1 Darrin starts the day with a coffee! |
2 Gear check at Alpine Institute offfices |
3 The hike in. |
4 Amazing views as looked for a plcae to establish camp. |
5 My tent mate for the nextfew nights - Jeff. |
6 Day 2 - Practice on a nearby ice wall. |
7 Having fun on the practice ice-wall. |
8 Day 3 - Up early for an attempt on the Summit. |
9 The sun peaks over the horizon and we finally start to warm up. |
10 Heading up the snow bank. Lisa and Darrin on short-rope. |
11 Time for a snack break. |
12 Lee leads the pitch up to the base of the ice-wall. It will take several more pitches until we are over this next bit. |
13 Hanging out as Lee leads the next pitch. |
14 Lee for a short-cut. None to be be found and it takes another 3 or 4 pitches until we make the summit plateau. |
15 Lee leading around the arrét. |
16 The summit plateau. Almost there with the summit to the left. |
17 Sucess. The sumit of Mt Baker. |
18 Back at the carpark. A little wet, but happy. |