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Northwest of Seattle in Washington state is the North Cascades an area that has long been known as the North American Alps characterized by rugged beauty, and filled with jagged peaks, deep valleys, cascading waterfalls and glaciers. An alpine climbers wonderland.

Mike Layton and Erik Wolfe recently climbed one of the areas "last great problems".

You can read their excellent account fully illustrated with pics here

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/496593/pag...

In reply to Mick Ryan:

"This first ascent by Mike and Erik of the legendary, difficult, dangerous, and highly intimidating East face of SE Mox represents a mountaineering achievement of the first magnitude in the North Cascades. With the sole exception of the direct overhanging central diamond on the North face of nearby Bear Mountain, no other recognized "Last Great Problem" of the North Cascades has remained unclimbed for so long (64 years now), nor received as much notoriety, as the East face of SE Mox. The great problem that the young Fred Beckey first glimpsed and recognized on June 21, 1941, from the summit of Mt. Spickard, and which thwarted his efforts over a quarter-century later in September 1968, has now been conquered."

Harry Majors

In reply to Mick Ryan:

Real adventure climbing that Mick, the approach sounds nearly as bad as the route.
Makes all these people looking for safe 6a routes look a bit soft doesn't it?

In reply to Mick Ryan:

Holy cr*p, that sounds unpleasant. Can't imagine why anyone would choose to live in the Pacific North West ...