Hello everyone!
I am a new climber with a little indoor and outdoor experience top-roping, but I am incredibly eager to try an alpine adventure. I've been told (and read) that Mt Baker and Mt Adams are good beginner training grounds, and I've found guided trips that offer skills training combined with reaching the summit of each. My question for the experts here: which one should I start with? My reading tells me that Baker is more technically challenging (and dangerous), but Adams is higher (and given that I've never really been physically challenged at altitude, I have no idea how I will react. Hoping my childhood asthma doesn't decide that it's a good time to return!). So, I am looking for an experience that provides a good training ground and a great summit. I'm shooting for next (2012) summer with one of the guide companies in the area.
Any thoughts or advice or guidance would be very much appreciated. Thanks!