Whitehorse

Bill Blankinship, Steve Brochied and I hike to Lone Tree Pass on Whitehorses Mountain near the town of Darrington in Snohomish County Lunch break after 1500 feet of elevation gain. We are in no hurry! Steve and Bill as we leave the forest and head for the only lone tree, we see, for which the pass is named

We reach the pass in good time - less than 1000 feet per hour, rest look around and descend. Bill set the downhill pace and walked us into the dirt!

Zion CLimbing

Tom Lewis posted additional photos at the link below, check them out! http://staff.washington.edu/tnlewis/Zion%2007-05/index.html

Picture to the left is a climb named Prodigal Son, which Tom and I climbed. The two climbers on the wall are at the top of Pitch One and Two.

View down from pitch two.

Various pictures of Tom climbing and Belaying.

or walking! I am loaded with gear and ropes as we head down Angles Landing trail following our summit on day two.

Belows is the trail hand rail! Yes, I said trail handrail!

Jack Lambert at the base of a route near Spaceshot.

In other words we are off route!

Misc scenery below. Zion National Park is a phenomenal place to visit, hike, climb, photograph, or whatever! The adjacen small town of Springdale is an added treat with pleasant people, good restaurants and great great micro brew!

Grandma Thonnie, Nathan, Trevor, Josh Melissa

Josh & Trevor

Melissa and Thonnie

Josh - well behaved little boy!!!