Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:59:01 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Fri, 24 May 1996 15:55:32 GMT Content-length: 1764 Weld's Climbing

One of the great things about living in the Pacific Northwest is the rugged Cascade range of mountains. Dan's taken it on himself to try and climb all of the hundred highest mountains in Washington state. As of the winter of '96, he'd done fifty-three.

Here we see Dan on the blocky West ridge of Forbidden Peak - one of the easier routes in Fifty Classic Climbs in North America.

This shot is rather tame - Star Mt. is in the background. Star is pretty big, but like most of the peaks in Eastern Washington, it's not quite as rugged.

In the summer of '94 Dan and his buddy David Cummings went into the Pickett range (just South of the Canadian border) for an eight day trip. This shot shows Outrigger Peak (a spur summit of Mt. Fury) - it's about as remote as you can get in the lower 48.

Dan also likes climbing with Mike Williamson and Jeff Chase, but they've both moved to the flat, east coast. Probably won't be doing much alpine climbing. Of course, Dan's favorite climbing partner is his wife, Margaret.

weld@cs.washington.edu