Shorter day rides

Training Rides of at least 30 miles Renton – Maple Valley – 32 Miles – flat to moderate – Woods Puget Sound #5 Landsburg – Enumclaw – 46 Miles – moderate – Woods Puget Sound #8 Snohomish – Ebey Island – 32 Miles – moderate – Woods Puget Sound #22 Snohomish Valley – 29 Miles …

Recent Rides 2007

2007 (OTHER YEARS) 11/25 Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit station – 16 miles on mountain bike with Odette. (12 months split =  2,794 with 619 on the tandem.) 11/24 Lake Washington North Loop (counterclockwise.) 38 miles with Odette, Alex & Carie on touring bikes 11/23 Interurban trail to 224th, Main Street into Edmonds. Return via …

Meany

January 23, 2001  Mr. Kurt MillerWarren Miller Entertainment2540 Frontier AvenueSuite 104Boulder, CO 80301 Dear Kurt: With your father living in the San Juans and you being around Seattle off and on for a long time, you must have heard about The Mountaineers – those guys with the long lines of climbers going up Mt. Rainier in the …

Bonanza

July 5 – 8, 2007 Jerry and Art Climb Bonanza   link to gallery We drove from Seattle to Chelan early to catch the boat at Fields Point and then rode the bus to Holden.  We hid clean clothes in the brush and started walking the trail to Holden lake It was very hot in …

The Brothers

May 26 & 27, 2007 Jerry, Alex and Carrie Climb The Brothers   Left Lena Lake trailhead about 1:00 and got to camp at about 4:00. Found a big group from Olympic College camped at the forks. Rained a little before dawn. Left camp at about 7:00, overtook the Olympic College group at the hourglass …

Thompson trip report

 Trip report for summit: Mt. Thomson   USGS Quad: Chikamin Pk.  Elevation: 6554 feet  Author: John Roper   Thursday-Friday, September 26-27, 2002Point 5851 and Mount Thomson   The trail to Mount Thomson begins at Snoqualmie Pass and the PCT TH. This is the correct spelling for Thomson (1856-1949 = 93 years), Seattle city engineer, and …

Ski Gear

I started snowboarding on a used Rosignol with strap bindings. I was looking for a backcountry tool and before I could even really ride I started experimenting with plate bindings and plastic ski-mountaineering and climbing boots.  I eventually learned to make turns in my Scarpas, but they were never really satisfactory.  I couldn’t get around …

Avalanche Story

September 5, 1996 To:              The Mountaineers Board of Trustees From:          Jerry Scott, DB, KC Subject:       Red Mountain Accident Investigation _____________________________________________________________ The following is the report from the committee formed to investigate the events on May 19, 1996 when an avalanche hit a party of eleven Mountaineers on an Alpine Scrambles trip …

Recent Rides 2006

2006 (OTHER YEARS) 12/31 Lakeside Circle, 10 miles on touring bikes with Odette. (twelve month split = 2,052 with 777 on the tandem.) 10/28 Interurban trail to Green River, Green River trail to Algona (basically the route in #98 in Woods Southwest Washington except that I got back onto R street in Auburn and went …