Hello,
I recently moved to Hillsboro, Oregon from Georgia. In georgia, my outdoor niche was caving. Georgia had some great caves that were alot of fun and had a great deal of adrenaline/danger to it.
Up here with Mt. Hood often visible in the distance; mountaineering seems like another fun challenge to move onto.
I honestly know essentially nothing about proper equipment up here(I often caved in shorts!). I was considering a guided course like the website below:
http://www.nwsos.com/public/summit.html
I would do the 475$ course but that seems like alot of money; on the other hand it could be very well worth it especially considering they include equipment.
Anyone have advice or tried one of these courses?