I'm climbing Mt Everest!
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: Evanescence
Topic: Mountaineering
Okay, not really but it's probably going to seem like it to me. I got my acceptance into the Mazama's Beginning Climbing Education Class last weekend and today I got the detailed info on the class. It's going to be a pretty intensive 6 weeks. There is a lecture every Monday night plus a fairly difficult hike every weekend except one. In addition, there are 3 field sessions on 3 different weekends. This means on two of the weekends we'll be out both Saturday and Sunday. There are also two different Thursday night events.

The hikes are all in the difficult range and used as conditioning tools for the climbing season. I haven't done any of them before so it should be alot of fun. They include the following:

1. Dog Mountain (along the Columbia Gorge)

2. Nick Eaton Ridge (also along the Gorge)

3. Elk-King Traverse (hike between two peaks in the Coast Range)

4. Larch Mountain (also near the Gorge but just south)

5. Palmer / Illumination Saddle (this is over Palmer glacier up on Mt Hood)

6. Ruckel Ridge (yet another one along the Gorge)