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Foist
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 Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:10 am |
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Awesome awesome awesome.
One of these days I have to get back up there, if just to explore Middle Lakes etc. But with the toddler, it might be a while before I can get away for a 5 day trip again...
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Magellan
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:23 am |
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Looks like a beautiful tour.  Glad the sabatoge didn't send you packing.
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olderthanIusedtobe
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| Foist wrote: | | Awesome awesome awesome.
One of these days I have to get back up there, if just to explore Middle Lakes etc. But with the toddler, it might be a while before I can get away for a 5 day trip again... |
Down the road quite a few years for you, but the family of 4 I encountered at Whatcom Camp was maybe around a 12 year old daughter and 10 year old son. They came up from Ross Lake and were heading out Copper Ridge, more than a week long trip. Something for you to look forward to maybe.
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olderthanIusedtobe
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| Magellan wrote: | | Glad the sabatoge didn't send you packing. |
I'm nothing if not stubborn.  The partially cruddy weather didn't deter me either, although once I was at Indian Creek I was close enough to being in the middle that it didn't make much sense to bail out.
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Foist
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:02 pm |
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Thanks for the encouragement. For now, my boy LOVES hiking and the outdoors. If that holds, then I am really excited to take him out for long trips when he's around that age.
I am also blessed with having free babysitting in the area (my parents), which has enabled us to get away for a couple short trips. But five days ain't happening.
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cascadetraverser
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Thanks for the link! Hopefully someday when the kids are out of the house, responsibilities are less of a burden and time is an option, I will do the NWT; it looks amazing. A nice alternative to the too busy PCT.
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iron
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:09 pm |
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great report. pretty awesome to see the salmon!
the challenger glacier looks pretty bare of this year's snow. great shots of the whatcom glacier and glaciers on eiley wiley!
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Jetlag
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:12 pm |
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Very nice TR and pictures. Congrats on spending 5 days in such a wonderful area. The Eiley-Wiley ridge top shows well in your photos - that camp and the one up higher on Challenger Arm are indescribably beautiful in sun AND stormy weather. I haven't yet camped at Middle Lakes, but after hearing your description . . .
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olderthanIusedtobe
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Thanks for the compliments. Everything up there was beautiful, I'm sure there are all kinds of good places to camp. I ran into 2 different parties that were raving about Easy Ridge. One guy said the West Ridge of Whatcom from there is a great route, he's done it something like 5 or 6 years in a row he likes it so much.
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