wayne

Wow John and friends ! You did it! Nice to get a big ol traverse underway uh? Nothing quite like being on the summit for days! Great Frigga Job Mates!

Its better when the scree is covered in snow.

WHERES THAT AT?

Thanks NC ,great link , I would love to read the book on the disaster,its pretty f-ed up how it went down. We saw a big pod of whales from the Valencia veiwpoint and the cliffs there were very unclimbable-looking. The photos will suck cause it was foggy most the time. There is a great picture book out there bout it though

Climb: West Coast Trail-South to North Date of Climb: 8/13/2005 Trip Report: Chelsea and I have just finished a dream backpacking trip of ours in completeing the West Coast Trail on beautiful Vancouver Island. It is an adventure trail with an incredible history. It was installed to save survivors of hundreds of ship wrecks along the southwest island coast. as many as 700 people died along this stretch of rugged coastline, some after reaching the relative safety of the shore.Outrage at this carnage led to lighthouses,telegraph lines and eventually a 75 kilometer trail that evenually became a world famous adventure trek extaordinaire.Even with the installation of hundreds of long ladders, bridges, cable cars and boardwalks it still makes a trail so strenous it rivalls the toughest climber approach "trails" .An average of 150 people a year are evacuated in its current state. We left Monday from Port Renfrew by small ferry boat to reach the start. I would call the effort a half -day as we held up at a nice beach called Thrasher Cove. It was a tough 10 k but it would set us up for long and brutal days to finish up by Friday. There were many "Mountaineer"type backpackers on route. Everyone was on their dream trip so the comradery was great. They only allow 8000 people a year on the trail, once we got ahead of the weekend starters though we had a lot of solitude.We then pushed our selves into several 20 k days enjoying a combination of forest and beaches and lazy recovery time on amazing beaches. Eventually we drug our tired asses into the North Station feeling like we did Ranier and then some in 4 - 24 hour days. We had a great time with each other,the people we met along the way, and with the wildlife we saw. Whales were abundant on the North end. It was great to fall asleep on the beach to the sound of their explosive breathing patterns.It was a relaxing week without the pre-climb anxiety I am used to on the trail.We will never forget it. Gear Notes: Not much-We were Backpacking! Approach Notes: The South end is tougher so you can get it out of the way while your legs are fresh, but if you went the other way you would have lighter packs.

....With a kick ass telephoto lense!

Way to stay after it Mike! I only did the N.Ridge and the Price then the summit of Shucks, then we went out Ficher Chimnety to a bike we had parked at lake Ann. I felt lucky it was my 2nd trip to the Cascades.

I would have to agree, nice photo /essay!!

Is there a chance he is still adding to this update?

Feggin Shweet! Is the rest of the rock untouched? PRP- Pure Rock Porn

OOOO! The real Mr. K !

Thanks Marty and all. There is seldom enough praise for the people who ditch everything they have going on to help our sorry asses .Cheers to you guys and the late exit party for their self-rescue.

The c00lest thing to do would be to write or scan it and put it and a new register on the summit! Come on I did Logun 2x in a year. Certainly a yungn like you could!

Nice tr, I did the same thing with the summit in a white out. Just out of curiosity, why did you take the register? What do you plan on doing with it?When you are done with it, I might suggest taking it to the mountaineers or putting it back on the summit.

maybe josh has my cd burnt. Do we have to get Snugtop involved to make this happen. Dave ?

anything happening tomorrow/

SayJay! How have you been?! Good to see you kicking it in the hills!

Wow sweet line, was this a new route? The center buttress?

Gosh what a fun trip that was, Great to see the pics too. Truly it was my "Wildest Dreams " to have finished this traverse. I didnt think it would be fun after my last attempt, but it was when we switched directions on the way we went. Josh was a solid partner and we laughed so much during the trip dispite the intense circumstances we faced.What a way to make a friend. We have only met the 2 times we were on this ridge together,but it seems we have been friends forever. He probably associates me with massive pain! Sorry we dont have a tr together yet . I will get to it in a few days as will Josh too , Thanks, Wayne

Nice work! You cant have to much character!

Just like corporate america, getting rich, off of our dreams.

Those guys get paid so well for doing that publication< It should be soon.

Josh you da man! Guy probably ignores more splittail than we ever see!

Ed! What the hell are you headed to the Vatican fer? Really though it has been a while sice going there but it tends to go up to the right hand side of the thing . It has been ravaged by land slides but you can get there w/o too much trouble. Are you actually thinking of climbing the damn thing?? A word of warning, Layers of that shite fall of over the years, I know I was on route but there was no sign of pin scars and the placements are tight expando. The free climbing up high is desparate , loose,mossy,and unprotectable. It is a very difficult endeavor.When I did it it was 94, it hadnt been climbed since 78!! the webbing was completely rotted off the anchors ,all fix gear was loose,what little there was is mostly railroad spikes! Good luck to you, Sir

Is that why you use your real name, How does using your real name make you accountable? Even if I use my real name, I'm still not accountable for my actions on a message board. I'll break it down for you, since you seem to be having a tough time with it. It's like getting cut off in traffic. You'd never think of cutting in line in front of me at Subway because you'd be held accountable -- either by being forced to the back of the line, or worse. But in your car, you feel safe because you're in your own little fortress. More often than not, common courtesy is generally exercised during face-to-face interaction -- this fact is undeniable. If you aren't courteous in person, folks tend to call bullshit or "merc out" -- THAT'S accountability. On the internet if you say something derrogatory or negative to someone else, you can just shut off your monitor and hide under your sheets. Another example... just witness how courteous folks are at a pub club compared to how they act on the internet. I know, I've been to several pub clubs. There are several folks I could use as an example, but I'll spare the details because I'm guessing you get it by now. Accountability. As you can see, much different than using your own name on the internet. Well said, S-hound ! I must give my props to their achievement, but welcome to the jungle that is CC.flame. Wrong place to go looking for high-fives unless your prostrate yourselves to their high court of lynch-happy opinion. Any "release" I have done has too be read and re-read to remove anything that could remotely construed as c-beating or you will feel it