Climbing Coleman Deming Un-roped

Wow-

I am impressed as much as I am appalled.

Thanks for the great posts. I was not aware of the moats in the area. (They have been filled in when I've been there). It's good to confirm that the voice in my head that has told me to stick close to the hogsback was giving me some good info.

FATHER OF THE YEAR 2008

At least they're roped up. :

Horrifying.

I find the pictures of the father-son team less horrifying and more fascinating. There's a story here I'd like to know more about. Who were they? Where did they come from?

The clothes look like they were made, at least in part, from old blankets and maybe the upholstery from an old sofa (see father's pants and son's hoodie). What kind of shoes are those? Are those really crampons?

Assuming that the photos weren't staged, they scream poverty. It says something about those two that they should try to climb Mount Baker, as poor and ill-equipped as they appear to be. It's like they stepped out of another time.

It is touching in a certain sense, but the kid's body language is telling me he's pretty terrified, kind of how my body must have looked climbing yesterday.