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She is just having issues of super tension in her iluopsoas muscles. Thus, any sustained pressure on her back or abdomen outs her in pain. We finally found a backpack that works for her. She has been hiking with as much weight as she will be for camping. Just did dragontail in a car to car with no issue, so I think she's ready to try an overnighter. I'm thinking stuff that would have us camping for a night at first, then move on to a two day trip. Thank you!

Off for summer. Want to get into the north cascades as my wife has been sick a heck for the last two years, so she still hasn't really experienced anything there yet! She is just learning glacier travel, so we have to stick to non-glaciated routes. She can't carry much in her backpack due to her illness, so we also are probably only limited to scrambles unless the rack is rather small. Right now I'm thinking we should go do seven finger Jack and mount Maude. Would gothic basin be a fun as it looks for some peak bagging given our limitations? Really just looking to camp high-ish and get some awesome views and enjoy being in the mountains. Any recommendations for trips that fit this criteria (no glacier travel, scramble, good camping, not too insanely crowded)? Also open to ideas for other areas! I've been obsessively looking at trip reports and guide books for ages now, but I figured his community would have some great ideas. Thanks.

What a fun day in the mountains! I'm so thankful I didn't have to lead those runnels.

Dang. I'll take all the sole ones if dude ahead of me bails!

Weather isn't gonna cooperate, so beer will be drank instead!

Wow.

Doesn’t matter if it’s not in the best shape. Thanks, anthony

That's been my plan. The mountains seem to be a decent replacement when vitamin d is unavailable.

As always, great trip report! If I'm not mistaken, we're too far north to get an ample amount of Vitamin D until late March or April though.

Was there Saturday but somehow forgot my sunglasses like an idiot... Glad people were getting the goods!

Great site. Love the packing light and packing right posts.

Can't wait to make it to NZ again.

Lookin good! We had a great 55+ degree day with the pups at Ancient Lakes! I still cannot believe how much beautiful rock there is.

I'm most certainly interested! DM sent!

Also curious about any mixed route beta in th Leavenworth area. I've been searching and coming up with nothin really. I've read people climb r&b in the winter, but I don't want to be the guy to scratch up a very well-traveled rock climb. Any info would be much appreciated!

Yup. We're gonna go to the Ocean on account of all the recent snow. Thanks for all the intel!!

I'm totally prepared to go above tree line or off trail. But my wife has been mighty sick since we moved to Washington, so she hasn't done any glacier travel yet. We will have to avoid glaciers for this outing. With that being said, this is our first actual trip to the Olympics. We've driven through in a van and stayed once or twice, but we've never done any hiking or climbing on the peninsula, so anything is on the table! thanks for the suggestions!

I think my wife and I are gonna roll the dice and go for some backcountry adventure on the peninsula. Anyone have any recommendations for a fun trip? We have between Sat-Mon. Kinda thinkin Mt. Ellinor unless someone has a better suggestion!

I have a MH trango 3 with brand new poles from tent pole technologies. The seam tape I did ages ago is pealing but it still holds out water really well. Just doesn't look brand new.

Gonna have a fun year in the mountains of Washington! Goals: Lead wi4 on ice. Lead 8s and maybe 9s on gear in alpine. Lead 10s on gear at crag. Make it into the Pickets and Mt. Olympus this summer. Gunsights if I have time. Rainier C2C? Big year I guess.

Dang. If he backs out I'll be in Seattle tomorrow...

Headed there Tuesday to take a gander.

Me too. It's been at rest lately because I don't work enough to fund vinyl and climbing. And Wenatchee is sorely lacking in quality browsing locations.

Dang!!! Nice collection @olyclimber

I'd snag one of those .5s. Where are ya located?