Wildcat Traverse

We were all a little beat. The ridge was a lot rougher than we anticipated, and we spent a lot of time climbing over crumbing spires and down unexpected cliffs. We dicided to forgo the last peak, because we might then get down in the dark, and I can't balance well in the dark. I am strong, but know my limits.

Harlan W S & Anji C

Saturday, February 16, 2019

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We went clockwise.
Roads that appear on
google earth seem to
have washed out, so the
trek back across the "flats"
was not that easy.
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Starting on the east
route to Wildcat,
view over sand dunes
and Bat Mt and friends.
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Anji with her big,
whiplash-free pack.
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Anji photo of us
negotiating the
quartzite ridge. Not
visible are the cliffs
that followed each
upclimb.
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More of the ridge
with hidden cliffs.
Eventually we dropped
in the wash to south.
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On Wildcat
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View S from Wildcat
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View from my
pitstop
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Wildrose Peak
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California Sierra
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View N from
Wildcat. Colorful
terrain.
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MacLeod-Lilley
register on Wildcat.
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The rough descent N
of Wildcat
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Anji pic of me heading
to anonymous lump.
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Wildcat in back
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Anji pick of rough
terrain to anonymous
lump
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Anji pic
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Anji pic
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Anji and Bart on
the lump
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Anji and Bart over
the lump
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Next rough ridge
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cinder cone and
basalt flow to E
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Part of the ridge
we crossed
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More of ridge we
traversed
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Bart on creepy
downclimb
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Peak 5162, our route
for next part
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The annoying quartzite
ridge we ascended
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Anji and Bart
downclimb
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where we were
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Where we are going.
Route on brown
was milder
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Where we came from
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descent
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View up at a peak
we crossed
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The way back was
over Flintstone
baseballs.
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The sharp right
drop was where Anji
predicted I would
hit cliffs. She was
correct, but I found a
way down.