Tom Lechner on Nostr: #hiking on Mt. Defiance in the Columbia River Gorge on Sunday.. I didn't fall down ...

#hiking on Mt. Defiance in the Columbia River Gorge on Sunday.. I didn't fall down even once, a personal best for this trail! Someone told me Mt. Defiance is called that because at one point, all the other local peaks had (non-native) names, except this one, which was defying being named, so someone decided to call it Mt. Defiance. Wikipedia however says this name comes from Dr. P. G. Barret, who said the mountain kept its snow late into spring, defying the warming weather.