Mount Rose, Olympics

I recently learned that a classmate from Woodstock is in Seattle.  Actually he's based in Fort Lewis, which is a military base about 40 minutes south of Seattle. We met up for dinner one day and then, of course, planned a hike for the weekend.

We went to Mount Rose, which is part of the Olympic Mountain Range.  Its about 3.5 miles STRAIGHT UP (no kidding, there were no flat parts!) and then 3.5 miles straight down.  I didn't think it would be so bad because of the North Cascades hike Dan and I did the other weekend, but this time two soldiers and a triathlete accompanied me.  That is definitely not a recommended hiking group.  I was definitely the weakest link, huffing and puffing the whole way up while those guys seemed to just saunter up the mountain.

Begging people to stop midway. 

The view from the top.  

P.K (BG's friend, I don't know his full name), BG (or Bibek, a classmate from Woodstock), Me, Petrice (a Mayo grad school colleague)

And then back down.  That was hard on the knees!