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Trip: Mt. Baker - Coleman/Demming Date: 8/18/2010 Trip Report: Juan and I snuck in a day climb of Mt. Baker on Wednesday. Forgot a hat and my scalp is sunburned to an uncomfortable degree. Little over 10 hours car to car on the Coleman Deming route. Some inconsiderate folks have dropped blue bags of poo into the creek just below high camp. I fished them out but need to remember to bring an empty gallon ziplock bag for hauling garbage like that out when I encounter it on these more popular routes. Some crevasses are opening up on the standard boot pack necessitating some endruns and "route finding". Picked up some other strange garbage from high on the route (packaging from a down comforter at 9,000'?). Summitted at about noon. Descent was quick, near the high camp someone asked us if we were "professionals" despite not having walkie talkies so we must have looked pretty good. Juan executed an unanticipated but well timed hop over a pretty big crack as we glissaded down the final snow field. He also entertained us by asking hikers if they’d seen “the bear”. The look on their faces was priceless. Great day in the mountains. Cell phone photo of Juan on the top. Gear Notes: Standard glacier gear but no walkie talkies. Forgot my gaitors but was ok, not much snow to contend with. Approach Notes: My headlamp batteries died 1/4 mile in so I hiked by braile until it was light. I sure like hiking in my trail runners and changing to boots at the snow. 2 hours in to high camp.

What route are you planning to take - South Side? I've seen people in tennis shoes using tree branches as hiking sticks and people in full on expedition gear on that route. If you're comfortable on steep snow, you could probably get by with just an ice axe and your micro spikes. My wife and I climbed that route about 10 years ago in September and I don't think we used our crampons.

We found them at Costco earlier in the summer for a discounted price.

This reminds me of empty "8 hour energy" and "Capri Sun" containers someone left on the trail up to Colchuck lake a few days ago. I'm sure they intended to pick it up on the way down from the lake but it stinks for the rest of us who get to look at the garbage on the side of the trail. I'm constatly surprised by self consumed people who leave garbage in the mountains with no regard for the next visitors. Good teaching moment for our child, I suppose...

Sick!

Sorry Le Piston, the CEO reference was a little joke intended to bait Jon into yelling at us about CC.com being a free site and to quit crying. He may have been demoted to the mail sorting room in the meantime.

I suspect his reluctance to go to the hospital had to do with him having outstanding warrants...

BASE jumper rescued from Mount Baring By Eric Stevick Herald Writer INDEX ­— A 44-year-old Lynnwood man has been rescued after his parachute lines got caught Monday night on a rock outcropping on Mount Baring in east Snohomish County. By 8:20 a.m., a mountain rescue team was lowered to the man and hooked him into a rope system. He was then lifted to the top of the cliff. Plans were to airlift him to a hospital but he refused medical treatment, said Lt. John Flood of the sheriff’s office. A Snohomish County Search and Rescue helicopter team attempted to reach him earlier but was unable to do so safely so a ground team was being lowered from the summit, said Rob Beidler, a chief with the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office received a cell phone call from the BASE jumper around 9 p.m. Monday. BASE stands for buildings, antennae, spans (bridges) and earth, which refers to the types of surfaces from which people jump. The man was alone and uninjured other than some scratches and bruises. He was able to call 911 for help. He was dangling for several hours overnight but it was unclear this morning if he was able to crawl to a ledge, Beidler said. The man was paying respects to a friend who died during a BASE jump July 25. Aude-Marianne Bertucchi, a 32-year-old Bothell woman, died July 25 after her parachute failed to open properly during a jump off Mount Baring.

Incredible effort!

That would be interesting, how about you Jim? You must've climbed most or all of them- I agree that this list is a bit outdated considering modern standards but these are still pretty respectable goals for a weekend warrior.

Any more info on the mod for the older generation of vipers?

Trogdor, thanks for the link to Blake's list. I think Tom/Dallas' list is more in line with what I was looking for, the most difficult peaks to summit by their easiset route. Not looking for the most difficult (or dangerous) routes per say.

I really enjoyed this summer’s edition of the NWMJ and it inspired me to update my list of objectives. It also reminded me of rumors of a list of “cascade hard man” mountains like Johannesburg, Index N. Peak (or the full traverse?) and Nooksack Tower . Any others?

Have you checked to see if Mt. Daniel is in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area? I'm not sure dogs are allowed in there but interested in if they are....

Sorry, I didn't experience that issue. Sounds like a problem for the CEO.

Just go into your queue and "uncheck" each photo and click "submit".

I had similar problems but resized (smaller) and submitted photos one at a time with no further issues. I also cleared my queue before submitting one at a time.

Awesome! Slogmeisters unite!

Great job by everyone involved in this venture!

I sure hope the new gri gri has the "hand" and the "dude"...

Helloooo captain obvious!!!

One more - lower on the face after traversing left. I traced the route on Google earth and it ascends approximatly 9000' and 20 miles car to car. Do we get speed slogging soft man awards?

I guess some of the pics just needed to be resized...

Here's John just below the summit - I'm having trouble with loading the jpgs from the queue into my gallery....

I bought this harness through Pro-Mountain Sports in Seattle. This is a great harness to wear if you're not going to be hanging in it or taking a bunch of falls on technical climbs. Very comfortable to wear under a pack and very lightweight. Perfect for those low fifth class and snow climbs.