I fixed the parent-child attachments - thanks for pointing out that error. I took lots of photos but most of them have a bleached out look and aren't worth posting.
No kids, but 4 cats which do a pretty good job of contributing to my sleep deprivation. I wonder how many cats equals 1 child?
This peak, between the Sunrise-Twins saddle and the summit of Sunrise, is sometimes referred to as Jepsen's Folly. Back in the middle of the 20th century, the Ute Alpine Club at the U of Utah had a program to put mailboxes with summit registers on each of the high peaks in the Wasatch. Kent Jepsen(sp?) was in charge of installing the Sunrise mailbox. On the day he had scheduled to do this, there were white-out conditions in the area. Kent went up Broads Fork to the saddle, turned east and started up Sunrise in the fog. When he reached a summit he installed the mailbox. After the fog cleared, it was found that he'd installed the mailbox on Peak 11085, not Sunrise.
Joe - Great report and photos, as usual! Walt - Thanks for the story, I had heard of that name about 10 years ago but never heard anything else about it until now, interesting story.
Rob Thompson - May 11, 2006 11:35 pm - Voted 10/10
Wow!
Years ago we tried Twins from Little Cottonwood this time of year - although two of our party got to "Jepsen's Folly" in the end we were lucky everyone lived to tell the tale. Great report and terrific photos!
Dmitry Pruss - May 10, 2006 4:28 pm - Voted 10/10
Looking forward to more pictures :)and kudos for a nice write up JB!
Gotta tell you that nothing prepares for a series of short nights better than raising a few kids LOL.
I think some parent-child attchments are a bit backwards BTW - at least usually it's a mountain having a TR and not the other way around.
Yeah, and about beer - I think you asked me too, but from the TR it looks like you prefer Grizz's 0% brew LOL.
Joseph Bullough - May 10, 2006 8:09 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Looking forward to more pictures :)I fixed the parent-child attachments - thanks for pointing out that error. I took lots of photos but most of them have a bleached out look and aren't worth posting.
No kids, but 4 cats which do a pretty good job of contributing to my sleep deprivation. I wonder how many cats equals 1 child?
Travis Atwood - May 10, 2006 7:56 pm - Voted 10/10
Great reportNice work Joe. Sounds like you guys had a great trip.
bc44caesar - May 11, 2006 3:01 am - Hasn't voted
Well DoneNice report Joe and fine pictures as usual!
imontop - May 11, 2006 12:36 pm - Voted 10/10
Chalk up anotherGreat write up Joe. Look forward to more.
tolga - May 11, 2006 6:17 pm - Voted 10/10
great reportGreat report and pictures, very informative about the route. Also great job going back for the 2nd attempt the next day!
WaltHaas - May 11, 2006 6:53 pm - Hasn't voted
Peak 11,085This peak, between the Sunrise-Twins saddle and the summit of Sunrise, is sometimes referred to as Jepsen's Folly. Back in the middle of the 20th century, the Ute Alpine Club at the U of Utah had a program to put mailboxes with summit registers on each of the high peaks in the Wasatch. Kent Jepsen(sp?) was in charge of installing the Sunrise mailbox. On the day he had scheduled to do this, there were white-out conditions in the area. Kent went up Broads Fork to the saddle, turned east and started up Sunrise in the fog. When he reached a summit he installed the mailbox. After the fog cleared, it was found that he'd installed the mailbox on Peak 11085, not Sunrise.
MrWasatch - May 11, 2006 7:26 pm - Voted 10/10
Well done!Joe - Great report and photos, as usual! Walt - Thanks for the story, I had heard of that name about 10 years ago but never heard anything else about it until now, interesting story.
Rob Thompson - May 11, 2006 11:35 pm - Voted 10/10
Wow!Years ago we tried Twins from Little Cottonwood this time of year - although two of our party got to "Jepsen's Folly" in the end we were lucky everyone lived to tell the tale. Great report and terrific photos!
Curt - May 12, 2006 3:05 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice report!I really enjoyed the report and all of the pictures. Good motivational stuff. Maybe next year I'll be up to taking a crack at that route.
PellucidWombat - May 13, 2006 8:08 pm - Voted 9/10
Glad to see more action from the Utah SPers!Hey Joe - great report and photos - thanks for sharing! Now that's one more route I gotta get back to Utah to do :-)