olyclimber

I love dogs, have you seen my dog?

Way to get your shit together and get it done! In my experience, you never regret going...only not going. For the photos, the site currently doesn't work with Apple HEIC file format. You have to convert them to JPG first. Because I want to see the photos I'm going to do that for you now ;).

Inspiring pictures as usual @JasonG ! What a fine time. Thank you.

Trip: North Mt Petunia - via Goat Lake Trip Date: 07/31/2022 Trip Report: Kiba and I continued our tour of dog friendly parts of the Olympic Mountains this past weekend. Left work and hiked up to Goat Lake in the dark, getting up to the lake at 11:30 PM. There was a cool breeze running down the steep valley into our faces, and with my headlight on low I couldn't see much, but I knew once I reached the alpine as the air turned to sweet manna and stilled my heart which was beating out of my chest. Next morning I fished for a while (well...what I was doing could more accurately be described as "practicing casting in an alpine environment" as my fly casting needs serious work and isn't currently fooling any fish, unless they like getting a pileup of line dropped on to them. I did get one on, and it was off with my fly quickly as I realized I need to tie an actual fisherman's knot. When the wind picked up Kiba and I hiked up the ridge to the north and followed it up to North Petunia, the higher of the two Petunias. The views into the Royal Basiin and Royal Lake, of the Needles, Mt Deceptioin, Mt Fricaba, Petunia, and the views to the east where we spent last weekend (Buckhorn, Marrmot Pass, Boulder Ridge) and further to Warrior and Constance. We headed down to the pass between the two Petunias and thought about going up the other Petunia....but I didn't know what challenges it would present for a dog so I left it for another trip. Went back down to the lake and spent the rest of the day sleeping in the shade and then more casting practice in the evening. The hike out in the daylight revealed that the trail up there is kinda steep. Gear Notes: dog and fishing pole Approach Notes: straight up from the Dungie

Violent massages are the best . Thanks for the report !

Yep was just gonna say I don’t know much but I knew that about this route because of @rat We’re not dead yet! Thanks for the TR that sounded exciting.

If iPhone the photos have be converted to jpg. Board doesn’t currently support HEIC. Congrats on the climb!

That is some sweet crack!

What a great day out! You definitely made the best of your time! Did you get any video of the orb?

Trip: Marmot Pass to Charlia Lakes - Boulder Ridge Notch to lakes Trip Date: 07/24/2022 Trip Report: Not a climb but a nice day out so enjoy the photos. Kiba and I went up to Charlia Lakes via Marmot pass on Sunday. Woke up at 4 to hike in the cool of the morning, at Camp Mystery all the folks in the city of tents there were still asleep when we passed through. Up to Marmot pass, and then up the ridge to the south....it too littered with tents. We followed the ridgeline on the way trail till it ended. Can't be taking the dog on 4th class stuff. So we dropped down to the east in the scree, and contoured staying as high as possible. After a little while we could see a notch in the ridge, accessible by another scree field. Climbed up that and down below was the beautiful green tarn of upper Charlia. We headed down on more scree, and then boulder fields, and reached the Charlia Lakes trail in between the two lakes. Hiked down to the lower lake, big fish jumping down there. Then we headed back up to the upper lake then Charlia Pass, down to Boulder shelter, and back up to Marmot Pass and out. My watch died but I think maybe 17 miles. Not a soul at the lakes, unless you count the fish. Gear Notes: dog Approach Notes: up down up down up down up down

I guess not that uncommon https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/alcohol-ban-in-state-forests-brings-reaction-from-users/article_89c2f711-eb43-5076-8483-c27de5d20e5d.html

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD910989 No fun having either! All activities must be done with perfect posture.

I remember climbing the Beckey with @Chaps. Was one of scariest days in the mountains for me. Whatever happened to that guy?

The Beckey route 3 times.

When we climb I expect 100% innocent joy @JasonG . I’ll show you how it’s done. You’ll remember. First remember that you’re a 12 year old trapped in an older man’s body.

