The Matterhorn

Zermatt, Switzerland

Location

The Lewis & Clark tree in Long Beach, Washington.

Long Beach Kite Festival

 

Pelicans near Chinook, WA

Driving by Chinook this weekend I spotted hundreds of Pelicans. 

Stonehenge

 

Group summit photo

Joel, Evan, and Bruce pose for the summit photo with Mt. Rainier in the background. 

Success on the summit (12,276 feet)

The true summit is actually on top of a roof of an old building. 

Mt. Adams summit

From Piker's we can finally get a view of the true summit. 

Piker's Peak

The stone which gives Pikers Peak it's name. 

A view of Mt. Hood

On the way up, we looked back to a great view of Mt. Hood. 

View of the false summit

We see the false summit, also known as Piker's Peak. 

Sunrise from camp

We started the climb at 6:15 in the morning. The skies were clear. 

Sunset from base camp

There was a great sunset from camp with Mt. St. Helens in the distance. 

Bruce points the way.

Bruce points to Mt. Adams the goal of the climb. 

Cotopoxi Refugio

The long trail back to the Refuge. 

A group of Czechs.

 

Looking back at the summit of Cotopoxi.

You can just make out a couple climbers up at the summit. 

My buddy Bruce

Bruce. You can rest now, we made it! 

Jose Luis, Greatest Guide in the World!

My guide to the summit, Jose Luis Peralvo. 

Cotopoxi Summit at 19,347 feet

The summit pose. 

Finally the top!

We could finally stop climbing! We were there. 

Almost there

As we approached the crater rim we finally got into the sun and it started getting a bit warmer. 

Getting Steeper

The higher up we go, the steeper it seemed to get. 

Cotopoxi Climb

Bruce and I heading up on Cotopoxi. This is before the headwall after the sun finally came up.