JasonG

Sweet, glad they work! And you are making up for lost time this summer!!

Nice work! Sorry about being one of the 15....but here's a lumpsucker for your trouble: https://www.seattleaquarium.org/blog/closer-look-what-puts-lump-our-pacific-spiny-lumpsuckers

Uhhhhh, this might be mine! I lost a blackberry somewhere on the East Triad about 10 years ago! I would love to get it back just for posterity. Edit, lost on 10/26/08 to be exact. It was a Blackberry Pearl.

Sharp-shinned hawk? https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk/id I sometimes see them hunting in the alpine. Cool birds!

I think owls can be very territorial. I know I don't have enough hair to look tasty, yet I have had them bomb me, as have several other Hair Club for Men members.

I thought it was worth climbing, though it isn't all as solid as the photo would suggest. Still, that pitch is one of the better alpine pitches I've climbed in the Cascades and really made for a memorable trip.

You continue to rack up the impressive solo string @JonParker! I bet you'd like that SW side of Dorado Needle (if you haven't been that way already):

I think you solved the Sasquatch mystery AND DB Cooper!

They hang with the grizzlies at all times.

You do know that black bears can be brown, right? Despite 10 years and hundreds of DNA samples from hair snares, park biologists were never able to confirm a grizzly in the North Cascades. Do you have a photo? All the "grizzly" photos I've seen from the area have been clearly cinnamon black bears.

Those are super cool images from Afghanistan!

Super cool looking trip! Thanks for the idea....

This is pure gold and applicable to so many climbs! Well done guys, glad to see the smoldering bromance finally flamed! And, this was really well-written! It would be fun to have @lunger's take here for posterity alongside yours.

sexy!

I had the route you took wrong. It was all that and then some! Such a beautiful area....looks like a great day!

We have a winner!

My legs hurt just thinking about all that distance and elevation gain! Well done!

This photo is crazy!

Ah the A1! And you aren't messing around with those lenses either. One of these days I hope to upgrade into that level of hardware, but I suspect it will take the death of a close relative.

Such a great route, thanks for the TR! As you are know well, some excellent images too... looks like you brought 2.8 glass? What's your setup?

I would tend to agree, though we did see some tracks in the snow from a few days prior on our trip. Glad you had a good trip!

The mega slab!!! So rad @JonParker, that's a crazy amount of ground to cover in a couple days! Glad that you linked it all safely and posted up this TR for us to marvel at. Some really great images in there.... I don't think I ever would have thought to run up a creek directly (SC) on a mountain trip. Oh, and there is an old trail coming down Shovel Creek from the lake, but it is hard to find at the top. It becomes better the further down you go, but it strays pretty far from the creek.

This part really got my attention. We climbed it unroped with our axes in low dagger, wearing crampons. Blue collar good times! Thanks for the backstory on the various routes in your books @pms!

FA BATTLE CAGE!

I think it can depend on the bear. I've had some excellent bear..... but you're not alone, so maybe I got lucky?