North Palisade, North Face. Lee Panza and I did a new route on the Sierra’s third highest peak on July 12. We ascended the broad right-hand buttress of the three between the U-notch and Clyde couloirs. We climbed 300 feet, using some aid to pass loose blocks, to a small ledge below a prominent overhang, which we climbed by means of a strenuous chimney. The next pitch (F8) brought us to easier climbing below the summit snowfield. NCCS III, F8, A2 .

Kenneth Boche