Trip Report
Solo Winter Night Ascent of Mt. Washington, NH Attempt #1, TR
Wednesday January 4, 2012 10:12pm
Solo, winter, night time ascent of Mt. Washington, NH on New Year's Eve. December 31, 2010.

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Kristoria
About the Author
Kristoria is from Canada.

Comments
squishy

Mountain climber
  Jan 6, 2012 - 09:25pm PT
You are one crazy girl to be up there in winter by yourself...
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Jan 6, 2012 - 09:56pm PT
Attempt #1?

When is the next round?

Be careful up there eh?
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Jan 6, 2012 - 10:26pm PT
hey there say, wante to see how the trip report was...
can't get youtube, etc, though...


but wow... does look dark and dangerous out there...
hope that attempt was not too bad...


god bless for your future climbs...
:)
SofCookay

climber
  Jan 6, 2012 - 10:38pm PT
I made a winter ascent 4 years ago - I thought it was pretty challenging and that was during daylight hours. Be careful!
Kristoria

Mountain climber
Author's Reply  Jan 7, 2012 - 12:56am PT
It does have a Blair Witch Project kind of a feel to it, doesn't it!

I've posted the second attempt.

http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Solo-Winter-Night-Ascent-of-Mt-Washington-Attempt-2/t11319n.html

Stay tuned for the third attempt.

Cheers!
Tomcat

Trad climber
Chatham N.H.
  Jan 7, 2012 - 07:31am PT
Timbot and I had a go like this about ten years ago. We picked a full moon night. Whoa, it feels so forbidding up there at night, especially after you leave treeline. The moon rose, but everything around us except the summit was in clouds, with a perfect hole above the summit. We could kinda see the moonlight below the lip, but were still in the dark, and the wind just increased as we went. Hard to imagine a go at this alone, it's pretty freaky up there at night. We turned back about a mile from the summit.

Bold attempt! If I did it again I'd plan to catch the sunrise on top.

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