Thanks! It
is a tough list, with several of the peaks requiring a rope, and almost all a backpack in. And a good leader! A huge thank you to Sarah for going in alone with me both this year and in 2013. She did a beautiful lead on Woolsey that didn't appear to tax her skills in the slightest.
Sarah could have finished the list in any of the past few years, but waited for me to get my act together and catch up. I would not have been able to finish without her help, and also without the leadership of Dominic, Jim Rickard, Adam McFarren, Jean Aschenbrenner, and Ken Nolan over the years. Thanks very much to all of you, and also to Kirk, without whose patience with nursing me back to health 5 years ago, I wouldn't still be climbing. This list meant a great deal to me.
Mike - the Bonney guidebook mentions a Class 3 route from Penrose Canyon based on the report of the first ascent (or, actually, descent) of Black Tooth, by the Willcox party in the 1930s. That party also mentioned that it looked like there might be a walk-up route on the south side. I think their report was published in the AAJ, long ago. The approach into Wilderness Basin on the west side appears to be much easier than the reports of the approach via Penrose Canyon/Sawtooth Lakes on the east side, and really wasn't that bad. It's a pretty area.
I have no idea what the odds are of us being the first to complete the list. The Bonneys climbed in both the Winds and the Bighorns, and wrote guidebooks for both, but often just report on the ascents of others. No idea how active Joe Kelsey was in the Bighorns, or if he just focused on the Winds; same with Finish Mitchell. There are a lot of WY climbers and peakbaggers, and they tend to keep their accomplishments quiet and guard their beta carefully.
Luke, the hardest peak was Turret. Spearhead Pinnacle and Henderson, as well as the Grand, were also difficult. We used a rope on a number of the peaks LOJ has listed as Class 4.