Fall semester starts tomorrow at WSU and I wanted to get out into nature one last time before I had to get back to the grind. We decided to climb Mt Adams.
We got to the trail head, cold springs campground friday evening, ate, and went straight to bed. Up at 2:30 am to start the hike at 3. We hiked in the dark until it got light (haha). worked out good, because thats when we hit snow and had to pull out the crampons and ice axes. We got to the lunch counter around 8:30 and pulled out food, because the next 3,000 ft of climbing were going to be steep and hard. It was basically take 30 steps and rest 5 minutes. the high altitude didn't help either. We finally got to the summit around noon, with sweet views of the top of Mt. Hood, St. Helens, and Rainer. The forest fire haze really killed alot of the good views. The climb down went alot faster, we were able to slide down 1,000 ft of glacier. it was fast and fun, but my hands went numb and i got snow in every crack of all my clothes. well worth it though. We piled into the cars around 5pm, dogged and beat.
It was one of the funnest, and most tiring experiences of my life. Hope you all enjoy some of the pics I took
from the road to the trailhead
sunrise
during a break on the hard part. we were definitly not alone on this trek
my bro
finally at the summit
me, with Rainer
On the trail down. Its hard to believe we did all this in a day
We got to the trail head, cold springs campground friday evening, ate, and went straight to bed. Up at 2:30 am to start the hike at 3. We hiked in the dark until it got light (haha). worked out good, because thats when we hit snow and had to pull out the crampons and ice axes. We got to the lunch counter around 8:30 and pulled out food, because the next 3,000 ft of climbing were going to be steep and hard. It was basically take 30 steps and rest 5 minutes. the high altitude didn't help either. We finally got to the summit around noon, with sweet views of the top of Mt. Hood, St. Helens, and Rainer. The forest fire haze really killed alot of the good views. The climb down went alot faster, we were able to slide down 1,000 ft of glacier. it was fast and fun, but my hands went numb and i got snow in every crack of all my clothes. well worth it though. We piled into the cars around 5pm, dogged and beat.
It was one of the funnest, and most tiring experiences of my life. Hope you all enjoy some of the pics I took
from the road to the trailhead
sunrise
during a break on the hard part. we were definitly not alone on this trek
my bro
finally at the summit
me, with Rainer
On the trail down. Its hard to believe we did all this in a day
