death at Cathedral
January 4th, 2008 Stephen Lau
Oakland climber dies descending Cathedral Peak
A bit late, but I only just found out about this from the SuperTopo monthly email. A bummer to hear about, to be sure - especially with them having already ascended, and descended and only being a mile and a half from 120.
I have my own love-hate-hate relationship with Cathedral Peak having tried to climb it 3 times and only been successful once. Indeed, two summers ago we got stuck in our own late-afternoon Tuolumne-special storm, though early August is considerably more forgiving than mid-November.
Jesse and I have planned to tackle Cathedral Peak again this summer. I’m hoping to bump my success rate from 33% to 50%; but we’ll see… I know I’m bringing a barometer and will be pushing for an early morning, early summer start.
Sigh. It’s always a little unnerving to hear about someone dying on a route you’ve climbed… worse yet when it’s a route you’re planning to climb in the near future. My sympathies go out to Noble’s family and friends. At least he died doing something he loved.
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