This past weekend, I climbed Mt Hood - Oregon's highest mountain, with a couple of friends from work - Matt H, and Zak C. Last time I was up it was 2011 also with Matt H about a month later in May of that year. The weather this time was spectacular, however with the low snow year, the climbing was much more difficult. We left Bend about 12:30 AM friday night, and left the parking lot at Mt hood at 3 am. We hit the summit in 5 hours around 8 am. We were back down by 11:30 for lunch at the lodge before driving home.
In the pictures, if its not obvious, I am in the red jacket (blue in one sitting), Zak has the green jacket and Matt has the brown jacket. Notice in some of the pictures how blue the sky is. No camera filter - just shot with my iphone.
