12 miles of hiking • 5250' elevation gain • 2 nights
Started out with an attempt of Sloan Peak in the North Cascades. We were bushwacking in steep terrain when one of our climbers sustained an ankle injury and could not bear weight on it. Successfully used iphone SOS feature to get 911. SAR rescue ensued, took 10 hrs and 18 volunteers to carve a path and haul them out on a litter. Great learning experience.
We rested the next day and then hiked up to the base of Vesper Peak. We veered off the trail to the north side to climb to the summit via Ragged Edge; a 6 pitch 5.7 trad route, what a hoot! Had to hike out the last few miles via headlamp, but at least we had a trail.
