I had an amazing birthday party, and we together with Kolya explored the classic Cougar Mountain Loop from 50 runs of Washington book, that apparently was the first book I've  bought for my new Kindle. It is a GREAT ROUTE! I think it it misses Shangri-La trail, that makes it shorter and much less of elev gain, but if I fix it, i'll get the whole 20+ (that is good) miles and maybe 5000 feet (that is still not enough considering the plans I have).

Looking forward to 2013, happy holidays everyone!