It's been awhile...

I have been slacking on the blog updates. I graduated from school about a month ago and have been to busy playing and climbing to pay to much attention to my web site. I spent the last couple of days updating from my last few trips and as of now I am all caught up. My good friend and climbing partner just got back from an 8 month stay in Hawaii so I am glad to have him back in the north west, if I could only get him to move to Seattle from Portland. We tried to climb Mt. Adams via the Adams Glacier route about a month ago and ended spending about 11 hours driving! It really sucked, we ended up get his car stuck twice. This was one time when red necks were actually use full as they helped us push his car out of the washout. We were about 500 yards from the trail head at this point but it was 5pm and we decided to not even try so we just turned around and drove home.
I attempted to climb Mt. Shuksan 2 weeks ago in the middle of a north west heat wave. It touched in the hundreds in Seattle during that weekend. I know, were all pussies here and can't handle 100 degree weather. During our approach and during the climb it was about 80-85 degrees! We climbed the glacier with no problem but once we reached the summit pyramid it looked wet with loose snow. We turned around and struggled through the heat back to the car. Here us the trip report.

I have also taken a couple trips to Index to climb the Great Northern Slab. This is an easy climb but the upper Libra crack is freaking amazing. It's one of those cracks that you just wish would not end!
In June I spent 4 days in the Lake Tahoe area. We had a great time jet skiing and hanging out at the beach. Travis and I were hoping to climb Lovers Leap but we could not get over there because of the South Lake Tahoe fires. We ended up driving up to Donner Summit and climbing easy dome routes. It was fun but not exactly what I wanted at the time. Lovers Leap would have been awesome. Hopefully I will be able to get down there again soon.
A group of us are heading up to Mt. Baker tomorrow to climb the Coleman/Deming route. We are training for a Mt. Rainier climb during Aug. 13-14. I need to make sure that everyone is on the same page with glacier travel and crevasse rescue. Weather is barely agreeing with us though as it has been raining in Seattle all week. You can expect a trip report in a few days.
On July 30-31, Dylan and I are planning to climb Sahalee Peak in the cascade pass area. It will be great to get up in the Boston Basin area again. This is probably one of the most beautiful places that I have been!
August 5-7 a group of us are doing the enchantments loop with a climb of Prusik Peak. Another climb that I just can't wait for!
August 13-14 we will attempt Mt. Rainier. I have climbed Rainier 8 times in the past but have not made it up there in the last 5 years or so. It will be good to attempt again and fun as we will have a group of 6 or 7.
August 19-21 I am hoping to climb the North Ridge of Mt. Stuart. I have wanted this route for ever! Eric contacted me over email about climbing together and we haven't actually met yet but I am hoping he will be the one to help me get to the top of this amazing 20+ pitch ridge climb. Eric, email me if those dates work for you!
I think that is about it for now.
Climb Safe