Another day in the trenches helping out on Olson and Hugh’s project. Climbed the new line on the upper pinnacle, The Cigar, and the 3-pitch classic on the lower pinnacle….also did the first route we put up a few years…

After a good night’s sleep at the Broken Arrow campground, we drove to the Mount Thielsen trailhead. The sun was already up…and so were the mosquitoes. We had to keep a quick pace just so we didn’t get hammered by…

From Portland, drove to the Mount Bailey trailhead Saturday morning for a nice hike to the summit. A bit buggy but was a nice day for a hike. This was our warm-up for tomorrow’s Mount Thielsen climb. On the hike…

I took the day off Thursday to explore the upper Hokpkins Creek drainage. I recently read a report of a first descent of Hopkins. I was curious about why they started so low when there appears to be more drops…

The forecast called for sunny and warm with a slight chance of sprinkles in the Cascades… I haven’t been to Schreiner Peak for a long time, so that was my objective. This time I would use the Dickey Creek trail…

Looking at LIDAR and the USGS TOPO, this drainage looked like it had a short narrows section…and a few possible short drops, so what the hell…let’s drop it! Doing anything in these parts are sure to be scenic…and that it…

Another run up Rooster Rock after work. Another long sit in traffic, but the sunset on Rooster is so worth it. Deb following up pitch one, a 9-bolt 5.6 pitch to the midway anchor… Looking east through a swarm of…

Nine weeks later we are back to do a full descent of Triangulation Creek….including the two-tier Triangulation Falls and the multi-tire Bobsled Falls… The flow was a bit low but gave us a good chance to figure out Bobsled Falls.…