Glavin

Congratulations from Mike and Dale! Great meeting all three of you. We were bivied about 3 miles away during the electrical storm, but all we saw was some flashing lights and rumbles, and barely a drop of rain. I heard from folks the next day that the storm was incredible down at Ross Lake, and had started a number of fires, but somehow we missed it. In 97, another friend of mine and I got caught in a similar storm (though this one lasted 3 days) less than 100 feet from the summit of Challenger, on the by-pass route I assume you guys took to the top. A foot of hail in a few minutes made a lasting impression, as did the flashes and booms separated by tenths of a second. Its always something in the amazing Pickets.......