I don't know about the Japhy/Gary Synder quote, can't recall it has been a while...but the one that stuck with me was "once you get to the top of a mountain keep climbing". Seems like you live that one pretty well Jason. And hey...check your PMs.

Beautiful! thank you for sharing your trip with us!

Wait is that Emilio from the Mt Olympus TR with the hippies from a year or two ago? Dude. Thanks for making those round glacier glasses cool again. I have a pair, they are sweet. Jublo Vermonts.

It was 8.5 hours moving time. Plenty of time to examine the koan of one hand clapping. Not bad at all. Helps to have a pacer. i grew up on that end of the Olys and I don’t think I have ever seen that many Rhodies in a day. I didn’t tire of them though.

Trip: Mt. Jupiter - da ridge Trip Date: 07/16/2022 Trip Report: Kiba and I checked out Mt Jupiter, and it was a fine time. I had a boat ride a little while back that reminded me that I needed to get up there, the pic I took above inspired me to get off my ass. Rolled up Friday night and slept in the truck outside the locked gate. Got a few hours sleep and then couldn't get back to sleep, so we headed up at around 4am. Hike the road in the dark, we were in a cloud so it felt like rain. Visibility was pretty much zero, but I could smell the pungent odor of freshly harvested fir trees. I don't currently own a bike, so had none such modern contraption to aid my trip up and down. Anyways, that wouldn't have been fair to Kiba unless I got him a bike too. We reached the old trailhead sign which is a little worse for wear, and then headed up the trail through the reprod which was loaded from moisture from the cloud we were in and got soaked to the bone head to toe. Could have just wrung out my clothes and had enough water for the hike which has no running water the whole hike. As I expected a hot exposed hike I brought 6 liters of water, but I ended up dumping 4 liters on the summit so as to not carry it back down. Instead it is a hike up through the forest along an undulating ridge filled with rhododendrons pretty much the whole way. Was worried we would just be in the clouds the whole way, but we popped out into the blue sky at about 3500 feet, and we were treated to a view of the Brothers floating in a bed of clouds. It is a long hike up there, 10 miles from the locked gate to the summit. I pretended that Kiba and I were Buddhist monks traveling to a monastery the floating in the clouds, though I am neither a practicing Buddhist, nor a monk of any sort in real life. I can't speak for Kiba though. He was my guide, leading the charge, looking back every 15 seconds to make sure I was getting along ok. The summit seemed to be elusive, every time I checked Gaia GPS, I seemed closer, yet still just as far away as the map zoomed in. Finally we reached it and it wasn't till then that we saw the long ridge of Mt Constance floating its own bed of clouds to the north, and the Brothers floating to the south. I've visited both places in the past, so it was nice to see them and remember those trips. I could see the Finger Traverse and the final ridge to the summit boulder on Constance. Could not see any of the volcanoes at all. The Sound below was never visible the whole hike, always a bed of clouds. Just us and those peaks floating up in the clouds. Felt like a rich man dumping 4 liters of water up there, and Kiba and I drank most of the 2 liters that remained. We stayed at the summit till clouds swirled up and both the Brothers and Constance ridge disappeared into the white. The show was over for the time, so we headed back down. Back at the truck there was a note on my truck that I had been reported to the Washington State Patrol for trespassing, but nothing could kill my vibe. Kiba fell fast asleep, his work done for the day and we drove back to Southworth. I think this is a great hike and while some might call it just a foothill, the walk up through the rhodies was beautiful, and once you break out into the alpine it is simply gorgeous. I'm not sure if I will be back, but if I do I may spend the night on the summit. There is a snow field just below that could be used to boil water from. The position right there with the Brother and Constance....and seeing them float above us in the clouds, like higher monasteries.... I hope the access is sorted soon. Gear Notes: water, hope and dreams Approach Notes: trespassers beware

Congrats Stew!

That third picture down!