After summitting we set up camp in "the saddle" - the "low" (13,500' elevation) area between Liberty Cap and Columbia Crest (the true summit). It was flat, spacious and protected from the wind - which is all that I could ever really ask for.

I bought this South Col pack after a friend recommended it - and I needed something smaller than my full-size expedition packs for the up-coming Liberty Ridge climb. I stuffed about seventy-three pounds of rope, climbing gear and weights into it for a stair-climbing session. I liked that the suspension