Walking the knife edge ridge.

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Walking the knife edge ridge.

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A mid-November Humphreys jaunt.

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J Smith

Apr 19, 2010

“Walking the knife edge ridge.”

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Walking the knife edge ridge.

A mid-November Humphreys jaunt.

Peter Pribik bravely walks the line on the East Arete of Mt Humphreys

Sketch of the route. Obviously not to scale.

The classic knife edge on the E Arete of Mt. Humphreys

Ridge scrambling on Humphreys

This shows the final section of the ridge. Lots of arete climbing prior to this.

Mt. Humphreys approach and route. The line represents where I went, I am sure there are other better ways in some sections.<br>

From highway 168 take Buttermilk Road. Follow the blue path to what Google maps shows as the end of the road with a small loop. There is another short section of road not shown on Google that continues up to a small plateau.

Getting closer to the start

There is a short section of road (not shown on Google) that continues from the loop up to where the red X is. Park here. Follow the yellow line to the saddle.

Mt Humphreys, East Arete.

Matt (aka King of the Scree)

View of the whole ridge line in an early summer (after a record snowfall winter) ascent

Approaching Humphreys in a sea of purple

almost on the rock

The summit of Humphreys from the East Arete.

Somewhere along the ridge.

Early season fun on the East Arete!

fun ridge traversing

mostly fun climbing (minus the kitty litter bits)

looking toward Checkered Demon

amazing colors

finally off the scree (for the moment)

Climbing some easy terrain near the beginning of the E ridge/arete of Humphreys

Checkered Demon

the most flowers I've seen in years

Matt heading toward the headwall

looking toward Emerson

JM on the approach

summit view

A short down climb on Humphreys

another summit shot

the final obstacle

the arete

Geezy sitting at a belay for some of the more vertical climbing on the route.

more views toward Checkered Demon

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