Caw Caw – 5400 ft of Corn on the Squak Glacier

By:  Sam
July 11, 2010


Brian, with the Twin Sisters range in the background:
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The Sisters are holding snow surprisingly well, especially considering their low elevation.
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Yeah, that’s right, we saw a rainbow.
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Skiing on volcanoes isn’t all beautiful sunrises, rainbows, and corn; you have to earn these turns. Brian nearing the crater:
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Every time I look into one of these volcano craters I find myself wishing they were filled with lava like in Hawaii. Oh well, can’t have it all…
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As we neared the summit, the snow became dangerously rotten (it had been getting worse as we climbed), a cloud settled onto the top, and we began to fear the biggest hazard on the mountain that day: the 11(!) man rope team.
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6 Comments

  1. Andyzee
    wrote on July 11th, 2010 at 4:24 pm  
    • powhounddd
      wrote on July 11th, 2010 at 9:18 pm  
      2

      lol

  2. christian
    wrote on July 11th, 2010 at 8:02 pm  
    3

    cool view of rainier…the skiing looks ok too :P

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  3. Ben
    wrote on July 13th, 2010 at 10:56 pm  
    4

    looks terrible. bet you wish you were back east!

    ps – where was allen!?

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  4. Sam
    wrote on July 13th, 2010 at 10:59 pm  
    5

    Allen? That loser had to (got to?) work that day.

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  5. Jewel Lawerence
    wrote on February 27th, 2012 at 10:49 pm  
    6

    Thank you ever so for you post. Want more.

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