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Nameless Valley and Mist Mountain attempt
Solo scramble. On an extremely windy day, I made it about halfway up
The upper slopes of the mountain Mount Lipsett, Mist Mountain
Solo scramble. Mist Mountain was a sort of a miserable trip for me. To make a long story short, I lost the trail almost immediately, wasted an hour in thick bush, found all kinds and signs that a bear was in the area and then convinced myself that he or she was stalking me, ended up ascending Mount Lipsett just to get out of the bush (and away from the bear??), started up Mist Mountain, had to backtrack several times, climbed a short section that I knew I couldn't downclimb, made it to the summit, decided to take the alternate return route (because I knew I couldn't downclimb the route I took up!), couldn't decide which gully to use as a descent route, took the wrong one, spent the next hour in a state of paranoia because I was afraid I was going the end up at a drop-off and have to go all the way back up to the ridge, made it safely down the gully, twisted my ankle on easy terrain, and hobbled back to the car. I can't wait to try it again! Aside from the misery, Mist Mountain was a pretty good scramble and there were some really good sections of moderate to difficult hands-on scrambling, right along the edge of the ascent gully. I might have enjoyed it a little more had I not been alone.
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