John_Roper

More meat left on that bone.

John Porter has a nice sunlit shot of the whole north face here.

Nice line, especially the side view. Naming history: Little J-Berg. 7945’ on map. P745 (now Lidar P790). This was the original (August 23, 1968) name for this summit since from Easy Pass its shape resembles that of massive Johannesburg Mountain near Cascade Pass. (A "berg" is a mountain; a "burg" is a town.) Fred Beckey was lukewarm about this name for his guidebook, so Legends Peak came to mind to honor Indian legends and legendary climbers. The alternate name was Arches Peak for its arcing shape and for a blocky arch low on its north slope and was so recorded in green Fred CAG. I still like Little J-Berg best.

Wow! Dirigo, indeed.

Wayne, Not my photo. Photographer did the right thing to end the thread drift.

Will the first party to explore and successfully climb the Lower 40% of the “Full Mongo” from its toe in Goodell Creek to Fury top be “waking up the choss,” “add[ing] a thousand feet of vertical bushwhacking…?” Looking forward to the hands-on answer.

Right. The whole shebang, nearly 4000 vf from Goodell toe to Fury top.

Hard hats off for nailing the upper Mongo, and your new route on The Pole of Remoteness. It’s always a head-shaker to revisit that Wayne pioneered this solo. The Full Mongo awaits.

Redoubt Creek. One of my worst bushwhacks. If the alder doesn’t get you the willows or vine maple will. Congrats for persevering to a unique wedding venue.

Fun to relive with photos. Same route 50 years ago (1972) up N Ridge of Tricouni (NR) to Primus with Dallas Kloke, Reed Tindall, Scott Masonholder, Mike Theobald, Paul (not Bob) Greisman had a totally ugly tight-hemlock trailless brush bash approach from McAllister Creek to timberline.

Sam, please draw your line on Matt Lemke's photo.

Matt Lemke has a great photo of this buttress from Perfect Pass: https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8035967#&pid=605a92381deab5b6734adaabf6ea665a Looks like the head and trunk of an elephant (complete with eye) with floppy ears on either side.

The photo of the Thread of Ice and Thread of Gneiss was taken from Picket Pass on July 23, 1984.

Way to finally untangle the Thread. Very Gneiss.

That was 41 years ago, but I don't remember it being as bad as what you experienced.