Volcanic Neck is a peculiar feature high on the ridge joining Bean Peak and Devils Head in the Teanaway region of the east-central Cascades. It's peculiar because it is unlike most of features in the area. As a 300ft pillar of rock standing above its surroundings, it looks formiddable from a distance. Jenny has been wanting to try some more technical scrambles and this, rated as a T5 in 75 Scrambles in Washington , it tops the rating system for scrambling. Much to her terror, I suggested we do this peak, along with a quick double header over to Bean Peak. So having had Monday off from work thanks to some other plans that fell through, we decided this would be the day. The forecast was good but not perfect. We knew we could expect cooler temperatures than the 90-100 degrees we had the previous week in Seattle and we knew it would be mostly sunny, but the forecast also included a wind advisory, steady 20-30 with gusts to 50. Sheesh... ...