South Sister Summit

I went on my second Mazamas hike to the summit on South Sister on Sunday 09/26.



Broken Top



Mt. Bachelor



Me at the summit, it was extremely windy. North and middle sisters are in the background.



My mazams group led by Bruce who is up front.

Marine Drive Part 2 - 09/21/2010

I've start a second blog called The Wheel which chronicles my biking experiences but I posted this one here as well.



I did the Marine Drive route again with my camera and I went farther. I went Clinton to Woodward and on past 82nd. To Division and then the I-205 and over towards Sandy then to Marine Drive.



Marine Drive to me past the airport,



past the Expo Center



then all the way to Kelly Point Park.



Then back on Marine Drive and the Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area I saw a wasp nest there



Then to the Pennisula Crossing to Interstate then took Spingwater Corridor at the Broadway Bride then up Division towards home.

Mt. St. Helens Summit

Labor Day weekends I summitted Mt. St. Helens. I am hoping to join the Mazamas, they are a climbing group out of Portland, Oregon. They have been around for over a hundred years. My great, great, aunt Olive was a Mazama. One of their membership requirements is to summit a glaciated peak. Mt. St. Helens is probably one of the easiest peaks to climb for a beginner.

I hope to join them next year and take BCEP, Basic Climbing Education Program to prepare students physically and mentally to be safe team members on Mazamas “A” and “B” level climbs, and to provide a foundation for continuing mountaineering education and experience.