The Mercury staff: Fred Hutt, Jim Mackay, Rebecca and and "one co-worker extraordinaire, Jerry Bevington who was about a mile behind waving furiously from below". The image below we begin the ascent. The hike from the parking lot to the base took 52 minutes.
(click for larger image)Jim showing Mercury agility as he powers up the mountain. Notice the clouds swirling!
(click for larger image)After another 54 minutes from the base, we arrive at the cloud surrounded summit. Even though the 360 degree view was not there it felt good to be on top of Engineer. Notice, our marketing guru, ready to climb another 3000 ft while styling a Mercury hat! In reality, Fred would be the only one able to continue another 3k.
(click for larger image)We decided to descend a bit and find a nice overlook on Engineer to eat lunch and yes, we fed some of the local begging mammals living on the mountain.
(click for larger image)Overall, a great trip. The trip was approximately 4 hours including our lunch on Engineer.
The clouds were looming with rain; however, only a few drops were felt and it was a very pleasant hike and climb. We did have a guest star pass by us on our descent to the cars. Matt Taylor was powering up the trail on his mountain bike! It was a true Mercury moment.
Thank you Fred for showing my wife some basic climbing up and down the crux! And Rebecca kicked arse climbing over some sketchy and exposed areas while the wind was harsh.
Go Mercury.
Go Rebecca--I envy you. I want to make it up there as well. Mom
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