Don Nelson, Dave Covill, Adam Helman, Richard Carey, and Ken Russell, ready to start the Mount Olympus expedition.
Waterfall along the Hoh River Trail.
Now that's a log.
Some new cedar saplings.
Rainforest moss. For size, the lower branches are about 20 feet off the ground.
Don and Richard on a stream crossing.
Dave and the Ranger at Olympic Guard Station.
Rainforest meadows.
The confluence of Glacier Creek and the Hoh from the Hoh High Bridge.
The Hoh from Hoh High Bridge.
The Hoh High Bridge. Well over 100 feet above the water.
Elk Lake Camp. The shelter was flattened by the tree whose stump you see on the right.
Adam crosses a washout near Glacier Meadows.
Dave descending the washout ladder.
The Blue Glacier from the moraine. Note the piles of rock and gravel being carried on the surface of the ice.
The Blue Glacier and the east end of the Mount Olympus massif.
From near to far, the Blue Glacier, Cal Tech rocks, Snow Dome, summit of Mount Olympus. The top is the point that looks like a haystack to the right of the pointy top.
Ken 200 feet above the Blue Glacier on the moraine.
The Blue Glacier. Our route in red.
Dave contemplating the route to the Snow Dome from the middle of the Blue Glacier.
Rope 2 taking a break on the Blue Glacier.
Cal Tech rocks below the Snow Dome. Note the 3 climbers above the rocks.
Dave at Crystal Pass.
Rope 2 approaching Crystal Pass with the Snow Dome in the background.
Don Nelson, Adam Helman, Richard Carey, and Dave Covill on the summit of Mount Olympus.
Ken Russell and Adam Helman on the summit of Mount Olympus.
Dave leads the team between crevasses on the Snow Dome.
Climbing the washout ladder near Glacier Meadows.
Dave crossing a washout. Check out the size of that pack.
Elk Lake
Dave and his 70 lb pack, sittin' by the Hoh.
