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2004 Trips

8/4 - 8/14 Bugaboos
Summer 04 Mount Rainier - Emmons Glacier (again)
Summer 04 Mount Rainier - Emmons Glacier
Summer 04 Forbidden Peak - West Ridge
Summer 04 Lots of x32, and 32
Summer 04 Law School Summer Semester - Grade V
05/19/04: Exit 38 - Deception Crags (w/Dave, Loren, Dan)
05/15/04: Condor Buttress - Condorphamine Addiction -5.10b
04/03/04: Peshastin Pinnacles - Lightning Crack - 5.9
03/27/04: Vantage (aka: Return to Chossville)
03/20/04: Vantage (aka: Welcome to Chossville)
03/13/04: Mount Hood - South Side Standard Route
01/24/04: Lillooet, BC: Marble Canyon - Ice Climbing  
01/18/04 Leavenworth - Hubba Hubba, Central Flow - Ice Climbing
01/11/04: Alpental Falls (aka Alpental I) Ice climb.
01/04/04: Burroughs's Bowl - Backcountry Ski Adventure
01/03/04: Alpental Backcountry SAR

2003 Trips

12/19/03: Lillooet, BC - Ice Climbing
11/08/03: Early Season Ice - Snoqualmie
10/25/03: Exit 38: The Far Side - Gritscone; various routes to .12a/b.
10/18/03: Leavenworth - Castle Rock: Saber; Angle Crack
10/05/03: Exit 38 - w/Smoker: The Far Side various routes to .10d
09/26/03: Exit 38 - Deception Crags
09/24/03: Slippery Slab Tower: AWOL - 5.7
09/21/03: Dorothy Lake Hike
09/13/03: Darrington: Three O'Clock Rock - Silent Running + "Bonus Pitch"; 5.10b, 7 pitches
09/06/03: Darrington: Three O'Clock Rock - Big Tree 2000 - 5.10a R.  A very cool (albeit run out) 5.10a R slab route
08/30/03: Darrington: Three O'Clock Rock, S. Buttress - Great Arch Area: Under the Board Walk; and an unnamed 5.9 and 5.10a
08/24/03: Exit 38 - various to .10c
08/23/03 Got to have Guts 5K
08/18/03: Exit 38 - Amazonia: Iguanarama .10a
08/17/03: Exit 38 - Overhaul Wall: Sheltered Upbringing .10b; Toying With My Afflictions .10b; False Pretenses 5.7
08/15/03: Darrington: Exfoliation Dome - W. Buttress; 9 pitches, 5.10a variation
08/09/03: Exit 38; various to .11a
08/08/03: Mt. Stuart Hike (bailed on N. Ridge due to poor weather)
08/06/03: Exit 38; various to .10a
07/25/03: Mt. Si (including Haystack) - 2:20 minutes RT
07/19/03: Leavenworth - various to .10a
07/12/03: Boulder Basin / Kennedy Hot Spring - Glacier Peak Wilderness; 20+ miles RT
07/04/03: Squamish, BC - St. Vitus Dance 5.9
06/27/03: Powell River - Part II
06/22/03: Index: Great Northern Slab 5.6
06/15/03: Leavenworth - Snow Creek Wall: Orbit - 5.9
06/06/03: Powell River, BC - Rock Climbing
05/29/03: Index: Lizard 5.8
05/26/03: Mt. Erie Rock Climbing: I have no idea what we climbed as I didn't have a good route guide; possible new route: 5.7R
05/24/03: Index: Great Northern Slab 5.6
05/21/03: Mt. Persis w/ Jon
05/17/03: Castle Rock w/ Matt: The Fault 5.6; Catapult 5.8; Angle 5.10a; Canary 5.9
05/11/03: Exit 38; various to 5.9; Emiko lead two routes!
04/25/03: Exit 38; various to 5.9 (rock wet and slippery).
04/20/03: Dragontail Peak: Triple Couloirs; Grade IV, WI3
04/12/03: Peshastin Pinnacles: W. Face 5.8; W.F. Direct - 5.10a; Lightning Crack 5.9
04/06/03: Big Four Outing (w/Jon, Chrystell, et al)
03/30/03: Frenchman Coulee Sport Climbing
03/08/03: Alpental Skiing with Ray
02/17/03: Alpental Ice Climbing - WI5
02/07/03: Bozeman, Montana - Hyalite Canyon Ice Climbing
02/02/03: Lanham Lake Snowshoe
01/20/03: Alpental Ice Climbing; WI2+; very thin; Source Lake Snowshoe
01/06/03: Daiyama (大山): solo trek up this Japanese peak (hill); descent in dark via headlamp
 

