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WoundedKnee - Jul 22, 2007 8:46 pm - Voted 10/10
Great storyFrom another southerner who's been up Hood, although my experience was much easier.
Sounds like you learned a lot...
sshankle - Jul 23, 2007 8:17 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Great storyThanks for the comment and vote. I did learn alot. Cheers.
Scott
e-doc - Mar 30, 2008 8:05 pm - Hasn't voted
?Did you put the tents down when you ascended? Also, what happened to the climber who opted not to descend with the group?
sshankle - Mar 30, 2008 9:25 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: ?The tents were guided out and behind fair size snow blocks, didn't help. The clips broke.
Never heard about the guy up top on the news, I assume he made it back...
Brian Jenkins - May 29, 2011 2:30 am - Voted 10/10
Brings back memoriesFunny reading this. When I got into mountaineering I took a weeklong course on the north side of Hood through TMG and Bob Lehman was one of the guides. I remember him talking about the broken leg story too. Good guy, he lived in Terrebonne and I think I remember him saying he and his wife raised beagles or something.
Spring of 2001 had to be one of the more windier ones here too. I was up there a month after you were and we were hit with about 70 mph winds where it kept the rope horizontal in the wind.
Good read. Enjoyed your TR.
Brian