Desert Peaks

Jumbo and Mica South of Lake Mead

What:
  Jumbo Peak (5,761')
  Mica Peak (5,758')
When: October 27nd, 2013
Where: Near Lake Mead, NV
Who: Matthew Hengst, Jeff Atijera
Pictures: [Matt]
GPS Track: [Map]

After the previous days successful climb of Mormon Peak ended a bit early when we couldn't find a way to traverse to a nearby bonus peak set off further east along the 15.  A quick refueling stop in Mesquite later we started down the long bumpy road to Whitney Pockets and beyond.

The main draw for the entire weekend was Jumbo Peak, a short low 5th class peak near Lake Mead I'd heard about from Harlan Stockman and others.  And as long as we were out there we planned to grab the nearby bonus peak named Mica.
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    • Desert Peaks

    Mormon Peak In Nevada

    What:
       Mormon Peak (7,414')
    When: October 26th, 2013
    Where: Nevada
    Who:  Matthew Hengst, Jeff Atijera
    Pictures: [Matt]
    GPS Track: [Hike] [Hike+Drive] [Whole Drive]

    Mormon Peak is one of those oddly prominent bumps out there that makes you question why the club would leave it off the Desert Peak Section list while a number of significantly less memorable peaks are included.

    Granted it is near the far more memorable Moapa Peak which tends to grab ones attention a bit more from the free but still.

    And then I climbed it.  Suddenly I'm not such a big fan of adding it to the list...

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    • Mount Starr King

    Mount Starr King In Yosemite Via The Southeast Saddle

    September 28th to 30th, 2013
    Mount Starr King (9,092')
    [Pics]

    Well crap, end of Sierra season already.

    For me the Sierra season is bounded by the Spring and Fall Advanced Mountaineering Program courses that I help teach.  I really enjoy helping but they do keep me local Those keep me local to OC and tend to make a delimiter between run out to the desert time of year and run out to the Sierra.

    This year things had started the third week of May with a two day to Mt Julius Cesar and trip #16 has been the hard and fast 9 days on the JMT

    And now there was one more.  A laid back, 3 day, 1 peak, 16 person, *16 person*, 1 peak though requiring ropes and two low 5th class pitches...

    Starr King was going to be fun :)
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