In late July 2001, I went out to Portland, Oregon for the wedding of my friends Lee Davis and Mary Davis (no relation :-). A week before the wedding, Lee and Mary, and Lee's dad Jeff and Mary's Maid of Honor, Peg and I all climbed Mt. St. Helens.

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Jeff Davis and Lee Davis. You should be able to see St. Helens in the background, but you can't.	Getting ready to climb at 4 AM.	Still in the trees, a view of the misty valley.	Do you think we can get a Luna Bar sponsporship?
A friendly (and hungry?) chipmunk visited us while we were on a snack break.	Above the timberline, looking down.	Peg is still happy.	Mary and Peg at a rest stop. There isn't a real trail most of the way up - you just make your way between the poles that mark the route.
Jeff and Lee. On Jeff's backpack you can see his climbing permit - only 100 people a day are allowed up Mt. St. Helens.	Mt. Adams.	The crew rests before the final ascent.	The final section of the climb.