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Climb: Mt. Hood West Crater Rim Date of climb: 6/10/2006 Trip Report: We left Timberline Lodge at midnight on Friday and headed up the normal route up to the top of Palmer. The weather was absolutely amazing, cloud layer was just below 6000 feet and all the stars were surrounding the moon. The snow was pretty firm but we didn't throw on our crampons until the bottom of Crater Rock near the mud slide. We roped up after eating a few cookies and boogied up the west side of the wall. We simul-climbed the entire route except one section where I threw in a snow picket and belayed everyone up. This wasn't entirely necessary but we wanted to get in some practice and I'll do anything to rest on the way up. Halfway up the rim we took another break to enjoy the sunrise, adjust my crampons and snack a little more. Once on the ridge we enjoyed the views and headed East to the summit. At the summit there was more time spent checking out the sites and performing our summit poses. We made the summit in 7 hours and was down by 12. Well, everyone else was done much earlier but I took my sweet time coming down. Everyone had an amazing time and are looking forward to our next trip - maybe Annapurna, maybe Middle Sister. Here are all of our pictures from the trip Gear Notes: 3 pickets (used one) rope crampons axes 1 lbs bag of M&Ms (didn't use)

Howdy. I was climbing around the Dihedrals and someone left their two cams. If they are yours, lemme know what type and what tape and we can get them back to you. My buddy found a Timex watch as well and we can get that to you.