Local “Bavarian Alpine Climbers” knock off Olympic feat
Sep 02 2008
The team of Carl Miller and Eric Brooks of Kingston and Paul Jacobs of Indianola, who call themselves, with tongue in cheek, the “Bavarian Alpine Climbers,” reached the summit of Mt. Olympus on July 12. Mt. Olympus is the highest mountain in the Olympics at 7,962 feet at its highest point on the west peak. The trio started the trek at the Hoh Rainforest trailhead and hiked nearly 19 miles to Blue Glacier, where they traversed the icy slope and headed for the summit. The trip there and back took just over five days. The first recorded ascent of Mount Olympus was made by the Olympic Exploring Expedition led by Lt. Joseph O’Neil on Sept. 22, 1890 who started their ascent at Lake Cushman.
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