"After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world."
--Oscar Wilde on Absinthe
© 2006-2021 SummitPost.org. All Rights Reserved.
rmjwinters - Oct 5, 2002 9:20 pm
Route Climbed: Traverse from Sunlight Date Climbed: July 23 1999A 9:30am thunderstorm chased me from the summit. Rode out a hail storm at 14k and returned to the mountain goats at base camp in Chicago Basin. These fellas would not leave me alone!
climbcolorado - Aug 18, 2002 2:51 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: 8/16/02A little harder than guide books says but a fun hike!
ctruscot - Jul 4, 2002 8:36 am
Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 31, 2001Did not like this one as it is mostly boulder hopping. Steep scree field on the way down but you get down quick. Did this in combination with Sunlight which seemed easy after this one.
theplugger - Sep 9, 2001 4:49 pm
Route Climbed: Standard route from Chicago Basin Date Climbed: 8-19-94After taking the Durango-Silverton train to Needleton and backpacking up into Chicago Basin, my husband, Jay, and I did both Sunlight and Windom on this day. As is the rule more than the exception, a storm built up by afternoon, just as we were summiting Windom. We took a chance and made it, then ran down to our campsite in the blinding rain.