Ivana Humpaless attempt
 
October 19, 2015
 
Climbing with Mark.
 
“Ivana Humpaless” is a 5.6 trad climb that can be found in the Kananaskis Obscure online document. We had high hopes of completing the 6-pitch route and then finding an easy descent off the ridge the climb reaches.
 
After hiking up the now quite familiar drainage north of Wasootch Peak, we geared up at what we thought of the start of the climb. Unfortunately, that may not have been the case. Although the first pitch fit the description, we were soon on challenging and difficult-to-protect rock that was straining the limits of our comfort levels. This terrain did not match anything in the description. We fumbled around for an hour or so, trying to get back on track, but things just became increasingly daunting. Wisely, we chose to cut our loses and rappel back down to the drainage.
 
Not the outcome we had hoped for but still a very interesting and rewarding day out.

The Wasootch drainage has plenty of interesting features



Mount Lorette behind us



Atop the first pitch. We thought we were on route here but things quickly changed.



A host of familiar peaks to the west, including Sparrowhawk, Wind, Allan, Lougheed, and Collembola



The ridge to the right of Lorette offers a fun, but very exposed ride to the top



It's possible we should have been going up there but we couldn't get over to it



Mark finishes another pitch



The end of the line



Rappel time



Halfway down



Almost all the way down



Looking back up the face



And back down the drainage

The End

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