Mt Adams 2007

Dean, Seth and myself set out to climb Mt. Adams. We got away a bit late on Friday and didn't arrive at the trail head till 4:30. The road was still not clear of snow and so we had to hump up the logging road for a couple of miles. 4 hours and 48 minutes later, 3200 feet later we stumbled into camp at dusk around 8000 feet, a 1000 feet of Lunch Counter where we wanted to be. The next morning Dean and I woke at 4am and set out for the summit at 4:40. By 8:30 am we had arrived at Pikers Peak, 11,600 feet and while we were so close to the summit, it was still 2 hours there and back to Pikers. The issue was of time, priorities and commitment, my family was waiting for me at Cannon Beach and I had set expectations that I would be back to Vancouver around noon. (wildly underestimated on my part). The summit was another 2 hours away. So we opted to turn back, I'll have to come back another day, when we can start out the day before earlier arriving at Lunch Counter sooner to get more rest and then start earlier the next day without tight time constraints on the other side. The mountain will always be there, and it felt to attain my personal best in terms of height.

Dean's set.
Seth's set.

Blog about the trip.

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items are from between 31 May 2007 & 02 Jun 2007.