a new format. There is also a slideshow for 2008.
Ptarmigan Speed Traverse
[Note: Colin and I did the Ptarmigan again in 2009 in 14:36] Colin Abercrombie and I completed the Ptarmigan Traverse in 18:10 from the Cascade Pass parking lot to the Downey Creek trailhead. We set out at 2:05 am and reached the official end at the Suiattle River Road at 8:15 pm. Due to a…
New Website!!
Check out my new website! Since my use of Stanford webspace is expiring in a couple months, I decided to create a new webpage. I used Google Sites and found it to be very user friendly. I am very pleased with how it looks and I’ll be adding more information and photos in the future!
Leor Pantilat's Adventures