Summiting Mt Stuart
But slowly we reeled her in, sometimes small steps..... 
And sometimes really big steps. 
Not really Mom.
Getting somewhere now 
Stuart seemed like a bigger badder version of McMillan Spire 
The summit was in view! 
Reached at noon on August 29th, 2009, officially 9,415 feet.
Ingalls Lake in background.
Horseshoe Lake and Stuart Lake from summit. 
Tired....but relieved to have made it!
A great trip.
Dan invited me along to conquer his nemesis from a couple months back. It was all we could ask for in a scramble....and maybe a bit more that we expected!
After climbing for three miles to the top of Long's Pass....we could see the down and the up that still lay ahead.
And after a not so restful night on 1" thermarests.......the summit beckoned. Sure looked far from down here. It is the tallest point on the left side of the picture below.
After climbing for three miles to the top of Long's Pass....we could see the down and the up that still lay ahead.
And after a not so restful night on 1" thermarests.......the summit beckoned. Sure looked far from down here. It is the tallest point on the left side of the picture below. 
But slowly we reeled her in, sometimes small steps..... 
And sometimes really big steps. 
Not really Mom.A look back at Long's Pass from the shoulder of Mt Stuart
Getting somewhere now 
Stuart seemed like a bigger badder version of McMillan Spire 
The summit was in view! 
Reached at noon on August 29th, 2009, officially 9,415 feet.Ingalls Lake in background.
Horseshoe Lake and Stuart Lake from summit. 
Tired....but relieved to have made it!
A great trip.
8 comments:
You guys are beasts! Looks awesome.
wow! the view was well worth it. Well done.
Hah...we were more like panting puppies by the time we made it back to the car!
You've got some great shots Justin!I Love it!
Oh my WORD! That was really a climb. As we were showing them to Harry and Darryl just now and came to the rock scramble --B4 I read it I exclaimed, "He said they weren't going to climb rocks!" and then we laughed at the words "Not really mom"..you knew what I'd be saying! I'm sure those were good hamburgers in Cle Elum.
Egads that scares me!! Nicely done, but I think I like little meanderings through forests on fairly flat trails! Or at least no seriously climbing!!
I love that shot with the sun peaking through the clouds- its a magical, much like an inspiration poster.
-J
Totally jealous. I have wanted to climb Mt. Stuart ever since climbing in the Enchantments and staring at that big massif all day. Nicely done!
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