Goldfinger - Ruth Gorge

Goldfinger - Trad, Alpine 5.11a Grade IV, 2000'

Dates: June 2014

Climbing Partner: Peter Mamrol

Location: Ruth Gorge, Alaska

An expedition to the Ruth Gorge in Alaska after final exams ended. We had a brief weather window and managed to climb Goldfinger in a 12hr push, just in time for a weather system to roll in. We were snow and tent-bound for over a week (prompting the second video of the below series).

After we climbed Goldfinger we had a week snow-bound in our tents, so I recorded a sing-along music video to Let it Go from Frozen. Enjoy this hilarity produced by tent-fever and boredom.