If it aint going to snow, may as well enjoy the brown pow

It was late December 2008 and I had just been invited on a trip to escape the Seattle monsoon season for my first dedicated climbing trip outside the NW. In only my second year climbing I was addicted. Each weekend the summer prior, I escaped the concrete jungle to scale snowy and rocky peaks in the NW. Climbing over 12 technical summits and along the way I learned trad, completed the mountaineers intermediate course and was on my way to leading trips of my own. When I show