mt shuksan or mt baker

[bistro]

i'm 58 not blazin fast but steady. have climbed rainier,adams,hood,st hellens, shasta, and summited in ecuador.

would be interested in hiking one or both of the above summits during appropriate time period for highest chance of success. I am not in a hurry and have no problem making either of these climbs

in two or more days, whatever the traffic will bare, so to speak.

prefer someone who has been to these summits previously and of couse a person of like skills and not in a big hurry. i am stong and fit, have glacier travel, crevase rescue skills, roped travel, and winter mountaineering/camping skills and appropriate equip.

[zloi]

When you say "interested in hiking to these summits" do you mean, taking the easiest route (and in best conditions), in order to bag the peak? Your answer may influence the replies you get.

[bistro]

easiest route is subjective depending on weather,date,conditions, ect. going during the best conditions is always my goal. bagging the peak is only one of the reasons for climbing, is this not true? i would like to travel with a person with some knowledge of these mountains because it is, after all, safer.

[bistro]

'YOUR ANSWER MAY INFLUENCE THE REPLIES YOU GET"

perhaps you can give me the appropriate "answer" that would ensure the greatest number of replies, i thought my post was simple and to the point. my motivation is no doubt simular to many others. i dont believe ive ever read a post warning of having the "correct answer" in order to find climbing/hiking partners.if your concern is my reference to "hiking" to these summits I will ,for you, change that wording to ,climb to these summits, now do i have your approval to solicite partners for my

quest to hike/climb/scale/ascend/go up/top out/summit either of these great mountains?

[RaisedByPikas]

I think he was just trying to help you get the responses you are looking for. If you were planning on climbing Shuksan via the fisher chimneys you don't want a bunch of responses from people with just basic glacier travel skills. To me the work "hiking" implied that you are interested in the basic glacier routes but not everyone can figure those things out.

[max]

May I?

 

I ran this post through the cc.com Anti-Flame Translator:

 

"I want to climb Baker via Easton Glacier or Shuksan via Sulfide Glacier. I'm an expereinced, moderate paced, conservative climber looking for a similar partner with similar goals"

 

Did I get it right?

[dgleighton]

I've done Baker by the Easton Route and Shuksan by the Sulphide Route. Both have nice approaches and are fun climbs. I'm 49 and slow as well. Have not done a lot of climbing the past two years due to a multitude of circumstances out of my control but am getting back into climbing shape now and by late spring early summer would be up to ether of both on these.

 

Note: The internet has done the world a great service, it has allowed us the ability to see the social ineptness in people before we get stuck in a tent with them. Also the old saying "Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one" is very evident on this site.

 

Blessing Dave