Usually on these courses we find a nice open crevasse to practice crevasse rescue in. There is no alternative to dropping everyone in a real crevasse and having them practice with real weight. Unfortunately the glaciers were a bit buried. I found this crevasse by falling in it. Here is one of the students falling in.
On the way across the glacier to find a crevasse.
A closer shot of the fall.
Cary
Stephan
Chris
Brigitte
Andy heading to high camp.
Brigitte and Shivesh on their way to high camp.
Tents at high camp.
AAI guide Erin Smart just after sunrise with the shadow of Mt. Baker in the background.
The first rope team on the summit.
Summit shot.
The whole group on top.
Tristan.
Heading back down.
As we were heading down a group of climbers were heading up Colfax Peak.
This was my first Mt. Baker trip of the summer and it might be hard to top. Perfect weather, a great group and an overall fun time. I have a ton more photos from this trip and will post others as I go through them. It might be after I get back from Bolivia.
I visited the Washington recently before my philadelphia to new york bus tour. But unfortunately! I did get a chance to explore the Colfax Peak and Mount Baker there because I just spent 3 days in Washington. During these 3 days I could only visit The Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, Space Needle Tower and Olympic National Park. Now after reading this blog post I wish to travel around Washington again and discover this lovely mountain site because such kind of natural attractions always grab my attention and encourage me to walk around this beautiful world.
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