2002 Trips

2002: Alpental Ice Climbing (Jan); reconnaissance
2002: Alpental Ice Climbing (Feb); WI4+
2002: Alpental Ice Climbing (March); WI 3/4
2002: I-90 Body Recovery
2002: Common Wealth Basin Rescue
2002: Stevens Pass Snowshoe: avalanche class
2002: Mt. Constitution Hike
2002: Tiger Mountain Hike
2002: Peshastin Pinnacles: Orchard Rock - Tunnel Route; 5.6
2002: Snow Creek Wall: Outerspace; 5.9
2002: Vantage: ZigZag Wall; 5.7
2002: Icicle Buttress: R&D route; 5.6
2002: Tiger Mountain Hike (RAD Team qualifying hike)
2002: Slippery Slab Tower; attempt (poor conditions; nice camping at Surprise Lake)
2002: Snow Creek Wall: White Slabs; 5.7
2002: Castle Rock; Midway/Midway Direct; 5.6
2002: Leavenworth: Icicle; various routes (Bruce's Boulder, etc.); 5.0 to 5.10d
2002: Mt. Daniel: Hyas / Daniel Glacier Route
2002: Mt. St. Helens: Worm Flows Route
2002: Long's Pass Hike
2002: Mt. Si Hike/Scramble
2002: Granite Mountain Hike
2002: Exit 38; various; to 5.9
2002: Exit 38; various; to 5.9+
2002: Leavenworth: Icicle; various routes (Barney's Rubble; Bruce's Boulder, etc.); 5.8 to 5.10d
2002: Exit 38; various to 5.10a
2002: Leavenworth: Icicle; various routes (Alphabet Rock: Meat Grinder; 5.10a; Dogleg Crack; 5.8+)
2002: Peshastin Pinnacles: Dinosaur Tower: Potholes; 5.8; Sunset Slab: Every route: to 5.9
07/20/02: Prusik Peak - West Ridge; 5.7/Little Annapurna: Enchantment 2002 Climb
08/17/02: Condor Buttress - Condorphamine Addiction; 5.10a/b
08/18/02: Chumstick Snag Expedition; 5.7 / A1
08/22/02: Rainier Climb: Disappointment Cleaver (DC) Route
09/13/02: Exit 38; various to 5.10d
09/14/02: Mt. Thompson: Rescue
09/20/02: Exit 38; various to 5.10a
09/21/02: Mt. Thompson: West Ridge; 5.6
09/27/02: Mt. Rainier: Observation Rock; AI3(?) - Attempt (poor conditions; bad rock fall)
10/13/02: Exit 38; various to 5.9
10/25/02: Stuart Lake Backpack (I woke up in the morning and my sleeping bag was encased in ice!)
11/23/02: Secret Canada Gathering (w/Fred Beckey et al) + 1 free solo at Squamish.
11/29/02 : Mt. Si (3610 ft. of elevation in 1:39 min. - not bad considering I had not eaten breakfast! RT = 4:14)
12/22/03: Hubba Bubba (water ice climb) reconnaissance - there was only about 1 inch of rotten ice!
12/25/03: Hiking in Japan--lots of snow

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