Mt. Adams, located in Washington state and a little over 30 miles from Mt. St. Helens, is a beautiful and huge volcano in the Cascade Range sitting at 12,276'. It was also my conquest for the weekend. On Saturday, 4 of my friends and I set out on an adventure that would take us all to the top of this majestic beauty and have us back in Portland by late Sunday night.
Josh, myself, C-lin, Heather and Liz starting out Saturday morning at the trailhead at 5,600' (pre-sun burns, wind burns and sore muscles and joints)
Me with Mt. Hood, my first love, in the background
An awesome view of Mt. St. Helens as we start to get above timberline
If we were ever to start a band, this would be our album cover
(randomly perfect picture courtesy of some dude on the trail)
Josh snapping pics and gathering material for his new blog, "Climbing with Women"
Josh and Heather setting up our tent after making it to our Saturday destination, Lunch Counter at 9,200'
Wildflowers graced our steps at Lunch Counter
Succulents not in a terrarium
Sunset and St. Helens
An early morning start of 5 a.m. on Sunday gave us this awesome view of the partial pyramid shadow of Mt. Adams
The first peek of sun for the morning
Liz still smiling her awesome smile as her and Heather make their way up to the false summit in some relentless wind
I had the opportunity to see my shadow in a rare Brocken Spectre, a magical and emotional moment on the mountainside
We finally made it to the cloud enveloped and very windy summit of Mt. Adams after 5 hours of climbing!
After glissading down most of the mountain in an hour, we chilled out and ate a refreshing meal back at camp
Heather after a post-summit nap in our cozy tent
Packing up and heading out. Thank you Mt. Adams for hosting us for the night and giving us an awesome climb!
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