{"id":842,"date":"2014-07-27T15:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T22:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?p=842"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T00:29:50","slug":"report-mt-adams-to-mt-st-helens-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/report-mt-adams-to-mt-st-helens-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Mt. Adams to Mt. St. Helens Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

How it all began<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometime in the Spring 2014, during or after climbing Mt. Adams (can’t remember the exact details), Kam<\/a> suggested I could run to Mt. St. Helens and climb it as well. That sounded completely insane at that point, yet, once at home, I started to check maps and routes to see if this would actually be possible. After mapping things out on GoogleMaps, I knew it would be possible, yet undoubtedly very challenging. And, of course, that meant it had to be attempted!<\/p>\n

I continued to carefully plan the adventure and then put things aside, thinking that I’d make an attempt next year. However, as we approached the\u00a0 Jul 26\/27, 2014, weekend, a nice weather window seem to open up and I had both time and felt sufficiently prepared. At that point, I had signed up for the 120mi Fat Dog<\/a> ultra in Canada, so I thought this “short” 90mi adventure would be the perfect training. The only unsolved problem was the lack of permits for climbing Mt. St. Helens. For days I checked the online forums and finally got lucky: a very nice man from Washington was willing to sell me two permits for Sat, Jul 26, 2014, because some of his group members were not going to make it. That was the starting shot for an adventure that I will not forget anytime soon.<\/p>\n

Here’s the preview I posted online at that point:<\/p>\n