Mithral Dihedral 5.10b

Currently 5.0/5

Mt. Russell

High Sierra, California USA

Trip Report

Mithral Dihedral, AWESOMENESS

Sunday September 14, 2014 7:44pm

So so so so so so so so damn fun. This was my first ever 14er and not my last! many more to come! It was a 5 star climb in a 5 star area with 5 star friends. A very memorable climb that will always be rememberd!

It was a 16 hour C2C, left my legs feeling like jello!

Go out there and climb it!


	top of mount russell via the mithral dihedral Credit: whitemeat


	approaching a giant Credit: whitemeat


	awkward in so many ways Credit: whitemeat


	STOKED Credit: whitemeat


	Credit: whitemeat


	good things must come to an end... Credit: whitemeat

check out the little video I made!

[Click to View YouTube Video]

OOOOOGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!

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whitemeat

About the Author
whitemeat is a trad climber from San Luis Obispo, CA.

Comments

crankster

Trad climber

No. Tahoe

Sep 14, 2014 - 07:58pm PT

Very cool. Nice video.
I've done the Fishhook & Keeler. This looks superior.

Flip Flop

climber

Earth Planet, Universe

Sep 14, 2014 - 08:03pm PT

That is some fantastic footage. Nicely done.

feralfae

Boulder climber

Montana, on the Divide and around.

Sep 14, 2014 - 08:31pm PT

Great footage, music.
Good job all around!
Congratulations!
feralfae

climbski2

Mountain climber

The Ocean

Sep 14, 2014 - 08:43pm PT

Click the film folks. Kid has good taste in music.. He will go far.

Glad the leg is doing great!

limpingcrab

Gym climber

Minkler, CA

Sep 14, 2014 - 08:54pm PT

Gopros are so ghey you noob! Oh, wait, great little clip that captured things in a way that picture can't and you didn't care about the stigma?

Love it

NutAgain!

Trad climber

https://nutagain.org

Sep 14, 2014 - 09:07pm PT

Sweetness! Nice vid, liked the effect of sped-up reviewing summit register.

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Sep 14, 2014 - 10:37pm PT

Very nice video, and I usually prefer the stills+text format. I liked the 360 spinning pan at the top. If I'm to believe Mtn Project the FA was Alan Bartlett & Alan Roberts, July 1976. For them to get on that and name it that, which for that climb is just a super name. Your shot looking down at the follower in a perfect dihedral , then panning up to the never ending silver (Mithril) dihedral just blew my socks off.

Thanks once again.

McHale's Navy

Trad climber

From Panorama City, CA

Sep 14, 2014 - 10:44pm PT

16 hour c2c? Wow!

Ed H

Trad climber

Santa Rosa, CA

Sep 14, 2014 - 11:16pm PT

Thanks for the report! Cool video - esp the summit 360.

Myles Moser

climber

Lone Pine, Ca

Sep 15, 2014 - 12:39am PT

Great job! Wear a helmet. Binnies only keep you warm, glad to see you are back at it.

Big Mike

Trad climber

Sep 15, 2014 - 12:47am PT

Nice work Mickey! I bet that ankle is smarting after that outing!! Lol

Norwegian

Trad climber

dancin on the tip of god's middle finger

Sep 15, 2014 - 05:42am PT

i dug my grave up there.
i go back every few years
and tidy it up;
just some juniper needles
and some crumbling dirt /
rocks in the bed.

i find it emotionally liberating
to know that my grave is currently empty.

i don't know. just knowing it's there
and i'm not yet in it
really kicks me softly in
that verve spot.

i'll be trippin on risk or some such;
and worrying on doom,
and then i find solace knowing
that my grave is ready and waiting
for that one day when i decide i need it.

Roxy

Trad climber

CA Central Coast

Sep 15, 2014 - 08:21am PT

nicely done, man!!

looking sketchy there...

Social climber

Lassitude 33

Sep 15, 2014 - 08:54am PT

Very Nice. Big Day.

johntp

Trad climber

Punter, Little Rock

Sep 15, 2014 - 09:30am PT

Sweet! Glad to see you are recovered.

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Sep 15, 2014 - 11:09am PT

Great seeing you back in action!

Larry Nelson

Social climber

Sep 15, 2014 - 12:10pm PT

Car to Car AND the awesome climb? I'd say the advantages of youth, but I doubt I coulda done all that in a day on the best days of my youth. Way to go!

Ezra Ellis

Trad climber

North wet, and Da souf

Sep 15, 2014 - 05:08pm PT

That is what it is all about!!,
Nice video Meat!!!

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

Sep 15, 2014 - 05:11pm PT

Good to see your good to go.....

and going after IT.

GDavis

Social climber

SOL CAL

Sep 15, 2014 - 05:18pm PT

Well done!

Gagner

climber

Boulder

Sep 15, 2014 - 06:46pm PT

Sweet, way to go Whitemeat….

redrocker

Trad climber

Strung out on heroin on the outskirts of town

Sep 15, 2014 - 07:02pm PT

Wow! Awesome!

RP3

Big Wall climber

Newbury Park

Sep 15, 2014 - 08:45pm PT

The FIRST 14er! It is so nice to see you devote some of your immense psyche to the High Sierra. The Valley is full of gems, but the high country is full of diamonds!

dkny

Trad climber

Boston, MA

Sep 15, 2014 - 08:54pm PT

TFPU! Looks like a great day.

ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber

ne'er–do–well

Sep 15, 2014 - 09:05pm PT

w00T !
!

ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber

ne'er–do–well

Sep 15, 2014 - 09:56pm PT

What up w/ the buck-fiddy pixels?

Oso Flaco

Gym climber

Atascadero, CA

Sep 15, 2014 - 10:07pm PT

Looks like an awesome route Mickey! Nice work on the video. To do it in a day is pretty gnarly considering you live almost at sea level on the coast. Proud send!

Edge

Trad climber

Sep 15, 2014 - 10:07pm PT

Wow, that vid was awesome; I rarely can sit through more than a few seconds but this was amazing. Thanks for sharing!

yanqui

climber

Balcarce, Argentina

Sep 16, 2014 - 05:52am PT

We need open air ...

murcy

Gym climber

sanfrancisco

Sep 16, 2014 - 07:09am PT

YOW!!

whitemeat

Trad climber

San Luis Obispo, CA

Author's Reply

Sep 16, 2014 - 07:16am PT

Wow, thanks for all the comments you guys! Sounds like you all really like my video... Good thing, editing it was a chore! Thank you all for the positive comments!