Comments on: Success on the WURL Traverse http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/ "The simpler you make things, the richer the experience becomes"~Steve House Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Austin Baird http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-1250 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:58:54 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-1250 I’ve got the WURL planned for mid-July. I’ve been up a few times to scout our landmarks but are there any more specific directions I should be looking for? Do I just follow the ridge and then hope for the best through Bell’s? Looks like an awesome time.

Thanks,
Austin

]]> By: Nik Berry http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-648 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:37:39 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-648 My friend peter read your blog and told me about the WURL or we called it the Horseshoe traverse but whatever. I trained a bit this summer and did the thing on Sep. 7th. My time was 17:48 min. I had a great time thank you for establishing such a great ridge travers.

]]> By: Jared Campbell http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-457 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:14:34 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-457 Hi Tristin,

On Upper Bells peak there is some nice steep granite that I downclimbed. There were some old pitons. I think you could easily avoid it though….

Jared

]]> By: Tristan Higbee http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-456 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:32:28 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-456 Where is the 5.7 on the traverse?

]]> By: Dreaming…. « Jared Campbell’s Blog http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-263 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:02:08 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-263 [...] Wasatch has got my ridge-hiking synapses firing again.  Several years ago I did what I called the WURL(Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup), an incredible circumnavigation of Little Cottonwood.  Well, I [...]

]]> By: Jared http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-173 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:23:44 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-173 Hi Spencer,

Thanks for the kind words! I enjoy hearing people talk about the WURL and even more, when they get psyched and try it. I love the wasatch and feel that the WURL is really one of the most classic linkups in the range. I hope you and your buddy are able to give it another go and hopefully push through to the end. It took me 3 attempts before I finished it, so don’t give up.

You’d be the second person(s) to complete it as far as I am aware. If you have a write-up or pictures you’d like to share from your recent attempt, I’d love to see them.

Thanks,

Jared

]]> By: Spencer Weiler http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-172 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:39:19 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-172 Jared: Your crazy runs/climbs/etc. inspired my friend and me to attempt the WURL a couple weeks back. Needless to say it kicked our trash. We made it to Devil’s Castle and called it quits. You are the man. Just the first half of the ridge was killer, let alone the next half. We did it in 12 hours. I’m always checking your blog to see what I can aspire to next.

]]> By: WURL - Attempt # 2 « Jared Campbell’s Blog http://door5.com/2004/08/07/success-on-the-wurl-traverse/#comment-5 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:51:58 +0000 http://runuphill.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-5 [...] Update: I returned on August 7, 2004 and completed the journey, story here. [...]

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