Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine

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Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine

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Michael Swanicke or Peter Gram on the Finger of Fate. <br>
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Photo taken from The Oracle.

Ace Hardware Hammer . Very Versatile

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Mike Tsuji

Mar 17, 2015

“Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine”

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3 45 minute exposures stacked.

Michael Swanicke or Peter Gram on the Finger of Fate. <br>
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Photo taken from The Oracle.

Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine

Ace Hardware Hammer . Very Versatile

Kor nailing the first ascent. As seen in National Geographic Nov. '62<br>
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Photo by Huntley Ingalls (Copyrite N.G.S.)

Ted "soaking" in the summit view (4/25/05).

Steve Mestdagh on 8th pitch of The Finger of Fate. Photo: Bob Horan Collection.

Complimentary summit photo

The homies got this sweet photo of us from across the way (we're on p.3)

The Titan from the summit of King Fisher.

Brits hanging about on top.Tony Penning. Paul Ross

Looking down from near the top.

Spud leading the 8th Pitch.

Colin at the second belay station. Might want that belay seat right here!

Route Topo

Tony heading for the top

Low angle summit shot of Colby Wayment and Eric Zschiesche atop The Titan on a warm June day of 2013. Sans humans and gear,... with less atmospheric blue,... Mars? Classic formation,... though,... Zschiesche taxed with entertaining techniques ( aiding and jugging ) long rusty,.... was almost tempted to forego the last pitch and rappel. Clouds of consternation waned,... and the Sun baked summit felt the shadowed presence of members of the Tribe Primate....

Looking down from top of pitch 7 (Ted belaying at the Duck, the Finger at top).

Ted heading up the first pitch on the Finger.

Mike pulls up the rear

Ted starting pitch 4 (Cottontail Tower in the distance).

Anchors on pitch 8. There was a new bolt added outside the picture too.

The rack ! No Pitons

First belay. Route follows the seam above.

free climbing topo<br>
courtesy of Pete Robins/Ben Bransby, FFA)

An Approaching Brit

Good morning!

Rockin' out on pitch 4, about to aid the roof.

Tackling the roof on aid.

Bob Horan heading up the Finger of Fate, circa 1983.

1st pitcc

Near the top on Finger of Fate

Bob Horan heading for the summit, Finger of Fate.

Ryan Sayers leading the crux 2nd pitch

The Finger of Fate ascends the ridge where sun meets shadow

Shadow at sunset of The Titan .Photo taken from the bivy ledge above The Duck.

Ascending the last pitch

Getting ready for some airy moves.

Rick Winters, Fisher Towers veteran (retired), jumaring pitch 7.

4th pitch Offwidth. 5.10+ or C1.

Dan Russell jugging Pitch 2

The wee overhang. No pitons was placed on this ascent of the Titan.Just Stoppers and Cams were used.

2nd pitch

2nd pitch on the Finger of Fate route. Zschiesche free climbing this sweet pitch. Clean gear placements are more than adequate for this fine route.

Sweet Autumn day in 2013,... to be on the summit of the Titan. Eric Schildroth, Garrett Kemper and Eric Zschiesche,... present, and accounted for....

Funky free climbing on pitch 6 on funky rock with funky weather 4/25/05.-photo by Ted Rummings

Scenic views off the Finger of Fate's belay ledges. Photo: Bob Horan

Getting higher.

My little boy Lars and I infront of the Titan after finishing a one day solo of the Finger. Not bad for a 2 year old!!

In the thick of it on pitch 2.

Bo on the summit of the Titan after one day solo!

The Titan at 5:30 A.M.

2 actual Gaia tracks of the approach. Took me 1:20 with the track and a heavy (solo in a day) load. Blue line is more accurate, you don't go up, over, and behind The Oracle haha.

A look down from the summit at where the approach deviates from the main trail.

Location of West Face Rappels, from the base of the route in the saddle between The Oracle (direction of photo) and The Titan.

best views on the rap off the bivy ledge

Pitch 3

This one's for Ted - whoever and wherever the hell you are, hope you're still soaking in those views