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Ah..... looks like the Choss Dog Millionaires have left another calling card.

Inspiring photos and report like always, thanks for sharing! What a surreal gorgeous place.

The disappearing canisters are definitely a shame - for me they've always been part of the unforgettable collective experience of summits, as there is something undeniably awesome about seeing the names of the hardwomen/men who've shared the view & travails logged in those brass containers. This year I noticed canister on Whatcom was gone, but I know there used to be one there as I'd signed it in 2018. Since we're sharing pictures, here's a unique register from the Pickets, haha!:

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Ah, I knew I had a photo of one of the really old ones:

Summit of Bears Breast:

This is something that really pisses me off. Someone has decide to just erase history by taking or destroying a very long endeavoring part of the summit experience. I can imagine that these people are either collecting them for personal gratification or considering them to be trash left in a pristine environment. Whatever the motive it’s not up for you to decide, and if you feel otherwise please enlighten us with your opinion, or be the skulking coward you have been thus far. trying to recall summits I have visited recently where registers were and are now not: Benzarino, Hinkhouse, Stiletto, Ballard. And from what I understand many more. Perhaps we can come together and figure this one out. Curious if whomever is responsible is posting up on Peakbagger and and a little combined detective work amongst us can sort this out.

Nice work. Here's a photo of Redoubt from our Bear Mountain bivy a few weeks ago. IMG_6059.HEIC

Interesting....I somehow thought most of these were much older!

I sadly think you are right. There was at least one other version of the old brass ones (than the one already posted)....I will see if I can find it.

And yes, like others, I have often looked up at that wall and wondered. Thanks for surviving to bring back the first report to the internet era!

Don't worry @lunger some hippy pow with JGAP is just a few months away. Just what the doctor ordered.

Nice write-up, Sam. Overcoming the myriad challenges with you two sure was fun. Being up on that wall made me feel small. Reflecting on climbing this and Little J-berg the same summer, a couple things come to mind: 1. the latter's name is apt; and 2. I think I should seek help.

Yeah it’s not great but not like Cascadian couloir level of tedium. Don’t wanna discourage the interested

Agree, purty pics, thanks for posting! Sounds like your gamble to not pack the pointy bits paid off. Your TR evokes good memories of that beautiful area -- have been back there a couple of times, and agree that in the summer the Thornton Lakes --> Triumph Pass part of the approach qualifies as tedious. The pilgrim pays the price...

Im not to sure on the history, but would guess nothing up there was ever "popular". We had 3 potential routes in mind and brought a small scope to choose once at the hanging glacier. The big appeal of the line we chose was the big shield of silver rock and the cat scratches that we didn't end up climbing. Very few cracks present themselves in that rock. It truly is one of the biggest walls in the Cascades and worthy of attention (winter ascents would be MEGA)

I’ve been using https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu

Its interesting how that wall seemed to be a popular draw in the 1960's then seemed to fall out of disfavor completely. As a young Mountaineer I can remember the "67 Wild Flowers Route" being routinely listed as an Intermediate climb and wondering if that was something they actually routinely did? I'm curious, did you pick your line well in advance or settle on it once you got up there? If in advance what drew you to that particular zone? Seems like those deep gullies would make some world class mixed climbs in the right winter conditions.

I thought we were making America great again?!

BITD I climbed Castle Peak in the Pasayten a couple months apart and the old brass mountaineers summit register had disappeared in the interim. Only takes one very active peak bagger with an excessive ego to make them all disappear in short order.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing! So much to celebrate here. Glad to see the old dog got to feast on some tasty runout alpine choss.

Wow!!!

Wow! What a great report. I’ve often looked at that face and scratched my head. I’ve seen no modern reports ever on it. It does look like the real deal.