Munra Point with The Portland Hiking Meetup Group 03/10/2012

This was "my" first Meetup event ever. I joined Meetup some time ago with a few outdoors groups that looked interesting but when the events happened they fill up so fast this is the first one that I got on. I think a lot of people have smart phones, so they can reply right away. Anyway we met up at Gateway transit Center, I had a little trouble finding them because their were like five groups meeting up including at least two groups form the Mazamas. 

I finally met the hike leader Rick and was had a group of ten hikers to hike Murna Point and the south ridge.

We were amongst the clouds the whole way up to Munra Point. 

Here's a picture of me, we had light rain most of the day. 

Here's me on the summit.

We hiked about two miles on the south ridge.  I think we were close to the Bull Run Watershed closure.

Here's a newt I found on the trail.

Here is some historical data on Munra Point from "Oregon Geographic Names" by McArthur...Munra Point was named in 1915 in honor of Katherine Sterrett Munra, who for many years kept a railroad eating house at Bonneville and later at Meacham. She was a widely known pioneer woman, and her name was attached to the point in question by a committee representing various Oregon historical organizations. In 1928 Union Pacific Railroad named a station for "Grandma" Munra.

Snow Camping Skill Builder 03/03/2012

I went on a Mazamas Skill Builder this weekend. There was a lecture during the week which discussed avalanche danger and the types of gear which may be needed.  

When we got to the spot we were going to camp, we had to make our tent platforms and set up the two Megamids.  

Here's a group member that made a snow trench.  This took about a hour and is what I would use in an emergency. 

Here's the beginning of my snow cave.  I really like the G3 shovel I bought.  The snow cave took me about half a day.  At least four hours.

Here's me and Adam in the Megamid.  A Megamid is made by Black Diamond and is a tent used for cooking mainly used for cold weather expeditions.  The floor, and benches and table is carved out of ice and snow. 

Here is my snow cave and the Mt. Hood.

A group shot of the class with Mt. Hood behind.  Some of photographs are taken my team and are copyrighted.

Mountaineering First Aid

One of my birthday presents this year was to attend MFA class, it was five lectures and a weekend session at the Mazama Lodge.

 That is make up on my face as a had some lacerations as the patient.

I was the patient here with an impaled branch handing out of my arm.  We alternated being the patient and first aiders throughout the course.

On Sunday we went out in the field and did mass casualty incidents.  

Here's is my MFA card.  Some of these photos were taken by my team and are copyrighted.