Ingalls Peak 7-26-08
Dani exploring the shoreline. Mt. Stuart in the background.
Climbing Mt. Ingalls, North Peak.
Dave, Nicholas, Mark, Mike (and Doug) on the summit.
Nicholas rappelling down.
Ingalls Lake and Mt. Stuart as seen from Ingalls South Peak.
Mt. Adams 7-12-08
Mt. Adams from the Southwest.
Carbo-loading at the Cold Springs base camp.
High camp at Lunch Counter.
Mt. Rainier, DC 6-14-08
Starting the climb in fresh snow.
Taking a break.
Mt. Adams and the Tatoosh Range.
Tent city on the Cowlitz Glacier at Camp Muir.
Camp Muir above a sea of clouds with Mount Adams in background.
Camp Muir above a sea of clouds with Mount Adams in background.
Sunrise with Little Tahoma on the right.
Mount Stuart Range on the left.
Ascending Disappointment Cleaver.
The Ingraham Ice Fall.
Bethany's high point. The top of Disappointment Cleaver at 12,300'! Gibraltar Rock and Mt. Adams in the background.
Four of the finest on top of Rainier!
Four of the finest on top of Rainier!
(Jim, Mark, Theresa and Dave)
Descending Disappointment Cleaver. The tiny dots, at the top center, are tents at Ingraham Flats.
Mt. Rainier, Emmons Glacier 9-16-07
We wanted to get in one more big climb before winter. We chose the Emmons Glacier route. This is the Emmons Glacier and Steamboat Prow as seen from Mt. Ruth.
The glaciers are full of vertical voids in the fall.
Jason, Didzis, Jim and Dave at Camp Schurman. Didzis flew over from Europe to join us on this climb and visit family.
A sea of clouds below us at sunset.
A snowbridge we crossed on the way to the summit early in the morning.
Sunrise at 13,000'.
Working our way up the mountain. The late season snow was like concrete.
We stepped into a crevasse to try to get out of the cold wind during a short break.
Jason retrieving his mitten from a large crevasse.
Going around another crevasse.
Finding a way around the bergschrund.
Ice in a water bottle.
The summit crater.
Dave, Jason, Doug, Mark, Didzis and Jim all summit on our international fall climb.
We encountered snow and rain on the way down. This climb was a challenge. The snow conditions and weather were not ideal. All the climbers did a great job and toughed it out. It was definitely more of an accomplishment than going up on a nice summer day.
Little Annapurna 9-1-07
The group decided to go on another ambitious day trip. We chose Little Annapurna, in the Stuart Range. The climb was not very difficult, it just had a long approach. It was hard to keep our eyes on the trail with Ingalls Creek providing such awesome views!
After 7 miles, we left the trail and headed cross country up towards the peak.
This part of the trip consisted of going over, under and around large granite boulders.
The dry gully leading to the South face.
We were really pleased to find some water up high, since we, uh, sort of waited too long to refill our water bottles.
The South Face of Little Annapurna.
Mark at a belay station. Jim and Dave had gone up a different route. Dave is looking over the edge
Jim, Mark, Doug and Dave on top. The rock formations are incredible everywhere you look!
Jim boot-skiing down.
There are numerous beautiful lakes, like this one, all over the Stuart Range.
Prussik Peak is on our short list of Mountains to climb. The long approach seemed twice as long on the way out even though it is downhill. As we hiked out in the dark, using our headlamps, we couldn't stop thinking about the cougar tracks we had seen earlier. It was another great day with friends in an awesome part of creation!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)