Just the beginning...
The trees were mammoth!
Mt. Olympus is peaking through in the background as we climb the last 500 or so feet to the base camp called Glacier Meadows.
Darren and I
The climbing ranger wasn't there for the summer so we staked out his spot and used the deck as our base camp!
Our base camp
We hiked up to the moraine to scope out the route and saw a bear and a mountain goat within 20 feet of us!
Bear near by our camp
Avalanche Lilies
Mountain Goat on the Moraine
Hiking up to the moraine
This picture puts it into perspective as to how small we are compared to the mass of this glacier. I have other pictures of the Snow Dome with people coming down and they looked like ants!
People crossing the Blue Glacier
Tom and I getting ready to head across the Blue Glacier
Standing on top of the Snow Dome
Sunrise over the mountains
Sunrise over the mountains 2
Me with the sunrise!
Scanning back to Tom and Darren - crevasses in the background
Darren looking down on Tom and I as we go up Crystal Pass
Tom and I belaying Darren
Me at the summit of Mt. Olympus
Darren and I at the summit
Getting ready for our descent
Darren, Tom, and I at the summit!
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Tom and I at the Summit
Rappelling down from the summit
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Yes, we did climb this! It wasn't even the steepest or longest of the snow climbs.
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Coming back up the other side.
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Tom and I with ice fall in the background
1 comment:
Terrific shots. Interesting blog.
Good luck!
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