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Glad to hear it, Bill. Keep us posted! Jon Bell

We were down at Devil's Lake floating around all day on Sunday. Lots of South Sister climbers coming and going all day, but none picked up a bag with a set of cooking pots, a stove and a fuel canister in it. Let me know if you're missing it.

A last-minute heads up about a reading and slideshow tonight for the book "On Mount Hood." 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the NW REI, 1405 NW Johnson. Pics, words, mountain stories, and signed paperbacks! Find out more about the book at www.onmounthood.com.

Thanks Kev! You've got the very first paperback!

Celebrate all the splendor of Mount Hood with the paperback release of On Mount Hood at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Powell's City of Books 1005 W. Burnside in Portland. Featuring: Jon Bell — author slideshow and reading Jon Tullis — Timberline Lodge spokesman and editor of the book Timberline Lodge: A Love Story Gary Randall — Longtime Hood photographer and artist For more information, check out www.onmounthood.com

Lake Oswego author Jon Bell presents a reading and slideshow from his book "On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Beaverton City Library. Published by Seattle's Sasquatch Books, "On Mount Hood" is the compelling story of Oregon's greatest mountain: adventures and tragedies, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lore. The Beaverton City Library is at 12375 SW 5th Street in Beaverton. For more information, visit http://onmounthood.com

Lake Oswego author Jon Bell presents a reading and slideshow from his book "On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Mazamas Mountaineering Center in southeast Portland. Published by Seattle's Sasquatch Books, "On Mount Hood" is the compelling story of Oregon's greatest mountain: adventures and tragedies, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lore. The Mazamas Mountaineering center is at 527 SE 43rd Avenue in Portland. For more information, visit http://onmounthood.com

The Portland Audubon Society hosts the 31st annual Wild Arts Festival this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19-20, at Montgomery Park in NW Portland. The fund-raising festival features more than 70 artists and 30 authors, including Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy (Saturday 1-3) and Jon Bell, author of On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak (Saturday 12-4). Other NW favorites include William Sullivan, Jack Nisbet, Jean Auel and Paul Gerald. Hours are from 10-6 on Saturday and 11-5 on Sunday. Montgomery Park is at 2701 NW Vaughn. Admission is just $6 for adults, free for kids 16 and under. (Find a two-for-one coupon at the festival web site .) Come check it out.

Short but sweet: The Curry County Commissioners in southern Oregon have proposed destroying one of the most amazing stretches of Oregon Coast — a stretch between Floras Lake and Blacklock Point — by developing it into a couple of golf courses. It's a long shot, because the land they want currently belongs to the people of Oregon (via the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation), but it's a real idea that's being given some real consideration. Read more at the links below and share your opposition with the commissioners, the parks department and anyone else you can. Too much to lose: Floras Lake and Blacklock Point Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation page on the issue Curry County Save Floras Lake

Lake Oswego author Jon Bell presents a reading and slideshow from his book "On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Lake Oswego Public Library. Published by Seattle's Sasquatch Books, "On Mount Hood" is the compelling story of Oregon's greatest mountain: adventures and tragedies, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lore. The Lake Oswego Public Library is at 706 4th Street in Lake Oswego. For more information, visit http://onmounthood.com

Thanks Bill!

Lake Oswego author Jon Bell presents a reading and slideshow from his book "On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at Annie Bloom's Bookstore. Published by Seattle's Sasquatch Books, "On Mount Hood" is the compelling story of Oregon's greatest mountain: adventures and tragedies, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lore. Annie Bloom's Books is at 7834 SW Capitol Highway in Portland's Multnomah Village. For more information, visit http://onmounthood.com or http://annieblooms.com.

Heading up to the mountain this Friday, June 17? Stop by the Wy'East Book Shoppe and Art Gallery, 67195 E. Hwy 26 in Welches, at 7:30 p.m. for a slideshow and signing for the new Hood book by author Jon Bell, "On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak." (Sasquatch Books, $22.95) This first-ever narrative biography tells the compelling story of a legendary Oregon mountain through its adventures and tragedies, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lore. The book is already available at Powell's, Amazon, and other outlets where fine books are sold, and signed copies will be available on Friday at Wy'East. For more information, visit onmounthood.com And thanks for checking it out!

Everyone is cordially invited to the official launch of On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak by Portland author Jon Bell. ( Sasquatch Books, $22.95) This first-ever narrative biography tells the compelling story of a legendary Oregon mountain through its adventures and tragedies, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lore. Though the book is already available at Powell's, Amazon, and other outlets where fine books are sold, the official launch will happen at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the Hawthorne Powell's, 3727 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR, 97214. Here's the evite. For more information, visit onmounthood.com And thanks for checking it out!

Nice Tim! Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh. In the meantime, I blogged about it on the new Hood web site.