Northeast Face of Disappointment Peak, Tetons. In mid-July, Willi Unsoeld and Richard Pownall made a new route of severe difficulty on this remarkably smooth face. After a few rope-lengths up the east ride of Disappointment Peak from the notch above Amphitheater Lake, they traversed out on the very broad ledge which cuts across half of the face about halfway up from the bottom of the face. From near the end of this ledge, three hours of direct-aid climbing were required to pass the first pitch. The difficulty of the remainder of the 500 feet of climbing did not perceptibly decrease. Although not entirely direct aid, the climbing remained constantly severe until the crest of the east ridge a short distance from the summit was reached some ten hours later.

Leigh Ortenburger