Hiking, Mountaineering, and Climbing Adventures
Jim and I were able to squeak in one more summit before the weather turned bad last week. We were joined by Lisa and Kevin Loper and their friend, Doug. We all agreed our best chance of staying out of the bad weather was to go east and climb Reynolds Peak. The most common route…
Last weekend, Jim and I headed out on a trip up North Gardner. I missed North Gardner last year when I got sick and had to head home. Jim was eager to repeat North Gardner since he climbed it over 10 years ago in a frigid, gale force wind which even left him too cold…
Last weekend, we kicked off the climbing season with a 4-day trip into the Pasayten Wilderness near Winthrop. Jim and I were joined by Kevin and Lisa Loper, Kevin K, Tony, and two new comers in Steven and Colin, friends of Kevin K from Bremerton. The eight of us were set to climb Robinson Mountain…
For Mother’s Day, Jim and I headed down to California to see Derek. Since we had a few extra days, I planned a 2 day hiking trip in Yosemite. Jim had never been to Yosemite. I was there just once on a one-day world-wind tour. I knew exactly where I wanted to take Jim. Up…
After injuring my back in early January and spending most of the winter rehabilitating it, Jim and I felt a good first trip would be the Lakeshore Trail on Lake Chelan. We joined Kevin and Maria’s annual trip starting at Field’s Point where we would catch The Lady of The Lake. The boat dropped us…
It was time once again to go in search of the Golden Alpine Larch tree. This is a coniferous tree that losses it’s needles in the fall. The elusive alpine larch grows at high elevations, on the east side of the Cascades. They like wet, shady areas and can tolerate high winds. These trees can…
Since Derek moved out of the college dorms and into a house with a few of his friends, I need to take him down a few things that couldn’t fly with him like his bike. Mostly I wanted to check out the house. I talked Jim Aga into sharing the drive with me and stopping…
Seems like over night the weather changed to fall. Jim and I only had a 2 day weekend and I needed to be back early on Sunday. We decided on a trip to Rock Mtn on the other side of Steven’s Pass. Typically a day trip but we would camp on the summit where the…
On September 10th, Fay and I headed out on our annual trip. Just the two of us. The Hanging Gardens and Bannock Lakes hit both our radar last year so it was easy to decide where to go.
After my 5 day trip with Fay through Bannock Lakes and the Hanging Gardens, I anxiously awaited Jim’s arrival to Image Lake so we could climb some of the peaks I had marveled over the last few days. I knew he had a long day of hiking with lots of elevation gain so I had…
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