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I'm in awe and highly entertained. "Pole of remoteness", hah

Daaaang! That crux pic of you I bet that normally delicate rock was very very firm.

That pic with the tent on the platform, yeesh!!! I have the same one (FirstLight) and even on Hood I get spooked when it flaps in the wind.

My favorite passage, sets the tone for the rest of the story. Glad you got your summit and your asses whooped, thanks for the wonderful post <3

You crazy mofo <3

You crazy <3

Nicely done! Been itching to get up this route specifically, sounds and looks awesome

Ohhh, I see, I've fallen into that sort of thing where Palmer spills onto White River. Spooky indeed but not too dangerous. Steam vents on the other hand, yeesh.

Great great work, thx for sharing Now I'm really curious, if nothing else for educating myself on mountain safety - what exactly were you punching through to? Loose snow? Crevasses (I thought there are never crevasses up there?)? Snow/ice caves carved by volcanism? Sounds scary.

No kidding, couldn't recognize it's Hood in some of your sweet pics! How important did the rope feel for glacier wandering? I heard crevasses are opening early this year.

You absolutely rock. I love that you found an interesting route up such a normally overlooked objective!

Gotcha, thx for the rundown :D. I've tried this without the traxion and was really annoyed, grigri wouldn't let me climb! Btw, rope soloing a 5.10+ good job!!

Grigri is main protection... what's that second device? Some kind of backup? Is the rope bag fixed at the anchor?

Really got your money's worth on the playground I see

Neat Well, go on, what's this rope solo setup you speak of? I'm so curious.