Mt Adams

On the weekend of July 14th me and six other climbers ascended to the top of Mt Adams. Here's the specs, stolen from Adrian's site.

* Summit Elevation: 12,276 feet
* Location: Washington State
* Last Eruption: over 3,500 years ago

We spent the night in camp Friday night, I was the last one to show up. I tried to take a short cut down some forest trails and it ended up taking me longer. Stan (my father in law) had to blow up his air mattress with his mouth because I had the pump and I didn't get there till 10 pm. We woke up Saturday morning to start our climb at 6 am.

	Here is a picture I took of MT Rainer on my way to camp.
	Here is a picture I took of MT Adams on my way to camp.
	Here is everyone in the morning about to start the climb.
	We are now stopped at the lunch counter to eat our lunch.
	Me and Adrian making a grueling climb over a rock.
	I didn't know that the GQ models were climbing today
	Here is the group at the false summit. With the real summit in the background.

The funniest part of the climb is the false summit. It is the part of the climb where you can not see the real summit. So the whole time you are climbing to the false summit you are thinking that you are almost done. Then you get to the top and you find out that you have more to climb, how rude.

We finally made it to the top of the summit by 2:30 PM and we spent about two hours up there taking pictures.

	Here is Josh and Noel resting before the final ascent.
	Group picture at the top.
	Josh and Stan with Mt. Rainer in the background.
	Josh and Adrian with Mt. Rainer in the background.
	Noel and Stan with Mt. Hood in the background.
	Josh and Adrian with Mt. Hood in the background.
	Josh and Adrian with Mt. Rainer in the background. A little to cozy.
	Josh and Adrian lounging with Mt. Hood in the background. I'm starting to wonder.
	Wooooh Josh don't sit on Mt. Rainer!!!
	Josh, Stan and Adrian with Mt. Rainer in the background.

While I was at the top I also took a panoramic picture of the summit. Just click here for the picture. You should be able to see Mt Hood on the left Mt. St. Helens in the middle and Mt Rainer on the right.

Then on the way down we were able to slide most of the way on our bums. It was a lot of fun and a lot easier than going up.

	Adrian and Josh on the way down, with the false summit in the background.
	Adrian sliding down with his tarp diaper.
	Everyone back at camp and can't wait to take their boots off.

There is also more pictures at Adrian's web site. Just click here to go directly to the Mt. Adams Page.