Busy Season

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to update my blog, but it has been quite hectic for the last few weeks. I have been working nonstop for around 17 days straight now, I am not exactly sure because it seems as though they are all running together now. I never know what day it is anymore, but it does not really matter when you are climbing everyday anyways. I have been having a great time and all of the climbs have been going really well. The only real thing to report is that I was able to help out a climb that was stuck on the summit in some pretty bad weather. I was leading a climb that ending up turning around at 12,800 feet but I kept on going to the summit to help out a team that was stuck in a really bad storm and was able to lead them down to relative safety. It was a great experience and the other guides and clients were extremely grateful for the help. They even took me out to dinner to say thank you, which is nice because a good meal is hard to come by in the mountains. So far I have summitted 7 of the 9 times I have been up which is a great success rate for this time of year. Last June the weather was miserable all month and nobody was summitting. So there is really not much news to report here other than that I am really busy. Right now I am sitting in the Alpine Inn which is where we base out of for the Emmons climb (which is a route up Rainier) and they have wireless internet so I am able to get some work done on the computer before I head up the mountain again tomorrow. I work a 6 day climb then I actually have 2 days off which I am planning on going to climb Forbidden Peak in the North Cascades and I am really excited about that. I am training for some guiding courses that I am taking in the fall so whenever I have days off I will probably be climbing. It sounds a little crazy, but I love it!