Five beers and 3 and a half hours of sleep later I was packed and we headed out from downtown Seattle to the trailhead. Ohhh jeez, Irish beer was on the agenda, a potentially late evening, and I was not packed. This meant an alpine start – 5:30 AM was the agreed time. I forgot my stickers so I guess I have to go up again – ugggh!īenson pinged me at 6:49 PM Friday evening, just as I was about to set our to Murphys Pub in Wallingford to see my good friend Glenn’s wife Tami perform Irish music with her band Cavort,, and said we were on for a Dawn Patrol the next day, not Sunday. Helens Monitor Ridge 07-14-2015īenson and I on the summit of Mailbox Peak.
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