Day 11 of our trip was a rainy and somewhat windy one at that. The conditions called for a mandatory and I dare say welcomed rest day. In the past two days we had done some big pushes including ascents of Swallop, Dash, Strange and Charm. Most of the time was spent in the tent, although the wind made it hard to get any proper rest. When Day 12 rolled around, the weather was improved slightly. Or at least it wasn’t raining. This was our day to push up and over the final two summits of our traverse and start making our way to the Dean Channel.
We had taken the opportunity to scout out these summits on our way up Strange and Charm. The first of the two, which we took to calling Capricious Peak looked to be quite trivial with a gentle rolling twin summit. The final summit: Curious Peak looked manageable, but with careful route selection as the ridge was broken and steep and a glacier resided on the north side.
As day 12 broke, the rain had subsided, but the clouds lingered and swirled through the mountain tops. We packed up camp, and headed through the clouds towards Capricious Peak. The terrain was comprised of easy rolling ridges replete with a brief window of blue sky above. When we reached the summit, we found no cairn, but again we’d found out we were bested by geologists from 20 some years prior. A mineral occurrence was found on the very ridge we ascended and this area had been pored over a fair bit.
Oblivious to that information, we finished up our summit break and started the descent for Curious Peak.