Pik Kommunizma/Ismoil Somoni (24,590ft/7495m) Highest Peak in Tajikistan Aug 14-17, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Ian, Reuben, Paul Aug 14 – climb from basecamp to plateau (5900m) Aug 15 – move to peak dushanbe camp (7000m) Aug 16 – summit (7495m), return to plateau Aug 17 – descend to basecamp There are… Continue reading
Pik Korzhenevskaya (7,105m) Aug 6, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Reuben, Ian Aug 4 – BC to 6100m, drop cache, sleep 5600m Aug 5 – move to 6100m camp Aug 6 – summit, return to BC My goal for the summer was to finish climbing the snow leopard peaks, the 7000m peaks… Continue reading
Bazarduzu (14,652ft/4466m) July 25-26, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Ian Our big goal for the summer was to climb two 7000m peaks in Tajikistan: khorzenevskaya and communisma. This would hopefully allow Andreas and I to finish the snow leopards list, the 7000m peaks of the former Soviet union. The standard way to… Continue reading
Washington Top 100 Peaks Updated List Eric Gilbertson 2017 – 2023 Summary of results: Added Peaks – Big Kangaroo, East Fury, Solitude, Chalangin, Blackcap Removed Peaks – Sherman, Luna, St Helens, Switchback, Flora Order changed based on updated elevations Peaks with multiple summits: Sherpa – West summit true summit, 2ft… Continue reading
Mt Ballard Survey July 18, 2023 9:30am – 6:30pm, 3 miles biking, 7 miles hiking Summary of results: Mt Ballard elevation 8,371.0ft+/-0.1ft Still a WA top 100 peak I had one final ground survey to conduct before being satisfied with my updated list of the true WA 100 highest peaks…. Continue reading
Montana Dinosaur Digging July 9-16, 2023 Katie, Lily and I drove out to eastern Montana to help a UW paleontology group dig up dinosaur bones. We took two days to drive out to Jordan, Montana where we camped out at the property of some locals. Each morning we drove an… Continue reading
Blackcap Mountain Survey – New WA Top 100 Peak July 7, 2023 32 miles, 3:30am – 12:30am Summary of results: Elevation 8,402.4ft +/- 0.1ft, Key col elevation 7,996.2ft +/- 0.1ft (NGVD29 datum), Prominence 406.2ft +/-0.2ft. New WA Top 100 peak. I’m continuing to determine the true WA top 100 peaks… Continue reading
Sherman Peak Survey July 5, 2023 Eric and Kahler 17 miles, 3am – 4:30pm Summary of Results: Sherman Peak elevation 10,133.0ft +/-0.1ft (NGVD29 datum), prominence 395.4ft +/0.3ft, removed from WA Top 100 list since prominence <400ft I’m continuing my project to determine the most accurate list of the true top… Continue reading
Enchantment Peak Survey June 26, 2023 16 miles Summary – NE summit is true summit, 6-7ft taller than SW summit Enchantment Peak is one of a handful of Washington hundred highest peaks in a very interesting situation – the peak has two summits of nearly equal height, with one much… Continue reading
Solitude Peak Survey June 30, 2023 4:30am – 7:30pm, 17 miles Results: Summit elevation 8,406.0ft +/-0.1ft, prominence 414.1ft +/-0.2ft , now #74 on WA hundred highest list I discovered that an officially unnamed, rarely-climbed peak deep in the North Cascades is actually tall enough and prominent enough to be among… Continue reading