It's not luck.

[hvydrt]

worried about getting lost in the dark

How could you get lost with cairns like this?

[Ellen]

Howdy Speedy Steve

Discretion is the better part of valor -- I am glad the Dynamic Duo is still here to tell the tale. I literally got goose bumps when Craig told us you ran into ice.

From the heart,
Ellen

Howdy Hydrt,

Hilarious -- HikerHal should approve of that cairn

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[Rick Kent]

What? There's still snow/ice left from last winter? That's utterly amazing!!! Perhaps we have the makings of a glacier forming here!

Damn ... you guys had to go all the way back down? That's brutal!

-Rick

[guest]

wow, what a journey!
Steve, you have one strong neck to hold up that "new glacier"!
I'm going to look for Fern's ducks to lead me to the Ice Wonderland"!

Glad you guys retreated, that mt. can get awfully big, lonely and dangerous, as our AdMin guy on this board can testify.

We need to ask Rick Kent how he got beyond that crux?
and no, I don't think he used the parachute cord you mentioned!

ss

[Rick Kent]

I haven't had to deal with that crux but it looks cool. I have another crux to deal with right now. Wish I weren't so disabled. That wonderland would be cool to see.

[Sally]

Hi Steve,

I'm glad you made it back from the "Snow Creek Glacier" OK. At first I was wondering why you were posting pictures from earlier in the season, then I realized that those pics were from last weekend! Wow!

Now I feel pretty silly about getting so excited about my little ice chunks and frozen spring that I ran into on Deer Springs Trail last Wednesday. You've really topped me on that one!

[bluerail]

I LOVE Deer Springs this time of year Sally ! Fuller Ridge too. watching winter come is so much fun. I know that joy that comes with those discoveries and the sensation that snow is coming.

Rick, check your pm's

[Hikin_Jim]

Amazing. With all the heat we've had and all? Amazing.

HJ