Mt Hood - May 2001

Jim Frankenfield; snowman@csac.org; 1-877-604-0166

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Sometime in May my friend Iain and I decided to try the Wy'East route on Mt Hood, and Kerry came with us. This is quite an undertaking for an inexperienced climber. When we got to the crater rim it was getting late on us and progress was slow, especially where there was a thick surface layer of snow with the bottom melted out by the fumerole activity there. So we downclimbed the shortest line on Devils Kitchen headwall. This took a while to set up, and despite the sunny day we were in a harsh cold wind on the Crater Rim. I repeatedly checked with Kerry to make sure she was not too intimidated by the winds and steep terrain. She downclimbed the steep hard ice between Iain and I, with only one lightweight ice axe. This may be one of the bigger adventures I've ever dared take a beginner on. Index Page

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