Snow? Really?

The Group at Crater Lake

  






July 1, 2010

After two days of ripping on the surfboards, the group got a chance to see what they can do to help keep those great waves clean, a beach cleanup.  From their first steps on the beach, there was garbage everywhere.  Some trash was small enough that you could spend the next week just cleaning the first 100 yards.  It was an eye opening experience, and they all talked about how they didn't realize the amount of garbage that could wash up on shore.  After the beach cleanup they hopped in the vans for a journey to Crater Lake.  When they got to crater lake, the campsites that they had were covered in snow. Wait. Snow? They learned that Oregon was pounded with late season snow, and at close to 8000ft, snow sticks around.  So the trip leaders got them moved to a dry campsite, and they set up camp.  They all wanted to see crater lake, so they went up to the rim of the crater and cooked dinner there.  They got to watch the sunset over the lake as they waited for dinner to get done, and then exhausted from a a long day, hit their sleeping bags.


The next morning they woke up early for a hike down to the water, and got to see Crater Lake from a whole new perspective.  As they hiked down, it became very clear that this was possibly the cleanest, bluest water that they had ever seen. After much awe, amazement, and Group, the 7 ultimate oregonians headed for Smith Rock.  Today, they headed to the rock at 6 am to get some great climbs in before the desert sun made it too hot to bear.  After a little taste of Smith Rock, they are fully ready for 3 more days of climbing!