Clark Mountain - 8,602'

July 4-6, 2008

 

with Eric Docktor, Duncan Smith, Wendell Calkins, Matthew Linden, Cathy Kim,

Brian and Elise Cunningham, Tulsi McCarthy, Steve Plate, Carol Overdahl

Our route courtesy of Eric.	Tulsi's got her game hat on. She is all business.	Tiger Lilies were everywhere.	Our first river crossing was easy.	Steve the Beekeeper.
Forest creatures	Second River Crossing.... not so easy. It took poles and a lot of concentration to wade through the torrent. The depth went to mid-thigh in places.	Gorgeous valley ahead.	Our first view of Clark Mountain. Our route lies behind the ridgeline. The summit is out of view.	New tent?
Sunset at camp is nice, but we are more concerned with the building clouds.	Eric, Cathy and Duncan at Kitchen Rock.	Our camp at the saddle.	Next morning.... sunrise.	Tulsi in good spirits.
	Walrus Glacier in view. We rope up from here.	The summit lies behind the peak in the center.		Duncan gathers his team.
Heading out...	Clouds rolling in... our view of the route is lost from this point on.	Looking back, the clouds have buried our start point on the glacier. We navigate completely via GPS from here on.	On the final approach, I am at a loss where to find the true summit.	Ah, Proof!
The rain sets adding to the mess of our summit experience.	I take a moment to express myself with the Fourth of July weather. (Courtesy of Eric)	We are back to where we intiially roped up and looking forward to getting back to camp.	Ascending a steep section (courtesy of Eric).	Back at camp... Duncan and Cathy under a tarp.
Eric pays them a visit. His jacket shows the rain we were receiving.	Tulsi makes a brief appearance from her tent.	I take this shot from my tent. We spent the remainder of our trip in our tents - 19 hours!	Descending... I stop for the views. This is Indian Helebore, a very toxic plant.
Duncan is anxious to get to some beer as Cathy and Matthew look on.		Forest Flowers		The bridge is part of the PCT and also means that we are near the cars.
And we are back...	The gang (Starting with Duncan in orange going right: Steve, Carol, myself, Tulsi, Cathy, Eric, Brian, Elise, Wendell, and Matthew.)	Cheers!	With an empty cooler, we stop in Leavenworth for a proper drink at the Munchen Haus.

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