Sunday, November 24, 2013

Mt Si hike 11/24

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

Monday, November 11, 2013

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."


 

Sunday, November 10, 2013

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.