Conquering Mt. Defiance
Strenuous 13-mile hike to Mt. Defiance, 4960 feet, 29 May 2005
![[Exit 55, Interstate 84] [Exit 55, Interstate 84]](thumb_a5290104.jpg)
Exit 55, Interstate 84
Size: 1144 × 856, 174KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Sign Indicating Mt. Defiance] [Sign Indicating Mt. Defiance]](thumb_a5290112.jpg)
Sign Indicating Mt. Defiance
Size: 1144 × 856, 209KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Mt. Defiance Trailhead. We went up Starvation Ridge and down the Defiance trail.] [Mt. Defiance Trailhead. We went up Starvation Ridge and down the Defiance trail.]](thumb_a5290096.jpg)
Mt. Defiance Trailhead. We went up Starvation Ridge and down the Defiance trail.
Size: 1144 × 856, 222KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Starvation Ridge Trail: Columbia Gorge, Westward] [Starvation Ridge Trail: Columbia Gorge, Westward]](thumb_a5290001.jpg)
Starvation Ridge Trail: Columbia Gorge, Westward
Size: 1144 × 856, 179KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290003.jpg)
a5290003.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 160KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Trees... Facing Southward] [Trees... Facing Southward]](thumb_a5290002.jpg)
Trees... Facing Southward
Size: 1144 × 856, 202KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Purple Wildflowers] [Purple Wildflowers]](thumb_a5290004.jpg)
Purple Wildflowers
Size: 1144 × 856, 233KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290005.jpg)
a5290005.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 205KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Funny Tree] [Funny Tree]](thumb_a5290006.jpg)
Funny Tree
Size: 856 × 1144, 266KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Eastward Up the Columbia] [Eastward Up the Columbia]](thumb_a5290007.jpg)
Eastward Up the Columbia
Size: 1144 × 856, 185KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Directly Eastward] [Directly Eastward]](thumb_a5290008.jpg)
Directly Eastward
Size: 1144 × 856, 197KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Straight Across the Columbia] [Straight Across the Columbia]](thumb_a5290009.jpg)
Straight Across the Columbia
Size: 1144 × 856, 187KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290010.jpg)
a5290010.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 193KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Looking Down the Rocks] [Looking Down the Rocks]](thumb_a5290011.jpg)
Looking Down the Rocks
Size: 1144 × 856, 185KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290012.jpg)
a5290012.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 199KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Ridge Where We Ate Lunch] [Ridge Where We Ate Lunch]](thumb_a5290013.jpg)
Ridge Where We Ate Lunch
Size: 1144 × 856, 219KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Jean Climbing Rocks] [Jean Climbing Rocks]](thumb_a5290014.jpg)
Jean Climbing Rocks
Size: 856 × 1144, 412KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Looking Back Towards the Gorge] [Looking Back Towards the Gorge]](thumb_a5290015.jpg)
Looking Back Towards the Gorge
Size: 856 × 1144, 300KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Dead Forest for Lunch] [Dead Forest for Lunch]](thumb_a5290016.jpg)
Dead Forest for Lunch
Size: 1144 × 856, 192KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Jean and Jennifer, Heading Away] [Jean and Jennifer, Heading Away]](thumb_a5290017.jpg)
Jean and Jennifer, Heading Away
Size: 1144 × 856, 210KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290018.jpg)
a5290018.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 224KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Huge View of the Gorge] [Huge View of the Gorge]](thumb_a5290019.jpg)
Huge View of the Gorge
Size: 856 × 1144, 293KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290020.jpg)
a5290020.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 185KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Top of the Rock Scramble at Warren Lake] [Top of the Rock Scramble at Warren Lake]](thumb_a5290021.jpg)
Top of the Rock Scramble at Warren Lake
Size: 1144 × 856, 182KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Jean, Unknown and Jennifer] [Jean, Unknown and Jennifer]](thumb_a5290022.jpg)
Jean, Unknown and Jennifer
Size: 1144 × 856, 221KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Guy and Girl Going Up] [Guy and Girl Going Up]](thumb_a5290023.jpg)
Guy and Girl Going Up
Size: 1144 × 856, 202KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Warren Lake] [Warren Lake]](thumb_a5290024.jpg)
Warren Lake
Size: 1144 × 856, 205KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Washington State] [Washington State]](thumb_a5290025.jpg)
Washington State
Size: 1144 × 856, 136KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Looking East from the Top of the Rock Scramble] [Looking East from the Top of the Rock Scramble]](thumb_a5290026.jpg)
