Summit to Surf: Part II

The Summit to Surf Challenge has three requirements:

1. You summit a mountain.

2. You go surfing.

3. All this happens in 24 hours.

The debatable part is what qualifies as a mountain, but I would say it requires at least an ice-axe and crampons and a reasonable possibility that you won't make it to the top.

Anyway, since our decent took longer than anticipated (total climbing time = 12 hours) we decided to bag surfing for the evening and hit the bar instead (our usual backup plan). All we had to do was make it into the water before 10:30 the next day (the time we summited Mt. Hood). We rallied home after oversized meals at Calamity Jane's, a restaurant boasting 25 different types of burgers. I think the beer I had there was one of the top 10 I've ever had (it was a Full Sale Amber, right up there with the Coors Light I had in the parking-lot after climbing out of Evolution Valley in 2005).

08:00 came early but we made it to the coast on time (surf spot = Otter Rock). Paddling into the surf always feels good to me, but doing so after spending 12 hours on a lifeless glacial rock was fantastic. The swell was about 2 feet - not much to speak of but we didn't have much energy anyway.