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High Ground Movie Showing

Operation Ward 57 is sponsoring two showings of the movie High Ground on Thursday, October 04, 7:30pm - 9:32pm in Lakewood, WA at AMC Loews Lakewood Towne Center 12 and on Thursday, October 25, 7:30pm - 9:32pm in Gig Harbor, WA at Galaxy Uptown Theatre. 

High Ground the Movie: Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. With blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest summiters as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S. history.

Representing nearly every branch of the military, the veterans, and the Gold Star Mom who joins their trek, bring humor and deep emotion to this hero’s journey all captured with breathtaking, vertigo-inducing cinematography by three-time Emmy® winner, director Michael Brown.

HST will be present at the 25th October show in Gig Harbor.

Purchase tickets for the October 4th show
Purchase tickets for the October 25th show

If you'd like to donate tickets to local Wounded Warrior and Veteran climbers, please contact us.

Meet Up Climb

Exit 38 meet up climb tomorrow. Hit us up if you want to climb. We're leaving Oly around 830.

Edgeworks Climbing

A reminder....free climbing at Edgeworks for WWP & HST Alumni tonight!

HST Update for 20 September

Due to poor air quality in the Leavenworth area and the Eastern Cascades (And the fact that our climbers are absolutely beat from a great season), we are cancelling the Stuart climb for this weekend. If the weather holds into the fall, we might look at still knocking it out, but nothing is in stone (granite to be specific) right now.

Instead, we will be working on rock skills and leading in the North Bend area this weekend. As per usual, let us know if you are interested in coming out. 

As for the rest of the fall, we plan on cragging at least once a week in Leavenworth or North Bend until the weather catches up with us, at which point we'll shift to Vantage. All of these climbs will be meet up climbs, so follow the calendar and the blog for dates and times. 

We're also debating a meetup climb in Leavenworth during Oktoberfest. We're thinking about hitting pitches in the morning, then heading into town during the afternoon. It will be come as you are / first come first serve camping unless you had the foresight to book a hotel room. If you are interested, please let us know. We'll narrow down a weekend based upon climber's schedules. 

We had an amazing time exploring Exit 38 Farside last weekend for the first time. There are some hidden gems, and all of the climbers around us were really cool to hangout with. As usual, fried pickles and micro-beverages were the perfect post climb reward at the North Bend Bar and Grill. 

Sunday Info

We're headed up to Exit 38 / Far side. Give JB or Dave a call if you want to meet up.

Pick Up Rock Climbing

We're planning a pickup rock climbing day this Sunday, September 16th. We're looking at Leavenworth or the North Bend area. We'll carpool early Sunday morning, and return Sunday night. Please contact Joshua Brandon if you are down to climb. 

Also, don't forget free Thursday night climbing at Edgeworks in Tacoma sponsored by the Wounded Warrior Project.

Mystery Ranch Sponsorship

The Hound Summit Team is excited to announce a sponsorship with Mystery Ranch. We are proud to use their top of the line packs in our future outdoor endeavors. Mystery Ranch and Dana Gleason have an honored heritage of over 30 years in the outdoor industry. Please take the time to learn more about the company support them. From all of our active duty members, veterans, climbers, and supporters, Thank You Mystery Ranch!

Glacier Peak

Earlier this month, HST member Joshua Brandon completed a two day solo climb of Glacier Peak in the North Cascades. The climb, easily enjoyed in three days (more of a death march in two), is an amazing, remote location with some of the best views of the Cascade range from its summit. Leaving the Army on September 1st, Joshua did it to mark his transition from soldier to climber. The day after, member Derek Quintanilla and his party did a two day climb of the peak HST rocking out on Labor Day weekend.. Enjoy the views:

View from camp

White Chuck Glacier

Stalling in the bivvy

Glacier lake goodness

Summit Cone

On the top

Assessing the damage

A surprise for Derek

HST Update!

HST is in the middle of peak season, and loving every minute of it! After a successful Shuksan climb and some craggin' in Leavenworth, our members had an absolute blast participating in the HST -WWP North Cascades Multi-Sport Trip (Thanks to Heather Timins for organizing a great event) and the WWP Summit Challenge down in Utah. One of our climbers was able to spend two extra days training and craggin' in the Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons near Salt Lake as well. 

On labor Day weekend, several of our climbers will be climbing on Glacier Peak in the North Cascades Range.

Later this week, we're tentatively looking at climbing the Outer Space Route on the Snow Creek Wall near Leavenworth, and we're really looking forward to the AAC Craggin' Classic down in Oregon (14th-16th). Rumor has it their might be a diversion to to the Sounders-Timbers away game as well. As always, all are welcome at our weekly climbing / bouldering at Edgeworks in Tacoma (Graciously sponsored by the WWP). Finally, we're super stoked for our Mt. Stewart climb the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd. October is wide open at this point, and we're really basing our schedule around pickup climbs and the weather. 

If you'd like to participate in any of these events, drop us a line here.

Please check out what are friends are doing at AAC , NWMS, VetEx and High Ground.

Enjoy some sweet shots, stories to follow:

JB Craggin' in Leavenworth

Approaching Shuksan's Pyramid

Grady on the Summit!

North Cascades trip with WWP

Dan and JB showing off their sweet outfits at the WWP Summit Challenge