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mountaineer ordinaire
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PostSun Jul 04, 2010 1:28 pm 
Excellent TR and pics. Congrats!

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PostSun Jul 04, 2010 1:55 pm 
Flow wrote:
"I can't have the adventure of a life time just once!" -Josh Lewis
I like that Josh. up.gif Congrats on a good couple of climbs. smile.gif

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PostSun Jul 04, 2010 7:23 pm 
I appreciate that Josh and will probably take you up on that, sooner or later, provided I servive the trips planned for the next to months. dizzy.gif

" The price of freedom is eternal vigilance".
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PostSun Jul 04, 2010 8:29 pm 
Well done group. Two summits in 3 days is especially something to be proud of. Glad you all had a good time. Great pics as usual, Josh. up.gif up.gif

Reach for the sky, cuz tomorrow may never come. Live the life of love. Love the life you live.
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PostMon Jul 05, 2010 3:18 pm 
even more photos
Even more Photos Mostly from Mt St Helens, for reasons that should be clear from Flow's report: Mt St Helens photos

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PostMon Jul 05, 2010 3:51 pm 
Have I seen that photo somewhere?

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PostMon Jul 05, 2010 7:22 pm 
Wow, starting a trip report with a quote from yourself about having multiple trips of your own lifetime. Flow is Narcissus, if Narcissus were 14 and liked mountains.

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PostMon Jul 05, 2010 7:31 pm 
Well first off, I was the author of the quote. Second off, the quote it self was to show my passion for adventure.

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PostMon Jul 05, 2010 7:41 pm 
Exactly.

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PostTue Jul 06, 2010 6:06 pm 
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We put on our helmets, and break out our the Aztars (We each carried one ice tool and one ice axe this way we would be safe going up).
Different people have different views on this. The older crowd has experience using only a single ice axe on some pretty steep terrain. On the moderate slopes encountered up Hood's easiest route, there is some risk that if one were to slip, one could have complications while trying to arrest with an ice axe if you have an ice tool on the loose. One could also invoke something similar to the Mounties "boots vs rock shoes on a low-5th alpine climb" religious debate.
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I attempted to self belay with my ice axe, but that proved to be dangerous because the axe would only go in a few inches.
Low dagger (piolet panne if you want to impress the ladies) is your friend here. (And low dagger on the way to high dagger is just about self-arrest position.) A bonus for having an ice axe and a tool or two tools is one can descend a steep slope by alternating steps and low daggers face-in very fast.. see Colin Haley's video about 10:30 in: http://vimeo.com/8444961

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PostFri Jul 09, 2010 4:54 pm 
@gyngve I did alternate with the steps and tool placements. It's because the ice had a weakness to it that made me kick steps in a little more. A guy posted on cc the trip later in the day, he said there were nice steps, guess who made those steps. clown.gif The ice tool was not "needed" but I am certainly glad I brought it. Heck if I was willing to spend a lot of time, I would not even need an ice axe, but not only would that be dangerous, but very time consuming.

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