Hiking, Mountaineering, and Climbing Adventures
Jim, Fay, and I started planning this trip over a year ago when we stood 40 feet below the summit of Bear Mountain and had to turn back. It was not climbable from where we were. At least not by us with the gear we had. Last year, we attempted Bear via the East ridge…
Earlier this summer, Erika and I compared schedules to come up with one possible weekend to go climbing this summer. It also turned out to be the only rainy weekend in the last couple of months. Jim did his best to come up with something that we might be able to climb. But in the…
After the success of my last climb, we decided to not hold back and see if I could do a normal climbing trip. We had not anticipated just how difficult the climb of Baby Munday would be. To be blunt, this trip kick my ass but I completed it which was quite an accomplishment and…
With the success of our Rampart Lakes trip, Jim and I decided to step it up and see what my knees could do. Jim came up with a 3 day climb of Cowlitz Chimneys. It had a reasonable approach using the Wonderland Trail in Mt Rainier National Park. Believe it or not, I had never…
After being cleared to start hiking again, Jim decided Rampart Lakes was the perfect destination. The hike in was all on trail, less than 3000 feet of elevation, less than 6 miles. It also offered beautiful lakes and a summit which had a trail to the top, Alta Mountain. We headed out on Monday for…
As the book-sized rock shatter over my knees, I was overcome with pain like nothing I had ever experience (and I went through natural child birth). Intellectually, I knew my body would produce enough adrenaline to absorb some of the pain but what was taking so long. While I waited, I screamed in agony. As…
The Mox Peaks, known in Beckey as the Twin Spires (NW and SE), are located in the American Chilliwack Mountains in the North Cascades near the Canadian Boarder. When Fay climbed both peaks in 2006, she referred to them as “Hard” and “Harder” Mox instead of “Easy Mox” and “Hard Mox”. I could not agree…
Jim and I had been planning to climb Spider Mountain last weekend. But when the weather turned bad, we headed east. Sherpa Peak has been on my list every since I climbed Mount Stuart and here we had 3-days. Just what we wanted. Jim had already climbed Sherpa but it was 38 years ago so…
When Jim and I decided to attempt the Picket Traverse, we immediately thought of Kevin, George, and Fay. Three people crazy enough to think this sounded like fun. We could not have put together a better team to deal with the physical and emotional demands of a trip of this nature. Some how everyone kept…
Complete Photo Gallery for Picket Traverse Posting Day 1-4 Ross Lake to Picket Pass Day 5-9 Picket Pass to Sourdough Trailhead
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