1979 First Ascents
* 2Aug Jagged I" (7888) USGS Mount Shuksan
* 11Aug Mad Eagle Peak' (8111) USGS Mount Redoubt
* 12Aug Moving Mtn' (8090) USGS Mount Redoubt
*? 13Aug Cave Mountain' (7456) USGS Mount Redoubt
*? 13Aug Old Rust' (7523) USGS Mount Redoubt
* 14Aug Mount Taps' (7087) USGS Mount Redoubt
Jagged I' 7888' on Jagged Ridge
Highest summit on left
August 2, 1979
Solo
Mad Eagle Peak' 8111'
Heading skyward. Beak center, legs down, wing on right is high point
August 11, 1979
Party: JR, Mark Allaback, Steve Allaback, and Joe Medlicott
Moving Mountain'
above Bear Lake, route up left skyline
August 12, 1979
Party: JR, Mark Allaback
Cave Mountain' (R) and Old Rust' (C) in foreground
Tradition Peak' far left. Southern Pickets and Northern Pickets behind.
August 13, 1979
Party: JR, Joe Medlicott, Mark Allaback, and Steve Allaback
Old Rust'
August 13, 1979
Party: JR, Joe Medlicott, Mark Allaback, and Steve Allaback
Mount Taps'
Center with Whatcom Peak peeking behind. Challenger on left.
August 14, 1979
Party: JR, Joe Medlicott, Mark Allaback, and Steve Allaback
1980 First Ascents
* 1Jun ExSpire' (5999-)
* 5Jul Tombstone' (7895)
* 5Jul Solitude' (8405)
* 27Jul Squatter' (6719)
* 27Jul Settler' (6944)
* 27Jul Homesteader' (6800+)
* 29Jul Iota' (7680+)
* 29Jul Thayers Nightmare' (7997-)
* 29Jul Apparition' (7998-)
* 29Jul Spectre' (7999-)
* 31Jul Fury Finger' (8080+)
* 31Jul Basenji Ear' (7840+)
* 24Sep W Helen Butte (5499-) unlikely FA, but NEPA
* 10Oct Three Wives' (7450)
Ex-Spire'
in right foreground, highest point on Rivalry Ridge' above Sibley Creek
The Bat mid-range, with Pickets on horizon
June 1, 1980
Party: JR and Ron Aronoff
Photo by Russ Dalton, who calls this ridge "The Little Pickets."
Tombstone'
in center. SE Mox on left.
Tombstone has a NE ridge that actually exceeds in vertical drop that of ESE Mox, and lies on the same fault line that separates SE from NW Mox.
July 5, 1980
Party: JR, Gary Mellom, Reed Tindall, Don Avriett, and Phil Van Duyne
Solitude'
Tombstone' on right
July 5, 1980
Party: JR, Reed Tindall
Squatter Peak' and Settler Peak'
Squatter is rock pyramid on left, Settler is snowy peak in center
Map centered on Squatter
July 27, 1980
Party: JR, Reed Tindall, Stuart Ferguson, and Peter Jewitt
Settler Peak 6944'
Snowy mass left central, Pioneer Peak is rocky pyramid
From SSE on Trappers Peak 12/23/04
July 27, 1980
Party: JR and Reed Tindall
Apparition', Spectre', and Iota' in center
Crooked Thumb, Ghost, Phantom, left. Fury right.
Map centered on Spectre
July 29, 1980
Party: JR, Reed Tindall, Stuart Ferguson, and Peter Jewitt
Spectre'
July 29, 1980
Party: JR, Reed Tindall, Stuart Ferguson, and Peter Jewitt
Better shot of Spectre here, by John Scurlock
Apparition'
Map
July 29, 1980
Party: JR, Peter Jewitt, Reed Tindall, and Stuart Ferguson
Fury Finger'
Map
July 31, 1980
Party: JR, Stuart Ferguson, and Peter Jewitt
Basenji Spires'
July 31, 1980
Party: JR, Peter Jewitt and Stuart Ferguson
Three Wives' (7450)
View from north on HW 20 above Bridge Creek
October 10, 1980
Solo