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Saturday, september 27th

First thing this morning: I go shopping at REI(Recreational Equipment Inc.). WOW! What an amazing place! You should see this outdoor gear store... It's like " La Cordée " here in Quebec times 15, and more... There is an indoor climbing wall in the middle of the store, about 65 feet high. Outside and around the building, there is a bikin

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Thursday, september 25:

I was about to tell you about Mount St-Helens. I left the bunkhouse in Ashford on thursday morning and I drove to Johnston Ridge Observatory, where you can see Mount St-Helens in all its splendor. Un fortunately, the day was overcast and I could see it only parts of it. For those of you who don't know what Mount St-Helens is, it is a volcano that erupted in 1980 and even if it's bee

PLUS BAS POUR VERSION FRANÇAISE

Hello again everyone,

So here's the follow up from Sunday, september 21:

After celebrating my birthday with cake and candles (which will be the last time I will ever have 3 candles as in 3 decades on my cake. Next birthday, it will be 4...), we came back to Camp Muir at around 7:30 am. We took a short break to pack up and refill and we started the descent at 9:15 am

DESCENDRE PLUS BAS POUR VERSION FRANÇAISE

Day 5 (september 21): Midnight. We get awakened by the guides and YES it is a GO. It's really nice outside. The sky is filled with stars, we can see the moon (not full but really clear anyway). I go crazy, it's my birthday! I'm so happy, I will climb. I was even able to sleep. Everything is cool. No wind. We are ready !!!

We start the climb at around 1:15 am. I'm last on my rope wi