I think a few hundred feet below the summit after topping out. I recall the walk from the top of the West Ridge to the summit was "flatish" but I don't recall an established bivy spot, you might be able tuck into the rocks though. I'd check on the climbing forums for where the best spots are.

Thanks, yea that was a nice off the beaten path way out tagging Hardy.

the before pics were a bit nastier - especially pulling out 20+ year old carpet they had originally lined the gas compartment with

Per SummitPost - " this peak was named by Lage Wernstedt after Florida's Osceola National Forest, which itself was most probably named after the Seminole Indian chief. " So apparently we've been pronouncing it wrong. I've only heard it as "oh-see-OH-luh".

Light climbing boots for the approach and descent as there is 4th/low fifth class rock scrambling to get to the climb. And rock climbing shoes for the climb itself.

It was a metal canister and had some papers in it, like an actual summit register. I mailed it to the Mountaineers since they archive old registers. I did write a trip report as well after that trip and mentioned the canister.

@@IanLauder Got it. When we topped out there was no register, which is why I left the film canister with my business card. The next day we climbed Fury. In looking through the summit register I did not see Jim Nelson’s name so I called his shop then and there and gave him shit. Analog phones were still a thing and we had good reception.

@@user-hu3si3zo6f looking back at my comments, I did pick out something in it that pegged it to being left in the 70s. A lot of the pages were crumbling and had faded, but figured someone at the Mountaineers might be able to restore some info from it. Pretty cool finding things like that. Gotta get out to the Furies one of these trips.

@@IanLauder Very cool to find a relic possibly from the 70s. You’ve nailed the approach to the Luna high camp and Fury E. Peak, S.E. Glacier, is a piece of cake from there. Get er done.

@@user-hu3si3zo6f just climbed Sinister a couple days ago going in from Stehekin, gonna need a week to recover.

Haven't climbed Hood, but from what I've seen it could all be different depending on conditions, either could be a straight up steep snow kicking steps, or could be tricky with a short icy section. Lovers Lane if in descent condition should start with a steep snow slog, then may have some low angle ice where it constricts in the middle, then open back up to steep snow slog to the top.

@@IanLauder As it goes with snow; the Gates vary greatly throughout the season. Lover's Lane does seem spicier in general from this video, though.

I recall we spent a few minutes figuring out the right crossing. There may be more than one log. I don't recall a cairn, but if you keep your eyes peeled for where the traffic seems to go you should get it. Pickup some tracks from peakbagger to help. Luna is so much more popular these days I'd expect the paths are more obvious now.

@@IanLauder Excellent, thank you!

Thanks Bob, yea there are very few people who do decent music on their climbing videos that don't make me have to turn off the volume. Good you climbed Sherpa back in the day, that was a fun and sporty rock climb. I did that a couple years ago. We were camped up at the base of Sherpa and Mt Stuart this weekend up at Lake Stuart looking up at the balanced rock on Sherpa. Fantastic area to climb in.

Thanks, I'm on 92/100 Bulgers and that section ranks up there as one of the sketchiest moves. A lot of people seem to get off route there.

@@IanLauder seriously so impressive! My wife and I hit 25/100 this year. Cannot wait to get to where you are, but I understand it’s the journey that is the magical part. If you ever need a partner, we’d jump at the opportunity! Happy trails

As you head up the col before where it drops off (where some people rappel down or downclimb) there are some cracks climbers left. Scramble up and out of the col towards where it would drop off back down to the Colchuck glacier. If you hit the right crack its an easy scramble to a notch you just walk through. If you scramble up a bit too early you can get pretty close to the cliff though. Might be a bit exposed right at the start then it opens up to easy terrain.

You were on route, we got off route in the 5th class dirt section. We had some gps tracks that seemed to show that was the right way to go and the cairn seemed to confirm that, we pushed through it instead of backtracking but that last few feet were sketchy.

It was a handwritten note one of the other people on the climb got from someone else who had done it recently. But I don't have a copy.

Right on Randy, Yea, Luna was a great climb. That bit getting down from the false summit is where a lot of people use a rope. Looks like there are few options but traversing over left a bit then down was less sketchy looking. Coming back I went straight up and was fine scrambing up, didn't look like something I wanted to downclimb.

@@IanLauder I enjoyed your video. It really shows the dilemmas that climbers always have. Is it time to zig-zag or continue on....

@@RandyT_RandyLikesToClimb lord help anyone who follows our gps tracks

@@IanLauder You made me laugh. We are such typical climbers!

This is an intermediate/advanced course through The Mountaineers organization. You would have to join that organization and go through the basic level courses first as a member. See Mountaineers.org

@Ian Lauder thank you much appreciated. Been putting off joining the mountaineers.guess i might need to

Beal Opera 8.5mm, single strand rated climbing rope. At the time it was the lightest rope we used for alpine climbs.

@@IanLauder thanks, when you were digging out that T slot were you unable to find a place to place protection to belay up your partner?

@@murraypendergrass8077 It's been over 2 years since that climb, but if I recall I use t-slots like that if the snow conditions are not good for a vertical picket. And that is the only option for making an anchor (i.e. we're past the ice pitches and its just hardpack snow or softer snow that's been in the sun awhile). I would have tried a vertical picket first and if it just easily tapped in I would make a horizontal placement instead. Especially if the runnout was more exposed. Other places where the snow was more solid and it took a fair amount of pounding for a solid placement I used vertical placements.

Yea, my biggest pet peeve watching other climbing videos is having to mute the volume on annoying soundtracks.

@@IanLauder AMEN! Nice work.

Yes, it is a wide angle setting on a GoPro

You bet, something like a Quark or Cobra would work just fine.

Round trip - Ingalls to ingals. not car to car.

No, it was about 12 hour day total from the parking lot to the bivy. But that also includes any time we took on rest breaks since it was a hot day, and we missed the sites on the way up and wound up at the notch (where there is a big ledge you could bivy on that we missed) so we backtracked down a hundred or so feet to find the ones we wanted. Plus we had a party of 4 that is always slower than 2. Planning on a 2-day trip and carrying over gear is going to be longer than going fast and light for a single day trip, and you can take your time. Also how fit and fast the climbers are, how good you are at navigation. So take anyones # of hours you see with a grain of salt. I know people that got stuck on that route for 3 days going off route and in over their head.

We do climb The Tooth at least once a year. Usually in the summer as as warmup.