Alpine Start on Zack Attack

It was an early start for the three of us, Jim Earl, Ross Lynn, and I. We arrived in the parking lot around Eleven Thirty! Since it was late we decided for a close by climb. G1, G2, and Zack Attack. We had plenty of time :evil: . We had plenty of time to get to the top at dark, that is. Lucky that Ross and I had Jim (the veteren) with us, for he remembered his head lamp. At the bottom of the first rappel to my horror I realized that I had forgotten my axes on top. A free hanging prusik back to the top in total darkness taught me a good lesson. Dummy, never leave your axes on top. To make a long story short we made it down around eight. The climbing was very fun, be ready for some tricky (pumpy) ice climbing on the last two pitches. The third pitch was all rock and moss, be careful of lose rocks. I recommend it for a nice long day. Get an earlier start than we did!