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White Chuck R. headwaters

2009-10-02T05:14:37.873Z

This opens with the north side of White Mtn. above the milky glacier-fed headwaters of the White Chuck River in Washington's Glacier Peak Wilderness. We did the scramble described; the terrain is relatively gentle, not a challenge for Gwynnie.
The whole basin is a subalpine wonderland, calm and quiet but for the ubiquitous burbling of the streams.
We're gonna stay up here until an hour past the last minute, hike out in the dark, and start driving home just before the first raindrops of winter fall.

Fortress Mt. summit

2009-09-25T04:35:35.428Z

8674', Gwynnie's record.
This opens with Buck Mt. to the south (Al will climb this in 2011), then the Entiat mountains to the east (clear) and Glacier Peak, a volcano, to the southwest, coming in and out of the clouds. Note the U-shaped, glacier-carved Chiwawa river valley, and the pitiful remnant of that glacier.
We were just above the clouds, one of the most thrilling mountaineering views. We'd climbed through gloomy fog on a compass bearing to get here.
There were some steep, not-corgi-friendly sections with loose rock near the top -- no place for a dog, really -- but most of it was fairly easy.

NOTE: you cannot do stuff like this with other people around, because dogs are stupid about rockfall, on both the initiating and receiving ends. They'll kick rocks loose, and if rockfall comes tumbling towards them, they'll think it's a tennis ball! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Not in Pembrokeshire anymore.

2009-08-24T06:49:33.721Z

We spent the night at the summit of Mt. Daniel, almost 8000', central Washington Cascades. Although it has a well-worn climbers' path to the top, much of the trail is really rough, and it includes snow travel and rock scrambling, about 8 miles and 4600' elevation gain.
Gwynnie's rock climbing ability amazes me; her experience really shows.
We enjoyed a stunning sunset, night, and morning at almost 8000'.
The east-side glacier and permanent snow that were still here 11 years ago are almost entirely gone. Where my 9 y.o. daughter and I did a long, steep, exhilarating snow glissade down into a vast snow bowl 11 years ago, there is now nothing but bare rock, rubble, and dust. It is frightening -- and very sad -- to see the changes. Just the past 5 years show an astonishing difference.

Who says you need long legs?!?!

2008-06-15T17:16:34.486Z

Here's Lola on our hike at Muir Beach... she took those steps like a champ!!