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Oregon coast.
Since this is a family-heavy climbing trip write-up anyway, thought we’d start things off with a Benny-centric weekend we had in Oregon 3 days before setting off for the UK. There was some guilt on our part since we were planning to leave our pup behind on what would normally be a long family outing to the mountains. And so we did a nice 12 mile day hike up Battle Ax Mountain in the Oregon Cascades on Saturday (with the highlight being a swimming session in Twin Lakes) followed by some Oregon coast canine shenanigans on Sunday.
Photos
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0019-1024x681.jpg)
Come on let’s go, let’s go. Battle Ax Mountain-bound (June 2018).
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Stick crazy (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0025-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley, Benny, and Jefferson (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0035-1024x681.jpg)
Summit of Battle Ax Mountain (June 2018).
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Benny on the summit and in his element (June 2018).
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Summit of Battle Ax Mountain (June 2018).
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Benny’s motto when it comes to sticks is “the bigger, the better”…likes it when they fight back (July 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0057-1024x681.jpg)
Descending via the “backside” ridge off of Battle Ax Mountain & heading towards Twin Lakes (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0068-1024x681.jpg)
Indian paintbrush (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0065-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley & Benny (June 2018).
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Rhododendrons in bloom (June 2018).
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What could be better than a swim in an alpine lake. Nothing!!
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0117-1024x681.jpg)
Where’s the stick??!
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0098-1024x681.jpg)
Swimming it up in Twin Lakes (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0134-1024x681.jpg)
Benito (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0127-1024x681.jpg)
Loving life (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0148-1024x681.jpg)
Benny (June 2018).
![Battle Ax Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0136-1024x681.jpg)
Twin Lakes (June 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0193-1024x681.jpg)
A tired mutt (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0160-1024x681.jpg)
Benny living it up (chasing large sticks) on the Oregon coast (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0165-1024x681.jpg)
Launching (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0158-1024x681.jpg)
The young dog and the sea (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0166-1024x681.jpg)
Oregon Coast (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0170-1024x681.jpg)
A tired pup (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0184-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley, Benny and the Pacific Ocean (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0185-1024x681.jpg)
Both of our right shoulders have become overly developed since we have adopted Benny (July 2018).
![Oregon Coast](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0188-1024x681.jpg)
Have stick, will travel (July 2018).
Go to The Approach.
Go back to British Chalk.