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Mount Williamson |
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| 14,375' (4381m) 2nd highest in California 1992 | |
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| Sunrise on Mt Williamson | |
| Attempts 5/88 Driven off by a blizzard from high camp at west edge of Williamson Bowl at ~12,000' 7/89 Couldn't find route, high camp again above shepherds pass near west edge of Williamson Bowl 5/91 Mike made summit. Randy & I didn't try. High camp again above shepherds pass near west edge of Williamson Bowl 5/92 Made summit with Mike & Randy, made high camp in Williamson Bowl near base of Mt Tyndall |
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| Mt Williamson is a harder climb than it's higher neighbor Mt Whitney. You start at the Shepherd Pass trailhead in the Symes Creek drainage. From there you work your way up south to a saddle and down into the Shepherd Creek drainage. Climbing again up to Anvil Camp. I have heard this pitch referred to as the Death March by several people. I took me four attempts to finally make the summit Memorial Day weekend 1992 before I drove the ALCAN to Alaska. I cheated and showed up a day early and put my first camp in the saddle. When Mike & Randy showed up we pushed on to Anvil Camp. We made a higher camp in Williamson Bowl in front of Mt Tyndall. We day climbed to the summit and back to high camp. | |
| Mt Williamson (left of center) and Mt Tyndall (more distant right of center) from the Owens Valley | |
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| Camp in the saddle between Symmes & Shepherd Creeks Mt Williamson from the summit of Mt Tyndall | |
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