This summit will make most mortals quite giddy.

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This summit will make most mortals quite giddy.

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The weather's perfect and the gang's all here...<br>
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A 70m rope will get you all the way from the 4th class ledge to the dihedral corner.<br>
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Climbing the dihedral pitch in the sun is a way more pleasant experience than climbing it early in the morning when it's shady and the rock is cold.

Climbers on Mithril, photo taken from Star Trekkin

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Tyson Waldron

Aug 18, 2013

“This summit will make most mortals quite giddy.”

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This summit will make most mortals quite giddy.

Climbers on Mithril, photo taken from Star Trekkin

3rd pitch<br>

Tony Tennessee gets to grips with the meat of the route and starts up pitch 3

Iceberg lake as seen from Russell Whitney col.

Route Beta. Top section is much foreshortened.

Fred Batliner on the final technical pitch.

Route Overlay for Mithral Dihedral.

Another shot of Fred on the last pitch.

Lakes below the east ridge descent

Here we go...

Ellie enjoys the awesome movement and position at the top of the corner

29aug09, we did it like this. Red line denotes our approach to 4th class ledge, three yellow dots show our belays, pitches. Second belay station (at 2nd dot) out of view at base of dihedral corner.<br>
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Check out the distorting effect of the photo: Second pitch (200') is actually almost as long as first pitch (215')!

Pitch 4 of Mithril Dihedral.

Beautiful P3

Michael following the long linked pitch in the dihedral (3+4) on September 3, 2023. Note the fresh snow on the north face of Whitney.

A very nice step across finish- reminiscent of the Red Dihedral's step across on the Hulk.<br>
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For us, this was 3rd pitch.

Carmen relaxing and very happy after sending the corner in two pitches.

The Mithral Dihedral

Don't drop your partners yellow mastercam.<br>
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Or do. Whatevah.

Looking west from atop the corner

3rd pitch

Lakes to the west of Mt Russell

Troutman following p3 of the Mithral Dihedral

Close up of the layback section. It's easier to layback this section and pull over on the top of the dihedral.

The dihedral finishes on top of this pitch.

The offwidth section at the start of pitch 4/5 depending on how you link the pitches. There is a thinner crack running on the right that takes smaller gear.

The final moves of the dihedral

The dihedral looming above

Following a pitch in the corner

Allie cruising up groovy alpine splitters on Mt. Russell's Mithril Dihedral. Upper Boyscout Lake in the background.

Pitch 3, approaching the small chimney.

route is the large corner in the shadow

The weather's perfect and the gang's all here...<br>
<br>
A 70m rope will get you all the way from the 4th class ledge to the dihedral corner.<br>
<br>
Climbing the dihedral pitch in the sun is a way more pleasant experience than climbing it early in the morning when it's shady and the rock is cold.

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