Mt Si hike 11/24

3hrs and 25 mins up; 1hr and 40mins down

Famous quotes about mountaineering

From the famous American mountaineer, Ed Viesturs  who summited all fourteen 8000 meter mountains: " everyone has their own Annapurna" and ""Getting to the top of the mountain is optional. Getting down is mandatory."


And from Sir Edmund Hillary"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."


 

Squak Mountain hike

Squak mountain is a maze of trails in the Issaquah Alps region. It was nice round trip hike of 9miles with around 1900ft elevation gain  and was completed in 4 hrs and 25 mins.

 

Snow camping at Carne mountain, central cascades, WA

Carne Mountain (pronounced Carn mountain) is a serious climb with awesome panoramic views of the Chiwawa ridge, Phelps creek basin and even the enchantment valley.         

It is a serious climb with over 3600ft elevation gain in approx. 4 miles. Starting at the trailhead at 3500ft elevation, the trail immediately commences to climb with a couple of switch backs. After about 3 miles of serous climbing, we reached a high basin covered in snow and golden larch trees. We setup base camp at the basin around 6134 ft. and climbed some more to summit Carne mountain at 7085ft.

 

Interval conditioning at Richmond beach

Richmond Beach offers 188 stairs to climb and steep hills.
I climbed the stairs 2 times and hiked the steep hill 2 times. All within 45 mins

Blogging my preparations towards Mt Rainier climb