Submitted by AliveAndThenSome t3_xza7jm in Washington
GraniteMtn t1_irph9bb wrote
Stayed there a couple of nights 15 years ago (time flies). We took a rest day and day-hiked for one day beyond the lake - maybe the mountain in the background, I don't recall now.
One event I do recall is having to get across a large crack in the mountain near the top, it must have been 150 feet deep, with width at the top being about 4 feet; the other side was about 3 feet higher. Too awkward to jump, also too far to reach the other side's handholds without leaning out to the point of moving your center of gravity over the crack. After watching 4 of the other people in the group YOLO, I asked to be rudimentarily roped in (under armpits, no harness). There was no way I was going to move my center of gravity over that crack under faith that I'd get a handhold on the other side, or my feet wouldn't slip out from under me. I did it with a rope, but it remains one of those re-occurring PTSD life moments for me.
AliveAndThenSome OP t1_irpkfxo wrote
What a great story. Sounds like you may have tried the true summit of Amphitheater, which looked a lot more technical than point 8252 that we walked up.
GraniteMtn t1_irprffb wrote
>Amphitheater
Ah, I'm sure you're right. Probably one of the vertical cracks to the left of the peak. https://www.mountaineers.org/activities/routes-places/cathedral-peak-amphitheater-mountain/@@images/image
AliveAndThenSome OP t1_irrwc9w wrote
Yeah, that's Cathedral Peak in that picture, shot from Amphitheater.
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