Goat Rocks, Karmic Vortex Turn Around
Top 10 Reasons to stay away from Goat Rocks:
- 10. Requires traveling out of state (several hours, in fact)
- 9. There might be goats, and they'll eat anything including your food (we saw one at over 7,000')
- 8. There might be rocks (saw them too, cliffs even)
- 7. Approach requires hiking (no road to 6,000' like Timberline)
- 6. Might have to bivy in an alpine meadow next to a lake (I just hate it when that happens)
- 5. May have climbing companions (basic social skills required)
- 4. Could have bad weather and conditions (actually, it was pretty much perfect)
- 3. Climbing may require effort and moderate skill (what, no elevators?)
- 2. Might see a virga rainbow over Mt. Adams (yeah, baby - a Kodak moment)
- 1. Possible "karmic vortex" (good karma, that is)
Photos:
- 9 miles to the summit
- Pre-dawn at the bivy
- Adams w/rainbow
- Group post-summit
