Mt Baker
June 10-11, 2006
Tina
Nef, Matt Linden, Paula Sword, Eva ScholenleitnerAndrew Duke,
Thomas Miller,
Wendell
Calkins, Louis Castillejo, David Decker, Carry Porter, Terra
Bowles, Rob
Pictures by Wendell and thanks to Eva and Drew
for their copies, as noted.
Feel free to copy and
post - send me an email so I can link to yours. Click pic to
see fullsize.
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Just starting in, all are smiling.
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The elusive Mt Baker and Easton Glacier
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Eva and others. Two other big groups
were on the mountain as well. We hiked in above rain and
clouds to warm weather and serenity. Were those Marmots, or
monkeys over there? Don't believe what you see here.
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Me and that rediculously heavy
pack. That nose guard looks quite fashionable, don't you
think?
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Eva was my tent mate and rope lead. I
really like cooking dinner above the clouds!
Evening campsite view.
Elev. ~7500 ft?
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Camping in the mist. Drew, I love
this shot (photo, Drew)
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The first crevasse we see.
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Heading up on ice crust to the Roman Wall and
the sulfur vents.
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There they are, the sulfur vents. Eva
wishes she could lead our team faster, but due to yours truly and
the inevitable bottleneck of dozens of climbers.
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Small summit knob. Like a saddle
horn. And everyone wants to get there. (photo: Eva)
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On the summit. Eva stepped over three
other rope
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That's the line we took. The football
field hike.
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My graduation summit, having completed all my
Basic Climbing corse requirements! Whoo.
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My fearless rope team: David, Eva, and
I. (photo: Eva's camera :-)
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Relaxin' at the summit. Ropes
everywhere. Bodies crammed into a space the size of a
7-11 parking lot. (photo: Eva)
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Half of the team. (photo: Drew)
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Summit scenery. Sulpher steam vents at
right.
You gotta see the large version of this on a
big monitor.
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More scenery. There are many peaks left
out there to climb. (photo: Eva)
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On the way down. The middle person in
the team ahead of us punched one leg into the crevasse. We
waited for 20 minutes for her teammates to help her out. Hmm,
I was in the middle on my rope... I could have fallen in! But
we just avoided the usual footstep area. (photo: Eva)
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No, not the pyrmaid of Egypt in the
desert. But sometimes your eyes deceive you. (photo: Eva)
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Crevasse Sea. So sublime. We
avoided getting baked. This time.
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Views like these heal my body and spirit.
(photo: Eva)
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Blue points = usual route.
Red, our route, was possible because of solid
snow bridges.
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