I'ts kick off time!!

Well its 10:00 at night and i should be in bed. I leave at the crack of dawn for Mt. Rainier. The team will be 2 rope teams of 3. 6 of us total and I am concerned about not taking snowshoes. The trip reports elude to deep snow. This is my chance to get the summit and say my goodbye's to my Uncle John who just passed this Tuesday as well as my Mom. Maybe I can make some peace with her passing finally. The weather looks like a good set of days and we will hopefully make it in the first two days. I will post photo's when I come back. Fingers crossed and fates please work with me, I will give it my all!

Namaste-

Well I was kind of right....is that a bad thing?

Well hopefully I am over my melodramatic whining about not going on the 4th through the 6th. The spring storms have been slamming the Cascades for weeks! The weather for the 4-6th was the only clear time in a long time. Common sense says we had to postpone the climb. The amount of snow pack under duress would have made it a dangerous and foolish venture. We have re-scheduled the trip for the 24-26th of this month. Hopefully the weather will permit. We have had a couple of really spectacular days of sunshine. It has been enough to bring a little hope into my spirit.

I turned 40 on the 10th and my very dear friends (headed by my best buddy Rick Glein) threw me a surprise birthday party. It was so much fun despite my oncoming cold. I even had a few drinks. I have been laying off the booze in hopes of losing some lb's. I am chomping at the bit to get out and start running again. This cold has had me in bed all weekend. I think my buddy Tim and I are off to bag a peak this weekend. Haven't yet decided on which one but the training is important. I am running a great deal but hiking uphill not enough. I need to work those muscles.