Looking East from the Top of the Rock Scramble
Size: 1144 × 856, 169KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Looking West from Same Point] [Looking West from Same Point]](thumb_a5290027.jpg)
Looking West from Same Point
Size: 1144 × 856, 202KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Mt. Defiance Summit Badge] [Mt. Defiance Summit Badge]](thumb_a5290028.jpg)
Mt. Defiance Summit Badge
Size: 1144 × 856, 204KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290029.jpg)
a5290029.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 208KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Rock with the Badge] [Rock with the Badge]](thumb_a5290030.jpg)
Rock with the Badge
Size: 1144 × 856, 189KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Junk at the Top] [Junk at the Top]](thumb_a5290031.jpg)
Junk at the Top
Size: 1144 × 856, 167KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290032.jpg)
a5290032.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 136KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290033.jpg)
a5290033.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 183KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Jennifer and Jean at the Top] [Jennifer and Jean at the Top]](thumb_a5290034.jpg)
Jennifer and Jean at the Top
Size: 1144 × 856, 187KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Jennifer and Darrick at the Top] [Jennifer and Darrick at the Top]](thumb_a5290035.jpg)
Jennifer and Darrick at the Top
Size: 1144 × 856, 194KiB
Photographer: Jean
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290036.jpg)
a5290036.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 420KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Peering Northeast at the Gorge] [Peering Northeast at the Gorge]](thumb_a5290037.jpg)
Peering Northeast at the Gorge
Size: 1144 × 856, 157KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290038.jpg)
a5290038.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 177KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290039.jpg)
a5290039.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 182KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Rockslide on the Path Down] [Rockslide on the Path Down]](thumb_a5290040.jpg)
Rockslide on the Path Down
Size: 1144 × 856, 206KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290041.jpg)
a5290041.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 195KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290042.jpg)
a5290042.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 296KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290043.jpg)
a5290043.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 167KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Suspicious Rock Pile] [Suspicious Rock Pile]](thumb_a5290044.jpg)
Suspicious Rock Pile
Size: 856 × 1144, 246KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[East Along the Gorge] [East Along the Gorge]](thumb_a5290045.jpg)
East Along the Gorge
Size: 856 × 1144, 148KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Hood River, OR] [Hood River, OR]](thumb_a5290046.jpg)
Hood River, OR
Size: 1144 × 856, 154KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290047.jpg)
a5290047.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 166KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Westward, Much Further Down] [Westward, Much Further Down]](thumb_a5290048.jpg)
Westward, Much Further Down
Size: 1144 × 856, 155KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[West Along the Gorge] [West Along the Gorge]](thumb_a5290049.jpg)
West Along the Gorge
Size: 1144 × 856, 119KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Rockslide!] [Rockslide!]](thumb_a5290051.jpg)
Rockslide!
Size: 1144 × 856, 197KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Tree Next to Rocks] [Tree Next to Rocks]](thumb_a5290052.jpg)
Tree Next to Rocks
Size: 856 × 1144, 247KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Forest Marker on the Descent (Defiance Trail)] [Forest Marker on the Descent (Defiance Trail)]](thumb_a5290053.jpg)
Forest Marker on the Descent (Defiance Trail)
Size: 856 × 1144, 265KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Up at the Trees] [Up at the Trees]](thumb_a5290054.jpg)
Up at the Trees
Size: 1144 × 856, 221KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Ferny Path] [Ferny Path]](thumb_a5290055.jpg)
Ferny Path
Size: 856 × 1144, 350KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290058.jpg)
a5290058.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 208KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290056.jpg)
a5290056.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 196KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[West Down the Columbia, 1500 feet] [West Down the Columbia, 1500 feet]](thumb_a5290059.jpg)
West Down the Columbia, 1500 feet
Size: 856 × 1144, 153KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Wildflowers!] [Wildflowers!]](thumb_a5290060.jpg)
Wildflowers!
