"Started hiking at ~3am after a couple of hours of sleep. Really should’ve worn a helmet for that scramble (seriously, wear a helmet). It was the stupidest, least thought-out fun I’ve ever had. And it felt like every muscle in my body was sore for the next week. ~12 hours from leaving the trailhead to returning" — lex_isamess • Aug 24, 2024

"Two hours of sleep. Maybe. It’s hard to tell when you wake up every two minutes because some moron designed the campsites so that no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t successfully block the wind from threatening to tear apart your shelter. And the worst part—we weren’t even on a saddle in between the mountain. We were in a valley blocked by many large mountains. Oh well, maybe the hike up will be better. I could tell within only a few minutes that the climb up Middle Teton was going to be a mega-slog. Boulders upon boulders were all that I could see for miles—that is, unless we wanted to ascend a sketchy snow slope that may or may not lead to where we want to be. I think we got off trail quite early on, because even though we saw cairns that marked the way, I was sure that these were for the approach for another mountain. No matter though, we could see a part in front of us navigating their way up a snowfield, so we knew that we were going in the right direction. I took Lauren up her first steep snowfield, and she didn’t seem to be enjoying it too much. Snow climbing is exhilarating, but when you’ve never done it, you want it to end. It’s steep and unrelenting, and i..." — justinraphaelson • Jul 17, 2015

"Summited Middle Teton as part of "The Grand Traverse" of the Grand Teton range. Total peaks = 10, total miles =13, total elevation = ~22,000', # days = 2. One of the best climbs I've completed to date. Absolutely stunning in every regard." — DrBoz • Aug 20, 2014