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The final few feet are not dog friendly (slabby, exposed 3rd), but Kiba could wait below? Would only take a couple minutes to tag. That summit area is less than 50' of vertical.

Looks pretty thin for snow already. How tough was the summit…as in could a dog do it? Thinking of adding it to my yearly trip through that area with Kiba.

Howzabout $150

Nice. I hope to find similar conditions this year.

Thanks Otto!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/video-captures-cougar-chasing-pets-coming-within-feet-of-family-in-wa-backyard/ar-BB1mopOr dang I can’t seem to escape these dang cats!

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sent you a PM.

Maybe @Juan Sharp or @mattp still lurk around and could help?

To the non-profit end: if anyone has experience (especially from the legal side) I'd like to explore what it would take to actually incorporate this enterprise as a non-profit from a legal and business standpoint.

Trip: Mt. Worthington - JGAP Directo Trip Date: 05/11/2024 Trip Report: Worthington? Had I heard of this peak before a few days ago? Uhhh, no. I'll admit that it was Plan B after some car trouble scuttled @Trent and my's plan to bug out for a Friday car camp and early Saturday climb. Which meant that I missed most of the aurora that every raved about while I was casting about the recent aerials and maps, looking for a modestly high summit that wouldn't have much snow. Somehow Worthington caught my eye because maybe it could be worthy? To the NE side of the Olympics we would go and find out! But we couldn't just follow a gpx track and some beta, That is no fun at all. And so we went up Worthington a different way (from the east and south) than you'll find on the typical peakbagger sites. Mostly it was reasonable, but sometimes it wasn't all that pleasant. Where we left the trail it was pleasant, open forest. But then there was this was this section of softball scree, which was right after some scorest and before some steep dirt and gullies that I think the remaining fugitive goats maintain (good thing too, this was a key weakness that made this side go reasonably). Somewhere in there a couple of large rocks shot past at an alarmingly high rate of speed (fugitive goats?), which was sort of exciting. But after that it was all alpine nectar, I promise. However, I know you don't come to my TRs for beta, which would ruin all the fun. Everybody's here for the photos.... and so without further ado... 4am wakeup: First boat to Kingston: Big Quilcene pleasantness: Let the fun begin: Alpine nectar! Napping under the true summit (class 3): Constance: Tahoma: Flowers, if you're into that sort of thing: @Trent heading down with Constance and Inner Constance looking on: Gear Notes: helmet, whatever you might need for snow, if there is snow. Approach Notes: Big Quilcene Trail to Shelter Rock Camp and then up!

Hi, I'm Dan, a 37 year old dude looking for a new sport and/or trad partner since my long term climbing partner is moving to Arizona. I've been leading sport for about 13 years (up to 5.11b) and leading trad for about 6 years (up to 5.9). I prefer multipitch alpine climbs with long approaches to cragging, and prefer the wild and chossy climbs in the Olympics to the popular spots with better rock. I don't necessarily seek out the hardest routes I can climb, mainly just adventurous routes, even if the grade is low. I'm big on safety and read up on self rescue and building good anchors for fun. My current gym is Vertical World. Down to meet up there to see if we'd climb well together. I also have a fair amount of glacier travel and crevasse rescue experience, including formal training by the Climbing Rangers at Mt Rainier NP, and having worked on glaciers.

Hi all After losing my buddy for this trip (still alive, just can't make it!), I'm hoping to recruit a fellow adventurer for the traverse. I've never done it before but have experience with mountaineering (most of the Cascade volcanoes), glacier travel, bushwacking, scrambling horrendous scree, etc. Hoping to make this happen so hit me up and we can chat/meet up beforehand. I live in Bellingham. -Stephen

Selling a very good condition D4 Trapezium w/ seam-sealed fly. Looking for $1k. General info on the trap: http://bigwalls.net/d4-trapezium.html Photos Located in Santa Barbara. Can video call, etc. since it's a big transaction. Possible meetup in NorCal.

I haven't been into the new American Alpine Institute gear shop but they recently relocated to the north side of Bellingham and expanded into more space. They haven't always had the biggest selection of gear but they have always had the right gear.

Nice find & thanks for the road info. I was a volunteer USFS wilderness ranger for the Entiat district in 1988 and spent a lot of time soloing peaks back there as part of my "work". The relatively prominent W to SW ridge was ~5.7 on nice rock. Correct me if I'm wrong but Choral seems to be part of the Cardinal pluton. Unfortunately most of the other rock in the upper reaches of the Entiat isn't as good.

Hi Sara, Not to toot my own horn, but I like to think I fall in this category. Depending on weather I may be heading down to Adams (from Bellingham) this coming weekend- May 18th - 19th - but might make it down there May 17th. Do you ski as well? My plan is lapping the SW Chutes. If this isn't your fancy, we can talk other objectives. Shoot me a message if you like: eric6mann@gmail.com Cheers, Eric

I don't know of any ascents but looks like it would be a straightforward ice route up those gullies in the right conditions. The face is only 800 ft. of gain. Western Montana Climbers Coalition would be a place to ask. They have a newsletter that sometimes publishes TRs and the members would know.

Looking for a partner(s) to climb Mt Baker / N Ridge this season. Last season was pretty light for me - I had a kiddo - and only tagged 3 routes - Flyboys, Forbidden / E Ridge Direct, and Vesper / True Grit. I climbed a bunch before that, including Rainier / Kautz, Obs Rock, and Hyalite. I did the whole Mounties thing including leading 2 SIGs.

I've climbed Holland Peak a few times via the standard route and have always been curious about its massive headwall. I'm sure that it's a chossy hellscape, but the Mountain Project page for Holland Peak vaguely references that it's been climbed before. Does Anybody have any info on this/a trip report? Pic of the wall attached.

wow. that was a near miss for sure! I admire your offer to eat the TR though. I hope it stands an FA, but if not, I recommend some good hot sauce as a condiment.

RE cougar sightings: I think a huge part of this is the popularity of game cams. They've been wandering through our yards all this time, we're just now really watching for them with cheap technology. A buddy was the holder of the Boone and Crocket cougar record for washington (is?was?). It was a harvest from the Entiat valley.

Such a bad ass man!!

I wonder what cougar populations are these days. Growing up in the sticks, I only ever once saw a cougar, fleeting....running in front of a car driven by my dad. We also used to have a cougar rug, made from a head and the whole body that was from when one of my older brothers shot one that was attacking his dog (epic story behind that one). I'm seeing more cougar reports these days, this is just anecdotal so pretty worthless. But two in Quilcene there were HUGE, biggest I've ever seen was captured on a friends game camera near Lake Leland. One had a tracker on it. Edit: 3600 in Washington according to WDFW https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/puma-concolor#:~:text=Cougar (Puma concolor)&text=Sleek and graceful%2C cougars (Puma,3%2C600 cougars in Washington state.

Love these Bike/Hike/Climb TRS @Eric Gilbertson !