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| ericwillhite | O, the history  Date Climbed: Jun 12, 1993 | |
| My first visit here in the mid-eighties (as a boy scout) was a disaster. Not wanting to wait for my scoutmaster, once we reached the climbers camp...my brother and I pushed on with no route info. We went up a gully a few thousand feet but were way, way off route! The rest of the troop went on to almost summit via the correct route. Years later in 93 we returned and the brothers summitted the Brothers. Then, two years later after I returned from 2 years where I could not climb, we ran up again...the brothers up the brothers. On the summit we met the only other climbers for the day, another pair of brothers. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:40 am | ||
| YEM | From Lena Lake Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009 | |
| One of the best approach hikes I can remember. Great forest, a lake, waterfalls and plenty of shade. We camped near the edge of the trees above the throngs of people at the climbers camp. We seemed to be the last people on the mountain after everyone passed us going down. Bring helmets, there was lots of rock fall in the hourglass. Two goats paid us a visit before Cammie (my border collie), Taylor (human) and I descended. Despite the trail leading almost to the summit, a lot of people mentioned getting misplaced. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2009 11:04 am | ||
| Mountainjeff | Not Much Snow Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2009 | |
| 5 AM start from climbers camp under clear skies. Made good time to Lunch Rock when the fog started to roll in. We took the standard route 1, with little rout finding difficulties until the final few hundred feet. The hourglass is mostly melted out and should be free of snow in a couple weeks. The scree was a little annoying, but manageable. The main danger was the 8 mountain goats kicking rocks down on our heads and trying to lick our hands and faces. Bring your helmet. Overall, it was a great day with 2 of the 4 group members summiting. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2009 8:46 pm | ||
| NavySeabee | Standard Route | |
| Via Lena Lake and spent the night in the Valley of Silent Men in June 1994. Good snow conditions including a Class 4 snow section. I remember the incredible views and 2500 foot glissade back to camp. Awesome climb! | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2009 12:29 pm | ||
| Andy Dewey | Awesome! Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2004 | |
| Great climb, awesome views! Bad beta led me astray and got onto some scary terrain, but it worked out. Lots of loose rock on the way down. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2009 11:09 am | ||
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| Brian Jenkins | Re: What Radek said | |
| Was this the one we did on a Saturday and then ran up to Port Angeles and did Mt. Angeles the next day? If so, we can confirm the date. Yeah, can't believe that was 6 years ago. I ran up and hiked most of Mt. Colonel Bob with my dog a couple weekends ago, was remembering driving up there with you guys and Blondie. Good stuff. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2009 1:49 am | ||
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| rpc | Re: What Radek said | |
| Brian - think you're remembering right about the natural ac. Fun outing -- can't believe it's been this many years (think I got the year right at least). | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2009 4:22 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | What Radek said Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2003 | |
| Putting down the same date as Radek but who knows when it was. I remember a sweaty bushwhack to some snow and then a hot, bright climb. And being tired on the summit. Didn't we camp in like a natural air conditioner with cold air blowing up from a melting out creek? I might be getting confused with another but if this is the one I think, Shirley made excellent pasta at camp. I think I remember Shirley kicking our ass on the hike out too. I could barely keep up. Fun time. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2009 1:01 am | ||
| rpc | Fun! Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2003 | |
| ...date is a guess now. With Shirley & Brian Jenkins (& Blondie). I recall the beautiful rainforest hike on the approach & of course the summit views. A great time was had by all of us I think. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2009 1:42 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Cloudy but nice summit Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| 11.5 hours car to car with Aaron. A nice summit. Had some foot pain on the descent. The trail is really nice, loved all the log crossings. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2009 12:24 pm | ||
| sourstraw | Spectacular! Date Climbed: May 18, 2009 | |
| Left the Lena Lake trailhead at 1:00 pm ... made it to basecamp in four hours. Spent the night and started the climb by 5:30 am. We were on the summit at 10:30 am. Great conditions, beautiful day. Warm enough to enjoy lunch on the summit! | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2009 11:28 pm | ||
| lukic | Fun Date Climbed: May 27, 2009 | |
| Did it in one day with some coworkers. Little snow cover this year so it's easy to find the camp at 3000ft because if you miss that turn off and go to the end of the valley it's a bit harder. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2009 1:02 pm | ||
| gimpilator | Lena Lake Approach Date Climbed: May 31, 2009 | |
| This climb was lead by Bill Link. Our group of 10 OSAT members spent Saturday night at 3000 feet in the upper portion of the Vally Of Silent Men. Sunday we began at dawn and were on the summit by 10 am. Two goats followed us from the base of the snow filled gully all the way to the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2009 9:26 pm | ||
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