Size: 1144 × 856, 233KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290061.jpg)
a5290061.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 230KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290062.jpg)
a5290062.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 287KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[West Along the Gorge, 1000 feet] [West Along the Gorge, 1000 feet]](thumb_a5290063.jpg)
West Along the Gorge, 1000 feet
Size: 1144 × 856, 167KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Wind Mountain, Washington] [Wind Mountain, Washington]](thumb_a5290064.jpg)
Wind Mountain, Washington
Size: 1144 × 856, 161KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Down the Columbia River] [Down the Columbia River]](thumb_a5290065.jpg)
Down the Columbia River
Size: 1144 × 856, 166KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[White Wildflowers] [White Wildflowers]](thumb_a5290066.jpg)
White Wildflowers
Size: 1144 × 856, 168KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290067.jpg)
a5290067.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 153KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290068.jpg)
a5290068.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 160KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Mossy Rock] [Mossy Rock]](thumb_a5290069.jpg)
Mossy Rock
Size: 1144 × 856, 230KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Decay Inside a Big Dead Tree] [Decay Inside a Big Dead Tree]](thumb_a5290070.jpg)
Decay Inside a Big Dead Tree
Size: 856 × 1144, 390KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290071.jpg)
a5290071.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 236KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[West Along I-84] [West Along I-84]](thumb_a5290072.jpg)
West Along I-84
Size: 1144 × 856, 181KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Columbia River Panorama] [Columbia River Panorama]](thumb_5290073-5290076.jpg)
Columbia River Panorama
Size: 3867 × 855, 1372KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Detail of Power Tower and I-84 at a Cockeyed Angle] [Detail of Power Tower and I-84 at a Cockeyed Angle]](thumb_a5290077.jpg)
Detail of Power Tower and I-84 at a Cockeyed Angle
Size: 1144 × 856, 209KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Columbia River] [Columbia River]](thumb_a5290078.jpg)
Columbia River
Size: 1144 × 856, 181KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290079.jpg)
a5290079.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 218KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Wildflowers Going Up the Trail] [Wildflowers Going Up the Trail]](thumb_a5290080.jpg)
Wildflowers Going Up the Trail
Size: 1144 × 856, 217KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290081.jpg)
a5290081.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 310KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Red Wildflower] [Red Wildflower]](thumb_a5290082.jpg)
Red Wildflower
Size: 1144 × 856, 179KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Down the Trail] [Down the Trail]](thumb_a5290083.jpg)
Down the Trail
Size: 856 × 1144, 323KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Hill Where Pictures 1-10 Were Taken] [Hill Where Pictures 1-10 Were Taken]](thumb_a5290084.jpg)
Hill Where Pictures 1-10 Were Taken
Size: 1144 × 856, 177KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Flowering Bushes] [Flowering Bushes]](thumb_a5290085.jpg)
Flowering Bushes
Size: 1144 × 856, 208KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Up the Trail] [Up the Trail]](thumb_a5290086.jpg)
Up the Trail
Size: 856 × 1144, 409KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290087.jpg)
a5290087.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 208KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290088.jpg)
a5290088.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 174KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Up the Columbia] [Up the Columbia]](thumb_a5290089.jpg)
Up the Columbia
Size: 1144 × 856, 153KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Top of a Waterfall, 50feet] [Top of a Waterfall, 50feet]](thumb_a5290090.jpg)
Top of a Waterfall, 50feet
Size: 856 × 1144, 355KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Bottom] [Bottom]](thumb_a5290091.jpg)
Bottom
Size: 1144 × 856, 211KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Me By the Waterfall] [Me By the Waterfall]](thumb_a5290092.jpg)
Me By the Waterfall
Size: 856 × 1144, 370KiB
Photographer: Jean
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Top of Waterfall, from the Side] [Top of Waterfall, from the Side]](thumb_a5290093.jpg)
Top of Waterfall, from the Side
Size: 856 × 1144, 239KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Bottom of the Same] [Bottom of the Same]](thumb_a5290094.jpg)
Bottom of the Same
Size: 856 × 1144, 225KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Waterfall's Stream Crossing the Trail] [Waterfall's Stream Crossing the Trail]](thumb_a5290095.jpg)
Waterfall's Stream Crossing the Trail
Size: 1144 × 856, 223KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[A Different Stream by the Side of I-84] [A Different Stream by the Side of I-84]](thumb_a5290098.jpg)
A Different Stream by the Side of I-84
Size: 1144 × 856, 216KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Huge Rock] [Huge Rock]](thumb_a5290099.jpg)
Huge Rock
Size: 1144 × 856, 218KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Silhouette of the Defiance Trail] [Silhouette of the Defiance Trail]](thumb_a5290100.jpg)
Silhouette of the Defiance Trail
Size: 856 × 1144, 118KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[More Waterfalls] [More Waterfalls]](thumb_a5290101.jpg)
More Waterfalls
Size: 856 × 1144, 375KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290102.jpg)
a5290102.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 394KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290103.jpg)
a5290103.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 221KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[Interstate 84] [Interstate 84]](thumb_a5290105.jpg)
Interstate 84
Size: 856 × 1144, 114KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290106.jpg)
a5290106.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 154KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290107.jpg)
a5290107.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 152KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290108.jpg)
a5290108.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 160KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290109.jpg)
a5290109.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 176KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290110.jpg)
a5290110.jpg
Size: 856 × 1144, 284KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005
![[] []](thumb_a5290111.jpg)
a5290111.jpg
Size: 1144 × 856, 164KiB
Photographer: Darrick Wong
Date: 29 May 2005