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Courtney and myself, my friend Chris and his girlfriend Meaghan, met up with Mary and Dixie (Skittles) in Ballarat around 11 am. We specifically planned this trip on a Friday in order to aquire the World Beater cabin. After airing down, we began the climb. We stopped at Clair Camp for pictures and exploring,and talked to many people who were doing the same. At this point I was nervous that some people may have already taken the cabin for the weekend. But after asking, we discovered that this group of people were just day trippers. We made haste towards the World Beater, hoping to grab it.
On the way up, I noticed something very odd, the trail that Dave Pruett had dozed to the Radcliff claims, was unlocked and all trespassing signs were gone... odd.
When we arrived at the World Beater, the cabin was empty and the chaim was down to the trail that leads up to the World Beater mines. SCORE!
We settled into the cabin and started the long climb to the World Beater mines.
It is hard for me to describe how vast the area is!
The steepness, the angles of the mountains, there are no pictures or words that could do this scene justice!
The trail is safe, wide enough yet the angles make you think you are climbing to the top of Everest.
A good guess would be that we climbed 1500 feet in 3 miles..
Trams, mines, cabins and equipment filled this area.
Coming back down was just as crazy, the angles.
We settled into the World Beater for a good nights sleep. To my surprise, it is amazing how well a wood burning stove works. We stayed warm, made breakfast and headed up to Mormon Gultch.
I had camped at a small, secluded camp site 8 months ago with Mitch (Great88) and loved this place!
We arrived around 11 am, set up camp and went in search of the true "Mormon Gultch"
I had read on another website that mormon gultch was being settled by Mormons when Brigham Young called them back to SLC for a potential war with the US government CIRA mid 1860s.
Anyway word had it that the mormons had left a lot of cut wood in this area. Funny, when you know what you are looking for you will find it.
We found stacks of cut lumber on both sides of a small trail that reached high up into the Panamints.
You could see the axe marks on this wood.
We took a couple of pieces back to camp and settled in for the night.
The Next day we headed down towards chicken rock,
Courtney had wanted to do "the corner" so it was on!
Courtney rounded the ledge with confidence as did Chris and Mary.
We made our way down to Briggs Cabin, hungout for about an hour and headed down to Wingate Road.
Stopping in Ballarat Courtney and I met Rocky's father. The man was in his 90's and had stories for days.
All in all, the best trip I have ever gone on so far!
Thanks to Mary and Dixie and Chris and Meaghan for a great time!
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On the way up, I noticed something very odd, the trail that Dave Pruett had dozed to the Radcliff claims, was unlocked and all trespassing signs were gone... odd.
When we arrived at the World Beater, the cabin was empty and the chaim was down to the trail that leads up to the World Beater mines. SCORE!
We settled into the cabin and started the long climb to the World Beater mines.
It is hard for me to describe how vast the area is!
The steepness, the angles of the mountains, there are no pictures or words that could do this scene justice!
The trail is safe, wide enough yet the angles make you think you are climbing to the top of Everest.
A good guess would be that we climbed 1500 feet in 3 miles..
Trams, mines, cabins and equipment filled this area.
Coming back down was just as crazy, the angles.
We settled into the World Beater for a good nights sleep. To my surprise, it is amazing how well a wood burning stove works. We stayed warm, made breakfast and headed up to Mormon Gultch.
I had camped at a small, secluded camp site 8 months ago with Mitch (Great88) and loved this place!
We arrived around 11 am, set up camp and went in search of the true "Mormon Gultch"
I had read on another website that mormon gultch was being settled by Mormons when Brigham Young called them back to SLC for a potential war with the US government CIRA mid 1860s.
Anyway word had it that the mormons had left a lot of cut wood in this area. Funny, when you know what you are looking for you will find it.
We found stacks of cut lumber on both sides of a small trail that reached high up into the Panamints.
You could see the axe marks on this wood.
We took a couple of pieces back to camp and settled in for the night.
The Next day we headed down towards chicken rock,
Courtney had wanted to do "the corner" so it was on!
Courtney rounded the ledge with confidence as did Chris and Mary.
We made our way down to Briggs Cabin, hungout for about an hour and headed down to Wingate Road.
Stopping in Ballarat Courtney and I met Rocky's father. The man was in his 90's and had stories for days.
All in all, the best trip I have ever gone on so far!
Thanks to Mary and Dixie and Chris and Meaghan for a great time!
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