Hi all,
I've read the two threads on Mt Conness in this forum and am pretty clear about routes you can take etc. I'm planning a 2-3 day backpacking trip to Young Lakes and Mt. Conness (and whatever peaks we then still want to do) However I'm not sure about the last ascent to Mt Conness in terms of exposure and vertigo, e.g. when I see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSo5vp271Xo
I've done Clouds Rest after watching a similarly scary video and it turned out to be more than easy, after doing the ridge I was still waiting for the hard part and couldnt believe we were already there - you had enough rocks to lean on to your right if you wanted to - is this ascent comparable and looks scarier on video, or is it actually much scarier (cause of exposure) than Clouds Rest? I actually do have vertigo when there are sharp drop-offs on both sides and I have nothing to lean on to (rock on any side) and the "trail" is like 3 foot wide... Since I'm kind of organizing the trip, I would like to know a little in advance whether I'll be totally panicked or it's actually ok and safe
Thanks for all your thoughts!
eg