Washington 2006

My First Cousins Once Removed Picking Blackberries		Picking Carrots for Dinner

Feeding Seagulls	"Chase us, Robbie!"	Looking at Digital Pictures with a Magnifying Glass

Beginning Our Hike to Base Camp	A Hoary Marmot	The View Behind Us

Hiking Up the Snowfields	Base Camp (Camp Muir) Finally in Sight	First Dinner at Camp Muir (10,000 ft)

Sunset at Camp Muir		Posted on the Door of the Bunkhouse

Knot School in the Bunkhouse	Rope Travel School	Military Planes Flying Below Us

Glaciology School	Anchor School	Self Rescue School

Fixed Rope School		Team Arrest Practice

Crevasse Rescue School	Bruce Being Rescued from a Crevasse	Ice Climbing

Beginning Our Summit Attempt at 3:00 AM Thursday	First Break at the Ingram Flats	Sunrise Break Atop Disappointment Cleaver

Gaining Elevation	High Break	Rob Peeing at High Break

Beginning the Last Stretch to the Summit	In the Volcanic Crater at the Top

The Crater from Above	Signing the Register	Curious Ice Formations

Me at the Highest Point in Washington (14,410 ft)		Pushups on the Summit

The Guides	Steam Coming out of the Crater was Hot Enough to Burn your Hand	Beginning Our Descent Back to Base Camp

Continuing the Descent		Break Above Disappointment Cleaver

Still Descending	The Infamous "2 by 6"	Break at The Ingram Flats

Camp Muir from Above	Returning to Camp Muir Exhausted After an 11-Hour Summit Day	Summit Day Debriefing

Relaxing After our Climb	The Only Cloud I Saw All Week	Heading Back to Civilization on Friday

The Chute

Back Below the Treeline	A Deer	A Glance Back at the Beast