Josh Lewis

The forum says "Freshiez Rock! Talk about AT, Snowboard and Tele adventures and gear here." so I figured this would be the best place to put the report. Where else would I put it? I'm fresh to this part of the forum.

Trip: 20 Mile Jog to Wallace Lake - Date: 6/6/2010 Trip Report: This was my biggest jog yet! Although I have hiked 20 miles in a day before, I have never jogged this distance in 4 and a half hours, especially uphill. Our destination was between Wallace Lake and Jay Lake which officially made the trip 10 miles each way (although probably slightly more). Click Here to See Our Route. This trip took place Sunday June 6, 2010. Joanna told me "Wanna Run to Wallace Lake? I'll totally trash you" which I believed hr because when we went up and down Mount Si with 18 or so miles, she said it was a piece of cake. The weather was too bad to go for the high peaks, but not too bad to go anywhere. Joanna bought me breakfast which was very nice of her, believe me, the energy would be needed for this! Amazingly the weather was decent when we started out, there were some views of the mountains with some nice mist. After the first 2 or so miles I had already developed some pains, but fortunately they went away. As I ran for some reason song was rolling through my head as we were jogging along, but I did not mind, in ways I liked it. As the run went on, there was more clouds that came in, but I liked the atmosphere to the place, the mountains looked nice and misty, the air had a wonderful smell to it, not just the wet smell but of fresh flowers and trees. Even though it was hard work at times, it was quite peaceful. Sometimes Joanna and I would have conversations. After a while we reached the lake which was exciting. After this we decided to head over to Jay lake, unfortunately there was some mud on the way which got my new shoes wet. Oh well. Joanna wanted to turn around and said we were around the 10 mile mark, but then I asked "Are you sure this is it?" and then she said "ok we can go a little further to make for sure we make 10 miles". Just before we get to Jay lake, we turn around from here, Holly was very happy about this. I knew only half the battle was won, even though the way down is "easier" there is the tired factor which I knew this which is why I did not celebrate yet when at the turn around point. The lake reflection was nice and scenic as we ran past back down. At some points on the way down it began to ran, which was fine because it helped keep me cool, not once did I have to wear a long sleeve shirt. As we ran down we saw a bear up ahead. It was a cute sight, but then Holly scared the bear away. As we both got tired, Joanna finally confessed "Well when I said trash you, I meant I would get trashed first" which this statement suprised me. The main issue that was going on with Joanna was joint issues, she said muscle strong she was fine, with me it was my legs that were getting tired. I never did end up getting trashed, but came close to feeling that way towards the last mile to half mile, I kept thinking about "oh how nice that muffin will be". When I was running my legs started to cramp up due to dyhration, but I kept running because I can. When I got to the car I was so happy. Then it was muffin time! This proved to be a very fun trip, and got some great exercise, and found out I could jog more than I thought I was physically capible.

I'm avalible pretty much the entire summer. If you need a partner for any alpine scrambles, or glacier travel trips, I would be willing to join.

Marc, it was worth it. No matter what I would have been tired, would have had to get up early anyways. Although a few extra hours of sleep would have been nice.

I been wanting to climb Sahale Mountain for years, almost got to the summit, but had to turn around because I was on the wrong ridge, but know the standard route pretty well. I would also be willing to climb it the Quien Sabe route. I am avalible from later tommorow to pretty much the whole summer. I've got a glacier rope, so thats no problem. My email is joshlewis4@gmail.com

I had a headlamp, but I will admit, I did not have a back light, but did have a reflector vest on, and my bike had some reflectors. I'll bet even if I did have a back light, he would have taken me home.

I used to dislike internet 7 myself, but then started to love the tab feature.

Internet 8 is crappy for cascadeclimbers for me! I use internet 7 partly because of cascadeclimbers, the editor glitches in ie 8.

There is a free training for rock climbing going on at Mount Erie as seen in this thread: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/963786/SPI_Guide_Training_Mock_Client#Post963786 I was wondering if anyone was heading out to this and would be willing to have me car pool with. This takes place Sunday (tommorow). My phone number is 503-895-9312

Or more like Skittles to Skittles.

Thats why I'm outraged this weekend, I finally get out of school and conditionsare still bad.

I will admit I have had my share of steep scary snow slopes were a fall would create an injury or worse (ok I'm softening up how it was, it was pretty bad). I would say I'm pretty good at self belay, but if I know that a slope is going to be extra steep, sure I don't need an extra tool, but it would make things easier, then I treat my ice axe like an ice tool, or atleast thats how I hear you do it.

I'm considering brinign an ice tool and an ice axe on the sherpa glacier if thats the case. I'm not as much of a fan of this kind of mountaineering: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/4682394626_a6979c60b7_b.jpg It's not that I'm bad at self belay, I would rather have the luxury of using an ice tool up the slope for extra support. Unless it's not steep enough.

I will admit, that was my alternative route I wanted to do this year, had it planned for the decent route, but if I should hault on the ICG then alright, Sherpa should be a go.

I'm not as interested in waterfall ice as much as this kind of stuff: Ice Cliff Glacier on Mount Stuart Sure I don't plan on going up it without some practice, might have to wait til next year. The route is on the left of the photo and goes up to the ridge and then is a scamble on the other side.

Should I just stick to steep snow that requires ice tools? I absolutely love the feeling of steep snow, but believe I can go a step further by this point. I love cold, for some reason I get the feeling I might like it better than rock climbing.

So I should wait a while?

I am wondering what a good beginner ice climb would be. I have much experience on steep snow and such, and want to take the next step. A friend recommended top ropping the Baker Seracs.

After this Friday I'm pretty much avalible until next September, once the conditions get safe enough I would love to climb these two peaks. Let me know if I could join then.

I would love to climb Baker this weekend, but the weather is not looking so great before the weekend. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=48.77972266402536&lon=-121.81640625&site=sew&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text

Appreciated! I too would like to know.

Awesome Trip! I've wanted to do this route, although now I am considering it as a decend route for a more demanding route on the mountain.

I'm interested in these two: Mt Baker - Any route Mt Shuksan - Any route Let me know if I could join. Cheers Josh Lewis.

Mighty generous offer, unfortunately I have school going on, if there weren't finals going on I would totally want to take up this offer.

I'm interested, on weekends I'm avalible (althogh give me a few days notice before trip so I don't go out planning another trip), after June 12 I am avalible every day of the week (although plan to go for another climb up on June 26).