Mount Whymper
 
June 29, 2003
 
Mountain height: 2845 m
Elevation gain:    1380 m
 
Scrambling with Mark.
 
After a bear and her cub wandering the lower slopes of Mount Whymper kiboshed an ascent with Colleen a year earlier, Mark and I were ready to make a stab at this beautiful mountain.
 
The trip was amazing from beginning to end – terrific hands-on scrambling, fun route-finding, beautiful rock, and stunning views of the area. We did go off route near the top and ended up on some fairly serious terrain but were eventually able to squirm our way up to the summit ridge and onto the summit. The views were fantastic, barring some unwelcome cloudy conditions.
 
As suggested by Kane, we then hiked over to the slightly lower west summit and down its south ridge. Again, the route was replete with terrific scenery.
 
A wonderful day on a wonderful mountain.

Mount Whymper from the road. The ascent route goes up the gully in the centre.



A small sample of the amazing rock on this peak



Super cool rock formation. Stanley Peak behind.



The squirming section



Mount Ball



Looking west to the next summit. The Goodsirs at the distant left.

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