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environment: September 2009


Enjoying summer's last gasp on high

5:14 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 |

Sensing summer was on its last legs, I headed for the hills last weekend before they became cloaked in white. I aimed high -- specifically 12,276 feet high, the elevation of Washington's second-tallest peak, Mount Adams.
So with a promising forecast in my back pocket, I anointed this my "Second Annual Mount Adams Climb Because It's There" climb.
Even though Adams is second only to Mount Rainier among Washington's highest mountains...