David Hertel's Posts and Comments on Mountain Project

David Hertel

Haines, Alaska

38 years old · Male

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Member Since

Oct 10, 2008

Last Visit: Jul 11, 2018

785 Points
Point Rank: #2,027 Details Drop down

9 Areas

135 pts - 15 each

20 Routes

200 pts - 10 each

90 Photos

450 pts - 5 each

0 Approach Trails

0 pts - 4 each

0 Page Improvements

0 pts - 1 each

David is in the Partner Finder
Best Times to Meet: any

Likes Trad, Sport, Tr, Gym

	Leads	Follows
Trad	5.10c	5.11c
Sport	5.11a	5.11c
Aid	C1	C2
Ice	WI4	WI5
Mixed	M6	M7
Boulders	V5

Other Interests

most anything outdoors: sea kayaking, packrafting, paragliding, backpacking, skiing, spelunking, unicycling, bike touring, etc. also playing music, mainly mandolin, accordion, banjo

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I am always looking for climbing partners. I am primarily an alpine climber, so if you've got an objective, lets go. If not, I have a ton, so lets make it happen and climb some rad Scheiße!

Comments View All 37

Mar 23, 2014 S Central Alaska > S Central Alask… > Portage Mt. Byron, West Ridge Steep Snow X ● Went up the West Ridge today. We got about 1/3 up the ridge from the col before hitting hard rime and blue… View Comment
Nov 18, 2012 A view of the cathedral peaks on a typical day in Southeast Alaska. Photo by Josh Hibbard ● This is the only picture I've seen of Mt. Emmerick here yet! It has seen very few ascents, and most of them… View Comment
Apr 17, 2012 N America Greenland ● I'm planning to head to Eastern Greenland next Spring. If anyone has some info to contribute to this page,… View Comment
Apr 14, 2012 S Central Alaska > S Central Alask… > Snowbird Glacier, Tal… Nunatak. Because it's there wall. Snowbird Hut. (left to right) ● Thats way nicer than my friends yurt in Talkeetna View Comment
Apr 4, 2012 S Central Alaska > S Central Alask… > Eklutna Canyon Boonesfarm WI3 ● Last weekend, we were bombarded by a good amount of debris as we climbed the snow slope to the base of this… View Comment
Mar 21, 2012 Alpine Rock > Sangre de Crist… > Crestones > Ellingwood Ledges (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Profile shot of the Needle. Storms brewing. ● Excellent photo. It really makes me wish I had climbed the Ellingwood Ledges when I lived in Colorado. View Comment

Forum Messages View All 101

Gear > Lost and Found Reply: Found: tools at Caribou Creek, Ak Dec 19, 2017 No worries Pat. I'm just glad they made their way back home. Have fun out there and stay safe View Message
Gear > Lost and Found Found: tools at Caribou Creek, Ak Dec 15, 2017 Found a pair of tools in the parking lot at Caribou Creek on Wednesday. I saw the guys drive off, found tools after gearing up. We chatted about conditions on Kid Around the Co… View Message
Partners > Pacific Northwest Partners Reply: Anchorage, AK and surrounding area Jun 3, 2015 PM sent View Message
Regional > Pacific Northwest Reply: Climbing Partner Anchorage. Apr 7, 2015 Lets get after it!!! View Message
Partners > Extended Trips and International Partners Alaska's hidden gems! Feb 13, 2015 Hello everyone. I am looking for a partner in the Anchorage area who is wiling to train hard and get serious about going for FAs on some of Alaska's hidden gems. I have several… View Message
Partners > Extended Trips and International Partners Reply: Climbing/ Training Partner needed in the Anchorage… Jan 20, 2015 Another bump! Common peeps! Lets get climbing! Sick of climbing at the gym and cross training... View Message

Route Scores View All 32

WI4- R 143 ● All Mixed Up Trad, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches CO Ice & Mixed > … 1 > Glacier Gorge > Thatchtop Mt (SE aspect)
V5 6C 91 ● Floater aka Center Route Boulder Colorado Springs > … > S Side Area > Main Boulder aka The…
V3 6A 25 ● South Undercling Boulder Boulder > Flagstaff > Flagstaff Amphitheatre
V4 6B 103 ● Wedgie aka The Cube Problem Boulder Colorado Springs > … > S Side Area > Cube Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 233 ● Re-Thinking the Ethics Sport Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon… > Ripple Wall
WI3 58 ● Ripple Ice S Central Alaska > S Central Alask… > Eklutna Canyon