I actually heard one month ago that the DEA was going to purchase a special helicopter to patrol the border starting from Idaho to Ross Lake.
This was a story I heard on the news. I do not know if the people reporting the news had their facts straight. I never trust the news completely.
The name is correct and the location is not correct. The location of Hinkhouse peak is State Crag in Beckey#3 (the highest point called Index. For those who do not know, the location is directly across from Liberty Bell across the highway. It takes approximately two hours to reach the top of this peak from the overlook. I believe the register on top of this peak was started in 1968 and had only seen 20 or so people sign it since I was there in 1998. Which is quite amazing since it is only 2 hours from a highway.
Its rare to give a peak a name after a climber?
There was a climber who died on Mt. McKinley in 1995. The Washington Geographic people named a peak after him I believe in 1999. Where is this peak located? (Many of you might be surprised.) What is the name?
This is what I use:
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It is a pain to get water in. But it is lighter than the Camelbacks and that's why I chose it. I have no problems with durability becuase I shove it into a pouch that my pack has for bladders.
I always say that there are two primary differences between humans and animals: thumbs and reason. Now we know what you have been doing with your thumbs all this time. What have you been doing with your reason?
If you get bored with Mt. Peak try Baldy Hill. The parking lot is the big parking lot across from the Weyerhaeuser Cascade Operations logging mill. In addition, you could mountain bike on the Weyerhaueser property up to Radio Hill or Boise Ridge. Rainier Timber Company which has property east of Buckley and south of the White River will not allow you on their property--you can't even walk on it.
Right you are ehmmic!
I just thought to myself, what kind of stupid BS can I add to the SPRAY forum and I found this little desk calendar thing. I think I have found my niche!
Here are other niches I have observed:
Dwayner has pictures
trask has his lust for women
Dru has his little devil emiticon
ERIK LOVES CAPITAL LETTERS
Muffy is a tease
Marylou can anger people
Caveman is angry a lot
Mattp is quite intelligent about rock
MountainGoat loves politics
JoshK is really Mr. Burns
So many of you....I dont have the time to put you on the list above.....
I agree that there are not A LOT of high rock climbers in Washington--even in Squamish. There are some......
Rain. That's the reason. Nobody remembers that it rains a lot up here--especially around Squamish too. Can't get out a hell of a lot even in the spring and fall if its raining. All those other places listed in the original post are some dry places where one can be out in decent weather a good chunk of the time.
Mt. Si is just as bad. Mt. Si is really only a pinnacle like Nooksack Tower, Grizzly Tower, North Index.......
Mt. Si is only 247 feet high. The real peak of the Mt. Si "massif" is NE of Mt. Si and is called Dixie Peak.
Living for your fictional self, whether it is the totally dominant force, or just a partial one, is a dangerous state of being that diverts, absorbs, and robs your life energy.
I know of two different parties who have done Agnes. One of them I have their trip report from when they did it in 2001. Since then there were about 20 parties who had signed the summit register.