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Smith Rocks

On Canadian Thanksgiving of 2018 my family was doing something quite different than most. On the Thursday night before the weekend we drive across the US border in our truck and camper. The first day we didn’t drive very far and stayed at a truck stop overnight. Waking up to rain, we were hoping it would clear up as soon as we reached our destination for that day, Frenchman Coulee in Washington. The rain didn’t clear and we took our time driving down the state arriving to the amazing looking canyon. Making dinner we were all looking forward to a … Read more

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Mt. Rainier

For my last training trip for Mt. Logan I knew I would be going to Mt. Rainier. Mt. Rainier is the tallest point in the state of Washington, it is also considered an active volcano. In the weeks leading up to the trip my dad and I were planning on also attempting to summit Mt. Baker in a day. A year ago we had summited the Washington peak on a two day trip. We figured we would drive to Baker, sleep, climb Baker, sleep, drive to Rainier and then climb Rainier. We hoped to spend four days on Mt. Rainier. … Read more