Prussik PeakAug 14, 2003 ~ Aug 15, 2003

After 5 hours of hiking, we arrived at our camp site by snow lake, our home for the next 3 days.

Aug 14 4pm, Snow lake

we left our camp at 7am and started our attempt of Prussik Peak.

Aug 15 8am: view on our way to Enchantments

Spring by Lake Viviane

Water Break, Nathan and Joan

Little Annapurna and Crystal Lake

11:30am, West Ridge, Prussik Peak, overcast and dark cloud in the southHesitation among the group. Shall we go up?

And yes, at 1pm we decided to press onward and upward.Belayed by Annie, Bruce started leading the first pitch,.

Joan and Nathan were the second team

Bruce at the top of the first pitch. His voice sounded extremely excited. Could see blue sky now …

Annie vs. rock

Annie on 2nd pitchNathan on slabBruce’s feet dangling above

photos taken by Bruce Frank

From 1-5 pm, we were climbing and climbing … nothing else in the world mattered

5pm, clear sky. Tao and Spring topped out of the final chimney.

photo taken by Bruce Frank

Belayed by Annie, Spring was about to join the rest of the team on the summit

Beautiful smiles on Nathan and Joan

Annie at summit

Leprechaun Lake and McClellan Peak

photos taken by Bruce Frank

Bruce, Annie and Tao were sorting the gears. Enchantment lakes were 1000 feet below them.

Descent through the north face: scrambling between rappel stations

Descent through the north face: Joan on rappel

7:30 pm, we arrived at the base of the climb. The summit of prussik was bathed in alpine glow.

10:30pm, we got back to our camp at Snow Lake in pitch dark.

OUR SUMMITThank Bruce for taking the picture!

Sweet Memories

Climbers

Annie Wong Bruce Frank Joan Napolitano Nathan EhresmanSpring Cheng Tao Yuan