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Leaving Seattle for Glacier Peak
OldManTravels begging for trail food as four of us assemble our gear in Seattle before heading out for Glacier Peak climb at the end of August 1985.
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Forest ranger - Kennedy hot springs
Rick, OldManTravels, lady forest ranger (notice her banged up knees from a recent...
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Glacier Peak 1985 climb
Dick, Ken, and Rick as we head up the Sitkum glacier on our end of August climb up Glacier Peak, in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.
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Sun dance at timberline camp
Rick was to provide most of the comic relief on this climb. Here he has the fiberglass tent...
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Above Sitkum Spire
Rick is done. He isn't feeling well at all. Ken, who took this photo isn't feeling like going on...
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Roping up Glacier Peak
Shortly after hiking up from our timber line high camp, we reached the foot of the Sitkum glacier,...
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Glacier Peak camp 1985
Timer shot of the four of us at high camp near timberline on Glacier Peak climb at the end of August...
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Getting above the clouds
We were relieved to get above the clouds on the Sitkum glacier as we could barely see ten feet when we woke up at timberline camp that morning.
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Sitkum spire
We unroped; took off our crampons; left some gear; and started up the pumice slope on Glacier Peak...
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Sitkum spire GlacierPeak 1985
From the saddle above Sitkum spire we could now gaze down upon the Scimitar glacier which is north of the Sitkum glacier, we had traveled up.
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Getting ready to head down.
Dick getting geared up to rope up for our trip back down the Sitkum glacier. Though unwise, we ended...
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White Chuck River trail bridge
OldManTravels; Rick; and Dick - - getting ready to see if anybody is home at the ranger cabin, seen in the background.
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Kennedy hot springs 1985
I have heard that floods have now destroyed Kennedy hot springs. What a shame. I can't begin to tell...
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Trailhead Glacier Peak 1985
Rick, OldManTravels, and Dick unloading our backpacking and climbing gear at the end of August 1985...
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Heading up the trail Glacier Peak
L-R Ken, Dick, OldManTravels just getting started heading up the trail that follows the White Chuck...
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Heading up Bare Mountain
Soft snow made easy step kicking up Bare Mountain. Later I would watch an avalanche roar off...
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Bear Creek trail to Bare Mt.
Ken (with pack) and Bob, up ahead of me hiking up the Bear Creek drainage to the old miner's cabin...
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Bear creek miner's cabin
I wish I had a photo of the Bear Creek miner's cabin, but this is the best one I have. The...
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