On a sunny Sunday in June, Joseph, Henry, and Dad hiked to the top of Mount Si. Joseph and Dad had climed this once before -
in January 2011. This time it was a very clear day. It was the longest and one of the steepest hikes we've ever done, to the top of one of the most notable mountains at the start of the Cascades along I-90.
We started the hike around 9:30 and made it to what seems to be the top by around 11:30. But there's a huge rock that's the actual summit about 200 yards away, and after exploring around we found that people climb up a very steep set of rocks behind that to get to the summit. It was pretty intense but we completed it and stood on top of the peak. Then a long hike down which was in some ways more exhausting.
The climb registered at 9.97 miles and 3535 feet of elevation gain on Henry's GPS tracker. We were wiped out when we ended around 3pm!
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| On the way up |
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| Mount Rainier in the distance |
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| Looking out from the first summit |
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| Trying to find our house |
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| Near the actual summit |
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| On top! |
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| Looking up at what needs to be climbed to make it to the top! |
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