[Go Jo]

Alright, I tried to be patient but I can see the best way to see everyone's pictures from Thursday's adventure is to go ahead and post a report! So here we go...

6pm start at Windy Pass

just you try to keep up with her, I dare you

our fearless leader

It started as a small crew on a hot evening for TNAB and we raced after Peggy (who had scouted the trail on Tuesday) to stake our claim on Silver Peak.

no elevator

magnum racing up

Peggy was fast, the trail was in decent shape (unlike me) and we were sharing it with every biting bug in the area. Not even a strong breeze could deter the wrath of the blood suckers, although Chris tried to tell us it was bug free just a little higher... keep going... oh well.

the back of his shirt harbored ever mosquito on the peak, we stayed well away from Scott

Silver Peak Summit Shot

The views up top were spectacular and Scott entertained all the mosquitoes at the summit so the rest of us could snap some photos and down a little sustenance. There was some good natured debate about Chris' claim on Tinkham (to be quashed by his photos when posted I'm certain) and then, group shot, and down the mountain we go.

sunset from trailhead

Either we were moving faster, the bugs were already sated or my Benedryl was kicking in because I hardly slapped myself once on the way to the car. Joe slid in the mud and Scott took a nose dive but everyone hit the trail head in good shape and great spirits. Not a headlamp was donned, although the sunset show was just beginning as we high fived on the road. We determined that, yes, Life is Good, just like the t-shirt says and then batted around some TNAB shirt ideas of our own before a few of us headed to the Pour House to feed our bite riddled bodies.

Approx 6mi and 2000ft elev gain. (please correct me if I'm wrong)

[Huron]

Thanks Larry for showing me the way to Tinkham. I stopped short of the summit to take this photo. Shows why they call it Silver since the talus fields are quite silvery in color.

Looking NNW to Silver from Tinkham

[Go Jo]

from the other half of 'the lykkens' camera

Athena watching out for mama

I think I can, I think I can

he always takes exactly 2 pictures

[ADrewzki]

Good trip report and great pictures. It looks like it was a smaller group than normal without a lot of the regulars. Still,  EK, nice to see you made it out.

[EastKing]

It was cool to come back to TNAB and show my improvement as an overall hiker! I had a lot of fun on this hike. The views were great. The best thing (largely because Chris (Magnum) bagged both Tinkham and Silver, Schmidts, Mark and dicey were not there, and I had a 30 minute lead) was that I made it on top first    (Note: I still would never race anyone on TNAB because they would whip me) and hung with the crowd down. I hope to do a couple more before the year is out! Here are my pictures!!

More summits

All the peaks north

Stuart and the forest fire

Si, Bandera etc

EastKing's summit pose

TNAB Silver Peak crew (minus me)

Rainier stand out!!

The summit area of SIlver Peak

Big Tahoma

Moon rising in the distance

Tinkham

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[Magellan]

The judges gave TNAB a '9' for their performance.   

It was another great trip on thursday night.  I was suprised at the small crowd on such a nice day.  Maybe peoples are out on their weeklong trips.     The bugs were voracious above treeline!  Yikes, the Snoqualmie Pass plague of locusts strike again.

Views were excellent, guaranteed by leaving my camera at home.     I definitely would have taken a picture of the pot pipe with a half baked bowl that was located a few feet below the summit.

I was not sure this was an actual TNAB event for a number of reasons.  No brownies.  No liquor.  No headlamps.  Back at the cars by 8:50pm     If I hadn't been sweating and basically running downhill to try to keep up on the way out, I would have thought the whole thing was a dream.

Thanks for the company ladies and gents. 

[Go Jo]

Eeeegads, I made another rookie TNABer mistake and posted the report before talking to the leader of this pack... so sorry Peggy.

My Super Rookie TNAB Badge

I agree with the invisible 'rule book', the person who scouted the trail and brought us home safely should be the writer of our narrative.
Peggy, I don't want demerits so please don't tell Steve! And I've heard rumors of a spanking machine... I think I'm a little afraid to show my face for this week's hike. 

I was just too distracted by the chance to have a funny name for a TR... guess from now on I'm carry the bug spray for everyone as penance  and perhaps Crown Royal  ~Jo

**But Yet's still in charge of brownies, I can't cook!

[EastKing]

[GeoTom]

[Go Jo]

[ADrewzki]

[runningbird]

Good trip report Jo, Nice work.  Magnum your picture of Silver from Tinkham is really good, fun to see that perspective on the mountain.  August is definitely mosquito month this year - yikes.

[Mesahchie Mark]

Nice job, everyone!

Big thanks to Peggy for taking the reigns this night (I believe she scouted the route on Tuesday) - great effort.    

I wish I could have been there (minus the bugs), but work and ever-creeping domesticity held me at bay.

You guys rock!

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Cheers,

Mesahchie Mark

[Yet]

Missed you guys, but not the bugs!
Thanks for lending me Mark this one Thursday evening.

Jo, regarding that spanking machine ... don't think you're safe just yet. I'm sure you're in trouble for something.

[Go Jo]