Between the craziness on Mt Rainier and Mt Hood the last couple days, I'm beginning to wonder. I keep hearing people talk about how "dangerous" climbing, but it really isn't. It is yet another activity that suffers from the "plane crash syndrome," the basic principle of which says that just because you hear about it every time it happens, Doesn't mean it happens "all the time." If you heard about Every car crash, no one would want to drive.

Anyway, Tyler and I are climbing Mt. Shasta next weekend, and I will be sure to practice ice axe arrests this weekend when we head back to Granite Mountain. We've talked about climbing Mt Hood later, and I still want to do it.