Beginner Hiking Attempts on Whitechuck Mountain and Mt. Pugh: Two Failures and One Success
Channel: patrickinternational
Date: 16/09/2022

▬ Contents of this video  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:00 - No Fires Message
00:10 - Title Screen
00:30 - Introduction and Plan
01:14 - Whitechuck First Attempt Start
01:24 - Whitechuck False Peak
03:17 - Rock Scramble
05:55 - Discussion and Analysis
11:35 - Restarting Ascent
15:03 - Back Down Rock Scramble / Large Falling Rock
16:12 - After Attempt Analysis
22:12 - Song/Transition - "The Sauk - JimK"
24:08 - Trying a Super Spicy Onion
24:46 - Start of Day Two
26:43 - Below Stujack Pass
28:26 - Stujack Pass
29:41 - Back Down from Stujack Pass
30:14 - Start of Switchbacks Below Stujack Pass
30:21 - Lake Metan
31:16 - Start of Day Three
33:37 - On the Way to Whitechuck Mountain
35:04 - Whitechuck Mountain Trailhead
36:23 - Whitechuck Mountain False Peak
37:48 - Clearing Before Rock Scramble
39:23 - Glacier Hanging on for Dear Life
43:59 - View of Peak and Ladder Climb
48:13 - Ladder Climb
51:29 - Final Summit
51:40 - Song/Transition - "The Summit - PatDel"
52:32 - Song - "Knife Edge - PatDel"
54:19 - Song - "Red Flag Warning - JimK"
56:08 - Song - "Not Sure - PatDel"
56:46 - Song - "Blueberries - JimK"
57:10 - Final Analysis, Gear Discussion

▬ Overview  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

This is a detailed trekking video, outlining our failed attempts at climbing Whitechuck Mountain and Mount Pugh, and then subsequent success climbing Whitechuck Mountain in Washington State. We were not particularly logistically aggressive on timeframes for these hikes, choosing to take our time to spend a lot of time at camp, starting late, focusing our efforts on cooking good food, which perhaps highlights the challenge of attempting too large of hikes on a limited time budget.

Much of our time on the mountains was taken up by discussing routes which perhaps also highlights the importance of studying maps and reading reviews ahead of time - which we also did not do. Of course the disadvantage of knowing too much ahead of time is that you don't learn as much on-the-ground navigation skills.

Overall this was a great trip - I did my best to bleep out all of the swear words, my apologies if I missed anything.

▬ Original Music Score  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

* "The Sauk - JimK"
* "The Summit - PatDel"
* "Knife Edge - PatDel"
* "Red Flag Warning - JimK"
* "Not Sure - PatDel"
* "Blueberries - JimK"

All music composed and copyright by Jim Kjelland and Patrick Delaney, all rights reserved.