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Another annual pilgrimage to Mt. Adams. The area had a large fire last summer and all of the trees have lost most of their needles. You can see the mountain during the drive and hike up which is a nice side effect.

The climb up started nicely and I was able to make Lunch Counter in around 2 hours. The snow then got fairly mushy and it was postholing most of the remaining climb. It normally takes around an hour to get from there to Pikers Peak but I trudged up in over 2.

Down

While slushy snow is frustrating going up, it makes for an easy slide down. There weren't any tubes yet this year, only a few faint slide trails. I was able to cruise down without any speed worries and got back to car in a little over 2 hours - making for a 7:30 round trip.

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Terry, Kyle, Paul and I got together last Thursday to make a decision about the Rainier trip. The weather looked pretty crummy and none of us wanted to bike for three days and end up sitting in a hotel or tent in the rain. Kyle had always wanted to ride out to the Bridge Of The Gods (and back). So a consolation prize was a long ride Saturday. We will hopefully get a weather and vacation window that lines up properly for a Rainier ascent in July.

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Keevin was back in town and had a few days before he had to work so I suggested we get in a Mt. Hood climb. Paul from the upcoming Mt. Rainier trip was interested so the three of us packed up our grub and blue bags and headed up to Timberline. It was fairly windy and cloudy so we put on our big boy pants and headed up.
At about 8200' we got above the clouds and were able to see the stars framing Mt. Hood. Keevin pulled up and said he was done as he had just flown from Italy and was beat. It was still uber windy and I asked Paul what he thought and he said something along the lines of 'meh', so we took off the man pants, turned around and stomped down through the fog back to the car. I split our summit cookies between the three of us and we drove back to town through the persistent rain.

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I went up Mt. Hood on my own to get in some climbing before the Mt. Rainier trip. Conditions looked perfect and I figured I was ready to solo the climb. If it got sketch I could always bail and get waffles.

The way up felt fairly slow and I got off track a few times with all of the snowcat trails zig zagging. I didn't break any records getting to the top of the palmer but from there to the Hogsback went really fast. I set up a camera at the South side of the Hogsback to get a timelapse of me climbing up. No one else was up top so I had the mountain all to myself.
The climbing was in perfect snow, really good for cramponing and super solid. There seemed to be more snow than last time and the old chute felt less steep and I was able to upright walk portions of it until the summit rim. I got to the proper summit in about 3:40, which is by far the fastest for me. With that it was still over an hour to sunrise and it was very cold so I spilled water everywhere, called it good and headed back down.

Down

Downclimbing was just as solid as going up, but less time spent gasping for Os. I ran into the first parties just above the Hogsback which was in line with my plan of getting off the steeps before people could rain ice down on me. I took my time going back down - spending time taking photos and chatting with folks as they climbed upwards.

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(GPS doohickey got a little confused on my way down, thus the bump up of altitude on the descent)

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Ski in

I went down to Bend to ski into and climb South Sister. I had thoughts of camping on the summit but camping at the base and going up lighter sounded more appealing. The road from Mt. Bachelor wasn't open yet so I brought my old cross country skis and tried remembering how to ski again.

The way in was half cleared so there was a fair amount of hiking on pavement but the skiing sections went really fast. I see why people skin instead of hike. I definitely need to get some good skis and practice. From the trailhead it was a fairly quick hike up to the flats and over to camp. I got misdirected a few times but made good time.

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I woke up at 2am so I could get to the top by sunrise. It was uber cold, a little below 20, and all of my breath froze on the inside of the tent. I set up my camera to take some shots of the climb while I was going up to hopefully make a nice timelapse, then headed up at 3am. I got to the rim by 5am and over to the summit proper at 5:15. It was cold enough that my thermometer stopped displaying numbers properly, but the last number was 16. I stomped around waiting for the sun to creep up and once it hit the horizon I went back to camp as I was too cold.

Way out

After skiing the flats towards the trailhead it was mainly by hoof until I was in sight of Mt. Bachelor where I was able to ski a few miles to the car.

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Ing and I went to Maui for a long weekend to enjoy the sun and warm water that's actually see through. We snagged a convertible, which is the way to roll around the island if you don't have a bike. We stayed the majority of the time in a B&B without the second B where there were tons of birds, toads and even geckos to keep us company. On our last night we switched over to a small hotel in Paia to be closer to the ocean and coffee.

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We had a bout of sunny weather, which lent itself to sitting around the house reading others outdoor exploits. After the sitting got tiring I headed up to Mt. Hood to get in some snow time and take some night shots. I took 1:15 to get to top of Palmer, slightly faster than last May and good considering I was sick all week.
No one else was up at the saddle so I spent my time walking around the ice and napping in my tent. Come nightfall there was no wind and I was able to get in some night shots for a timelapse movie below.
Woke up early on Monday as my watch is set an hour fast for summer hours. I burned through the rest of my fuel melting water for oatmeal and hot cocoa. After packing up I headed over to the top of the Palmer, wistfully watching others climb up to the summit. I got to the ski lifts a little before the sun rose and it was already 38 degrees. I wondered why people were heading up so late, but to each their own. On my way down, sliding out of control mind you, the temperature went up into the mid fifties. Then on the drive down to the valley it dipped back down into the high twenties, very funky.

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Timelapse

If you look closely at the first half you can see debris falling off the sides.

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Trey's cyclocross races in the dark woods of Corvallis. He beat people down in back to back races.

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Went for hike up Angels Rest with mom and dad. It was nice and sunny on the way up and after a half hour of munching and gazing the clouds came in so we heading back down. Was a great hike.

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Lap on Dog Mountain in 1:00.00. Aimed for two but the knees and waffles called it back at the car.

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