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Ethan refused... He thought it would be better if when I fall that I have a Will in place that designates him as my sole heir

in that case we should’ve stuck w/ Harvard cabin in 100 mph winds! 😅

I guess that's why he kept asking me to change my mind and go to Washington

The weather was great and the conditions ideal

washington looks so nice! love from colorado <3

It really is!

You got the adverb correct - painstakingly - but its probably my own lack of skill and comfort and age that caused it. But I'll keep that as a alternative next time.

@@lakeshoresports9551 At age 62, I can certainly relate to the lack of comfort aspect you mentioned with regard to being wise in choosing one's climb/descent route and method/s. On my very last climb (Diagonal Gully, late March 2019), we didn't descend the Escape Hatch since we had already planned to descend via the Lion's Head Winter Trail near Tuckerman. But I very clearly recall thinking, while marching upward toward the Fan that morning and looking up at The Escape Hatch to our left, "man, there's no way I'd wanna have to descend THAT in a hurry under these (hardpack) conditions"! 😨 Sadly, Just over a month prior to our ascent, 37 year old Massachussetts Research Scientist Dr. Jeremy Ullman, an experienced climber, slid to his death while still on the approach, soloing up The Fan towards Central Gully in much worse conditions - refrozen, hardpacked snow with an even harder surface crust of ice! He apparently lost his balance somewhere near the base of Central, right below the ice bulge, and depite his best efforts, simply could not self arrest on that glazed, ice-covered snow, sending him on an accellerating slide to the boulders below. Rescuers/authorities found well defined Ice Tool skid marks much of the way down, indicating his earnest yet vain efforts to arrest. It had rained then refroze within the week prior to his accident, creating surface climbing conditions that simply have zero tolerance for mistakes when unroped - on a fairly easy climb that would have otherwise been, under normal circumstances, just another routine "walk in the park". Thanks for sharing your cool climbing trip vid with us. All the best, and stay safe. ⛏

th-cam.com/video/ZgRdJiCdbkU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sLq57ihASAjLRw7u.

Here's a version without the music

Sorry just saw your comment... that was towards the end of January.

What's this tick tok thing you speak of?

yes- you can see one make it at the 11:15 mark ( th-cam.com/video/PbjMtENR7EA/w-d-xo.html ) The snowboarders tend to land too much on the back end of their board which either takes away their momentum or dumps them entirely.

You're Welcome. It was a splash worthy video

Sorry for the late response but we brought a set of offset nuts and maybe 5 or 6 cams from 0.3-2 inches. I placed none of them lol. The snow had filled in so much by that time in the winter that any cracks that may have accepted gear were well beneath the surface of the snow. After the ice bulge pickets were the best option for protection or just soloing which we eventually opted to do about halfway up.

Way too much!!!

Crampons would be overkill for the hike to Camp Muir. Microspikes are just the right amount of grip needed until you get past Camp Muir.

@@lakeshoresports9551 Thanks. Your video was one of the best and certainly the most informative.

Did you mean it wasn't easy for me?!

Thanks! Turns out you are the star of the video!

@@lakeshoresports9551 haha I'll take it! Best of luck on future hikes

Thanks - its even better in person!