Barbie has not seen the outdoors, let alone been out of her box, for quite some time. Long gone are the days when my sister and I would hike with Barbie up “Mt. Shuksan” on our parent’s 1970’s wall mural in the family room. Barbie has had her eyes on that peak for years, never reaching an elevation greater than 3ft. and miles away from the summit.

	Barbie on Eldorado photo by Cheryl Burwell

Barbie’s back! This spring she was seen climbing Eldorado with the Mountaineers. Tough training for her first day back on the mountains, though she pulled through with a successful summit. In pure climbing style Barbie decided to “go light” and only wear her Baja bikini. Her water resistant outfit weighed in at only 0.003 ounces. When asked how she manages to climb without boots, Barbie simply replied “With hair this big, I need all the help I can to decrease weight!”

Barbie made the approach to Eldorado look easy and had her eye on the summit the whole way. Since then she’s been turned back by fierce weather on the West Ridge of Cutthroat but has managed to show off her rock climbing moves during a successful climb of Kangaroo Temple. Look for Barbie on a peak near you as she continues her training for the real Mt. Shuksan in true Barbie fashion.

Go Barbie!