Harlan Lewis

Designer, builder, mediocre mountaineer.

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45.374, -121.696

Rime-crusted crater rim, steam rising from the fumaroles of Devil's Kitchen. A solo climber traverses the Hogsback and a few more navigate left chute of the Pearly Gates high above.

Mt Hood summit via the common south route. Up past Devil’s Kitchen, along the Hogsback, and through the Pearly Gates.

My fourth Cascades summit, after Mt Shasta, Mt St Helens, and Mt Lassen.

A rope team silhouetted on the snowfield at first light.Mt Hood’s triangular shadow stretching across the foothills.The bergschrund above the Hogsback.Ropes set by another party in the Pearly Gates.Looking north from the summit: Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier (barely), and Mt Adams.
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