Hurricane Hill 20 Dec 2009

Hi,
Went snowshoeing today, starting at the Hurricane Ridge lodge and hiking to the top of Hurricane Hill in the Olympic mountain range. The clouds parted briefly, yielding some striking scenes; layers of clouds beneath us and a portion of the Olympic Mountain Range opposite of us.

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That is me - the person standing between dwarf trees, freezing in the frozen wilderness
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My companion frozen hikers are shown below.

Comet Falls 9/2/2009

The waterfalls I hiked to today were very beautiful, powerful, and dynamic forces of nature. I hiked up the west side of Mount Rainier along a deep ravine with rushing streams replete with waterfalls (Christine & Comet, and other small ones).

Above the waterfalls, and at the top high point of my hike was a lower west mountainscape of Mt Rainier; this was called Van Trump Park. Photos show Christine Falls (smallest of the falls), Comet Falls (big waterfall) and Van Trump Park (beautiful mountainscapes).

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Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

I took these pictures while hiking in the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on 7/11/2009. This is a State Park in Sequim, WA. The hike begins in an old growth forest, continues to a cliff overview (first slide), then down to the beach, a Spit of sand that protudes 5 miles into the Puget Sound.

Drift wood lines the center of the beach, serving as perch to many birds. There is an old Lighthouse at the very tip of the Spit.

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Eagle Peak 3/21/2009

Snowshoing on yet another beautiful Saturday in the Tatoosh Mountain Range (near Mt Rainier) reminded me of the unique beauty of our surroundings in the State of Washington. For my Japanese friends reading this, the Tatoosh range is near Seattle, Washington.

The hike was, as always, cold, steep, and magnificient. We proceeded to climb up through an old growth cedar forrest containing of some truely giant trees. One giant was cleaved with a 6 inch wide gnarly vertical crack creeping up from trunk to towering top branches.

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Tatoosh Range as seen from Eagle Peak ridge

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I attempted scrambling up this rocky summit then, after reaching the half-way point, decided it was too risky and am seen slowly, carefully downclimbing.
As you can see, we all had a good time.