THE FULL PACKER REPORT: June 2006

FULL PACKER DATELINE NEWS RELEASE – 6/30/06 – 10:51am: Capitanious announced early this morning that he will suggest at the presummit meeting in September that all Full Packers should register as climbers in pursuit of the Adirondack 46er membership. “We have climbed approximately 1/3 of the high peaks in the Adirondacks and it only makes sense to register as official climbers perusing the 46 high peaks”.

FULL PACKER DATELINE NEWS RELEASE - 6/14/06 - 7:36pm: Capitanious announced eariler this evening that in celebration of his 50th birthday year, he plans to attempt a summit climb of Mt. Rainier just outside Seattle, Washington during the summer of 2007. Mt. Rainier is ranked one of the highest peaks (number 5) in the lower 48 United States at 14,411'. Capitanious has contacted Alpine Mountain Guide George Dunn at Mt. Rainier and is in the process of booking a spot on one of the 8 man climbing teams. Dunn, a very accomplished guide, has summited Mt. Everest (29,028') and has successfully climbed Mt. Rainier over 470 times. According to Dunn, Alpine Mountain Gudes provides "one guide for every two climbing members". Capitanious is now training for this "once in a lifetime" climb. In closing Capitanious offers,“It’s (Mt. Rainier) something I have always wanted to do, it will be an amazing adventure”.

(Jambo man's the registration table at the 18th Annual PreExpedition/Winter Meeting)

FULL PACKER DATELINE NEWS RELEASE - 6/12/06 - 5:34am: At this year’s annual winter June 11th meeting, the Full Packers voted 4 to 1 to target Mt. Adams in New Hampshire as their group expedition of the year. During his presentation, Capitanious suggested that this year will be a “rebuilding year”, one where each member of the FP team should take stock of their climbing gear and to consider their physical condition, thier bodies as thier "most important climbing gear". A few of the Full Packers left the meeting showing signs of high anxiety, stunned disbelief and controlled panic in anticipation of this years climb; only 100 days away. Mt. Adams will be the highest mountain ever attempted by the Full Packers; 5,774’ with an accent of 4,500'. "It's not a question of just wanting to climb Adams, we have to climb Adams to breath new life into the Full Packers." said Capitanious. "We need to reach beyond what we think we can do, to sets goals that are just beyond our grasp or why climb at all? The Full Packers was founded on such a philosophy and we should settle for nothing less!"