OlympicMtnBoy

A fine time! Thanks @JasonGfor hosting us up north, and also @bellows for driving my butt back and forth. Really cool to meet @ratand @cfire in person and share some beer. @manninjowe’ll have to get out again soon! It was a fine break from baby home life so I look forward to the next one. Cheers everyone!

Suwheet! What time(ish)? Im near NE 143rd St and 36th Ave NE.

@bellowsand @olyclimber Hey can someone come pick my up from Lake City on the way?? Maybe we can get @Alissetoo!

That looks like a fun, thanks!

Like kids under 2? Our son is 6 months old. I guess we are a little late to the game since most of our friends have kids 3-tween or have decided not the reproduce. The first camp has different capabilities for family adventures since kids want to do stuff too, and it’s not always that much fun for us since ours can’t really ride the magic carpet or climb the kiddie wall. We could go xc ski with the trailer or snowshoe with him and do 5-8 miles pretty easily but that’s way to far for the others. Most of my non-kid friends (that still climb/ski) are in better shape and still want to go hard on the weekends so not interested in having an infant along. Anyone else out there in the in-between? My wife and I have been getting out together a lot but it would be nice to have a bigger crew that wants to tow babies, split lift tickets, or boulder. We have a bunch of new PEPS friends but we seem to be the far outlier for going outside with our kid. Anyone want to adventure? Advice from others who have been through this? It just feels isolating and hard to motivate to stay fit.

Thanks for asking, I’m just really lucky with the breaks as they may be, hah. I had a neck collar for too many months and I was able to start some light PT at three. I was back doing easy too ropes in the gym and xc skiing in 6 months and am pretty much back where I was now. Any new lack of fitness and aches and pains I blame on becoming a dad. With a seven vertebrae fusion I surprisingly don’t notice much in limited mobility since the thoracic spine doesn’t move as much anyways. I can’t look behind me as far as I used to without turning my upper body but I only notice that when biking and checking on a rider right behind me. I was able to get back out in August of 2021 to try again and approached up Mt. Tom creek. Due to other party limitations, weather, and difficult terrain we ended up just cresting the ridge near Hoh Peak and then dropping down to Dragon Lake. Dragon Lake had been on my list forever so that was super cool but I still need to get up that ridge on Mt. Tom. Thinking about trying again this summer up the S. Fork of the Hoh to Hoh Peak and then up the ridge to Tom and maybe Lake of the Gods and out Falls Creek. We’ll see!

That’s awesome! Thanks for supporting with your art!

Also I forgot to mention therapy. I saw a therapist after my accident for a while and it helped to process stuff. Totally normal to get some mental health help too!

Yeah, lots of good advice in here, I can relate to the end of the world feeling from my broken neck and back in 2020 although as things go my recovery was fairly straightforward and quick. Attitude is huge and sometimes all you can control (other than religiously doing your pt). It really helped to just keep focused on getting back to what you love and telling yourself you can over and over. Do whatever you can to get outside, even if it’s just rolling a wheelchair in the yard and build from there . Watch movies and read Alpinist for stoke (a buddy got me a subscription for a gift when I was down). Just keep keeping on and you’ll get there. We are all cheering for ya!

Ok, I just joined as I need some motivation. I’m new to this Strava thing, I’ve been using MapMyFitness and Gaia, do you all track things in more than one app at a time? I tend to use one for my conditioning runs and bikes and Gaia for actual outdoor adventures. Also logging my excuses early, almost all my around town activities involve jogging with a stroller and a dog in tow. It doesn’t make me faster. 😉

Stick it to me!

Another classic northwest pinnacle toppled due to climate change/climate migration.

I did save the note Fred left on my car once in classic scrawl on a napkin! I was lucky enough to have a couple big adventures with him and even made it up a peak or two (with and without him in tow). Happy Birthday Fred! I hope you found some unclimbed peaks in the next life.

I’m gonna be in Twisp doing some XC skiing with a baby, hopefully not in the rain. So don’t come to Hellbent!

Whatcha gonnna do with em???

Ok, I’ve been offline doing Xmas stuff! I nominate Hellbent Brewing in Lake City, plenty of seating and good beer and food trucks!

I saw Reeducation and read Reduction. We are at that camp.

Hah, I should probably go to the right bar! There in 10.

I’m here! Where is the helmet! I got the couches.

I’m making the trek down from Lake City, let me know if anyone needs a ride! I’d bring my wife but she’s gotta watch the bebe and Beveridge Place doesn’t take lil ones. This is gonna be fun!

Nice!

I vote for farther north! We have Eliot Bay in Lake City, and Hellbent has lots of space too! I’m up for wherever though!

Donated , I’ve gotten so much from this place over the years from beta to partners and friends! Been busy with the baby but hopefully my climbing days arent over yet!

Wow, great luck on the permit and weather and tough wife! Nice to see this. I spent a lot of time up in there like 10-15 years ago before it got quite so crazy and I miss it. One of these years I’ll go back, maybe when my son is old enough. :-)

Nice pics, we stopped after Terror (which dropped some terrifying blocks) but you make it sound cruiser after that. Hah!