So, I finally got a disk of my climbing partner's pics of the climb, as I had the misfortune of losing my camera somewhere on the mountain.... These are Mount Adams, Wa. 12, 276 ft tall. my first climb at altitude over 6000 ft.

This is the first snowfield we had to climb, you're looking up at the false summit, Piker's Peak. Just about to reach the flat section known as the Lunch Counter, where many camp overnight.

Taking a break, looking back the way we came.


Sunset lit up the sky with vivid purples and pinks, the small bump to the left of the sun is Mt. St. Helens.



We slept at the lunch counter. Next morning we awakened to sunrise coloring the view from our front porch, Mt Hood peeking out. The rock stacks you see are man-made, circular piles with enough flat smooth ground inside to set your tent, sheltered somewhat from the wind. Must be over 50 of these along the trail.



Got an early start, popped on the crampons and rest stepped up toward the false summit. Lack of oxygen is interesting, disconcerting to be winded so easily. I like crampons, it's really amazing to be able to easily step up a steep icy mountainside. This pic shows the steepness of the slope well.

Nearing the false summit, the snow disappeared, making us clamber up a loose scree slope. Every hard-earned step resulted in a little slide back down, disheartening as you work so hard for any small gain in altitude at altitude.

The true summit, you can see a little spot on the top, it's the building you'll see in a later pic. Taken from a small snowfield separating Pikers Peak from the top. The hill you see took over an hour to top. We went up the face, another loose rock slope, when the true route actually switchbacks up the right side of this pic, and is packed trail.

I'm the tiny guy at the bottom of this pic, we met a guy named Mike on the climb, he ended up summiting with us. The shot is climbing the slope pictured in the previous photo. I really like this shot, Mount Hood peeking through in the background.

The ruins at the top. Packed with rock hard snow, guyed at four corners with cables, it sits atop the summit. Good place to shelter from the wind and sit without getting wet/dirty.

Mike, doing a "Karate Kid" pose at the top with Mt. St. Helens smoking in the background.

A small glacier on the Eastern side, little crevasses glowing blue. Scale is lost up here.

Mount Ranier from the top of Mount Adams.

The backside of the structure at the top. look close, you can see my face in the left of this pic.

More crevasse shots....

The east side of the mountain. BIG drops, great colors, huge scale, tiny lakes and rivers way down there. What a view.

Goofing for the camera, we attempted to glissade down some of the fields, but it was bumpy and wet, slow going.