outward bound

Mt. Clark, WA 1976

When I was 16 years old I did a 21 day Outward Bound course in the Cascades east of Bellingham,  WA.  To say it was enormously influential on my life is a major understatement.  I came back with a profound love and appreciation for wilderness and for the Pacific Northwest.  This picture was my group after climbing Mt. Clark in Glacier Peak Wilderness.  Pay no attention to the boy in the Ray Ban aviators, yellow rain jacket, red bandana scarf and Filson "Whipcord" climbing kickers.  Say no more!  Thirty years later I moved from Topanga Canyon to Southwest Washington State.  Go figure.