Rad

Nice report and pics. Doesn't look like buffoonery. You didn't fall into a crevasse and made it to the top and down safely. Sounds like a win to me!

Love it. Thanks for posting. Your stoke and smile remind me of a certain Canadian climber who caught the climbing bug as a teen and shared some amazing and fun stories here before moving on to higher dimensions. Sigh. Can't wait to see where your path leads.

Very cool. PM sent.

Great outing and report @Alisse!!!

Word is that the M&M/Super Cave wall across the freeway is some of the best rock in WA and the routes are stellar. So step up your game into 11s (Ellen Pea) or 12s (Tiger) and go get some.

I wasn't that psyched on Clean Break. There are basically three interesting pitches, which isn't enough given how long the approach and descent are. FWIW, we approached via Silver Star creek and descended via Burgundy col to bikes we'd stashed by the road.

Thanks for posting. This is a very good report. Those of us who've been to the Pickets can relate to what you've described. It is one of the wildest places I've ever been, and it feels good to be thoroughly humbled there. Adapting your plans to unexpected obstacles is par for the course there. Glad you all came out without serious injury.

Just get into the damn playoffs and break this Disney spell before Cruella comes calling.

It's all fun and games until the Yankees steal your young star, just like they did 20ish years ago. Well, I suppose there was Texas in there somewhere, but I try to ignore all things Texas.

Wow! Nice! Looks like you had incredible weather.

Excellent! Awesome terrain. Thanks for posting. Could you tell how good the rock was on the W Face?

Post-accident threads quickly move from condolences to incident analysis, and I think a signifcant part of that is to identify an error so that the reader can say "Oh, I would never make THAT mistake." This joins the parade of little white lies we tell ourselves to justify the risks of climbing. The reality is that bad things can happen in the mountains no matter how good or careful you are. Sometimes the only error was being there in the first place. Regarding the original post, we don't know the exact conditions at the time of the incident nor the Dr's abilities or risk tolerance, so I don't think we can objectively question his judgment. Part of the beauty of life is that we each get to make our own choices on this journey.

Falling rock, ice or snow can hit a climber and do major damage and/or cause them to fall. I'm very sorry for your loss

@JasonG is our guru

Mixed tapes are a way to communicate on an emotional and intellectual level with friends, girlfriends, others, sharing the stoke, mystery, misery, and more. Still cherish the ones I have in the basement. Still listen to them from time to time.

Fantastic! Congratulations on an excellent adventure. Seems like things went quite smoothly for you all in all. Thanks for posting!

Great shots of a great adventure! Looks like you missed the quintessential wet weather of the Pickets!

My variation on this is 'do what you can while you can'.

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I appreciate a lot of things here, have for many years, but the decline of user activity has been depressing. I would post TRs here if I could share them to FB, but when I try I get the message below. That means I'm only writing a TR for the few of you who actually show up here. If you fix this I would write TRs. Got a few good ones in mind, like a spire in the Grand Canyon... Anyway, thanks @olyclimberfor keeping the lights on. We should do a pub club once this damn pandemic thing will subside a bit. First round is on me. Cheers, Rad This URL goes against our Community Standards on spam: cascadeclimbers.com To protect people on Facebook from spam, we don't allow content that contains such URLs.

I hit local grocery stores, sandwich places, gas stations when coming back from trips, rarely eat in a restaurant or drink in a bar, but then that's true in the city. Sure would like to see climbers and hikers spend money in the towns near climbing and hiking.

Yep. That's my favorite moment.

Ask Lowell Skoog. He's done a huge amount of work digitizing old images from a variety of formats, including slides.

I found it hard to see the last segment of the film because there was a waterfall pouring out of my eyes. Knowing the ending just made it worse. I thought it was better than Free Solo. Peter Mortimer is a great visual story teller.