JJ believes you must experience the outdoors to care about it which is why he ventures off into the backcountry every weekend. These expeditions serve as not only as a way to connect with nature, but also keep him in tip-top climbing shape.  Check out the expeditions JJ has planned for the 2011 year.

Photo by Joshua Bushueff

 

Palisades Traverse – Sept 2nd -5th 2011

The Mission:
Climb 5 peaks over 14,000 ft in one day that surround the Palisades Glacier. 

Thunderbolt Peak (1st Peak, 14,003ft)
Starlight Peak (2nd Peak, 14,200ft)
North Palisade Peak (3rd Peak, 14,242ft)
Polemonium Peak (4th Peak, 14,100ft)
Mt. Sill (5th Peak, 14,153ft)

Total Elevation Gain: 9,000+ feet
Total Mileage: ~22mi round trip

 

 

Past Expeditions

Photo by Joshua Bushueff


Mt. Sill, CA – July 10-11th 2011

Route: North Couloir
Elevation: 14,153 feet

Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of striking rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks.  We will be taking the North Couloir which is a Class 4 route via the North Big Pine Approach.

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Photo by Tyson Quick

Middle Palisades, CA – June 26-27th 2011

Route: East Face
Elevation: 14,018 ft

Middle Palisade is a peak in the Palisades group, part of the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the US state of California. It is the twelfth highest peak in the state. Several routes involving exposed scrambling and/or easy technical rock climbing (class 4) exist on the various flanks of Middle Palisade. Some routes involve travel on the Middle Palisade Glacier. The easiest route involves scrambling (class 3) up a chute in the east face of the peak.

 

 

If you would like to go on one of JJ’s expeditions, email him at jjyosh at gmail.com