Photographs, original drawings, and text by David R. Pomeroy
I took this picture using my small tripod at the summit
of Pyramid Mountain, Kodiak, Alaska. This climb was the perfect combination
of trail, bushwacking, and snow--with absolutely perfect weather June 1999
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The 1999 Climbing Season
List of Peaks in Chronological Order
Clouds
Rest 9,926 ft, Yosemite National Park
My drawing was done from the summit of Halfdome,
looking up Tenaya Canyon, past the Quarter Domes (foreground) and the Pinnacles
(middle right) to the glacier polished face and lofty knife edge summit of
Clouds Rest. August 1999. |
One of the ten greatest treks on Earth: Emerald
jungle cliffs, plunge 3,000 ft to coral-lined turquoise seas. In places, the
rugged trail was carpeted with mimosa petals, and the air was redolent of
wild orchids April 1999 |
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This is how Shasta looked to Don Mercer, Harald
Mueller and me as we started up the trail to Horse Camp and from there to our
base camp on 50/50 Flats. June 1999 |
Grand
Teton 13,770 ft --America's Matterhorn
Awesome and pristine, the Cathedral Group (l to r)
Mt. Teewinot, Grand Teton, and Mt. Owen. Tom Krebsbach, Harald Mueller, and I
ascended the Grand via the Exum Ridge. Snow-laced granite pinacles reach for
the sky above deep green forests, set among fields of bright yellow
wildflowers. July 1999. |
Casaval Ridge on Mt. Shasta
Black volcanic
towers atop the massive snowy ridge that forms the left wall of Avalanche
Gulch. June 1999 |
My drawing was done from the summit of Tumalo
Mountain. Don Mercer and I had a marvelous climb! This was a scene of white
on white--white snow, white clouds, white trees May, 1999. |
The Tetons--View from the
Climbers Ranch
From This angle, the Grand Teton is the leftmost
peak, Mts Owen and Teewinot are to the right June, 1999. |
1999 Season photos
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The
1999 Climbing Season--Chronological List
Date |
Peak |
State |
Altitude (ft) |
Partners |
Mar 99 |
Mount Washington--Presidential
Range of the White Mountains |
New
Hampshire |
6,288 |
Don and
Kathy Youssef |
Apr 99 |
Kalalau
Trail--Remote Na Pali coast of Kauai |
Hawaii |
Hanakapiai
Falls |
Saul Pleeter |
May 98 |
Tumalo
Mountain--Near Bend & 3 Sisters Wilderness |
Oregon |
7,775 |
Don Mercer |
May 98 |
Joshua Tree
N.P.--in the High Mojave Desert |
California |
5,185 |
Saul Pleeter |
Jun 99 |
Pyramid
Peak--Kodiak Island |
Alaska |
2,268 |
Chuck
Bonning, Paul Giese |
Jun 99 |
Kesugi Ridge--Denali
State Park |
Alaska |
3,268 |
Chuck
Bonning, Paul Giese |
Jun 99 |
Mount
Shasta--Mountain of Mystery and Menace |
California |
14,162 |
Don Mercer,
Harald Mueller |
Jul 99 |
Grand
Teton--America's Matterhorn |
Wyoming |
13,770 |
Harald Mueller,
Tom Krebsbach |
Aug 99 |
Clouds
Rest--Yosemite National Park |
California |
9,926 |
Robin
Pomeroy |
Aug 99 |
Half
Dome--Yosemite National Park |
California |
8,842 |
Robin
Pomeroy |
Aug 99 |
Gilbert Peak
--in the Windy High Uinta Range |
Utah |
13,442 |
Andy Brolin,
Pete Wrench, Daryl Tom Krebsbach |
Aug 99 |
Kings
Peak--in the Windy High Uinta Range |
Utah |
13,528 |
Andy Brolin,
Pete Wrench, Daryl Tom Krebsbach |
Aug 99 |
Mount
Borah--Incredibly steep Peak in the Lost River Range |
Idaho |
12,662 |
Andy Brolin |