Charleston Peak Mojo Chexk (43x)

Charleston Peak Mojo Check (43x)

Harlan WS
June 8, 2017

Well, it has been a tough 3 months since my last post on Jumbo. Two ER visits, 3 operations, all for kidneys stones and ureteral strictures. I spent too much time with a kidney-bladder stent. This was my hardest hike since stent removal and operation 23 days before. It was not my fastest time up (3h 50m including breaks and wardrobe changes), but I carried a lot of crap and took the Devil's Thumb shortcut, so I could avoid most snow-trudging, yet get to use my crampons, overboots and ice ax. I'm guessing the snow could be carefully avoided within a day or two of my visit, via this route.

I started at Trail Canyon Parking. 17 miles, about 5000' gain accummulated	Distant view of where I will very briefly use snow gear	The Devil's Thumb (DT) shortcut goes up those cliffs, avoids fall hazard at top of Hourglass Couloir.
DT. The route goes in back of the thumb.	View back on DT after the worst scrambling	I'm on the ridge. View S to summit; I can avoid snow for all but 200'. I probably would have just gone up the cliffs if I didn't have gear.
	The wind on top was a steady 50 mph+	View down Kyle Canyon, penitentes about to form from snow cups.
Sistas.	Ridge I'll take for South Loop.	My pack!
Matt, Latecia and I walked this ridge in 1998.	A tree in the trail! What do I do?	Almost down to Avalanche Chute
Still good snow for practice	Cockscomb. I'll have to walk some road back to car, but will mainly stay in woods.