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Maybe not fair, but definitely reality. My guess is that rural landowners are increasingly likely to take matters into their own hands as predator populations continue to expand in the wake of hunting regulations changes in WA (elimination of spring bear, elimination of hound hunting, etc.).

If you have chickens and cats and small dogs running around your yard that abuts the forest, then you're asking for all kinds of critters to come in and eat them: cougar, fox, coyote, raccoon, bear owl, eagle to name a few. It's like leaving an open bag of Doritos on the counter and admonishing your teenagers (or stoned friends) for eating them. Not fair.

Lake Leland. Two cats. One I believe is dead. The other is wearing a collar now. Were you at (in general) in Quil?

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Hi! I stumbled upon this site recently. It’s amazing! I mainly use it to view trip reports. I have no tech skills or experience, but I am interested in keeping this site alive and non-profit. Let me know if there is any way I can volunteer

Hey folks, this might be a bit of a long shot but I recently I have been doing a deep dive into Bellingham and Chuckanut climbing history, and I am trying to track down a few old guidebooks for some info. The main two I am looking for are "A Rock Climber's Guide to Bellingham Rock!" by Jason Henrie 1997, and "Boulders and cliffs : climber's guide to lowland rock in the Skagit & Whatcom Counties" by Dallas Kloke 1971. I reached out to Henrie, but he said he no longer has copies of his guidebooks, and there is an old thread on here saying the WWU OC had a copy for checkout in 2007, but it no longer seems to be true. The WWU library is supposed to have the Kloke book in special collections but when I went to see their copy they were unable to find it... The UW library might have a copy though. If anyone these books and would be willing to send me some photos/scans, or if you are local and would let me come take a look, I would really appreciate it! Thank you so much

Where is this? I sometimes start my hikes by headlamp in the Quilcene area.

What.....the.....hell!!! @rob is back??!!

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