goatboy

I won't go so far as to say the best teacher I've ever had, but Dan Walker is a very memorable, intelligent, charismatic instructor for sure.

Is there another issue due out at any particular time?

Wilderness Medicine Institute and Wilderness Medical Associates are the "industry standard" when it comes to current wilderness medicine protocols. I suggest you start there and insist on something of the same calibre.

I guess you mean "unacceptable." I would say leaving ANY trash behind is unacceptable. But in the case of a huge, misguided party such as this, not "un-expectable!"

I climbed it in excellent conditions in September about 4-5 yrs ago....in a moderate snow years....

Looks like Tower Mtn to me, North of WA Pass...

I have never regretted anything as much as I regret getting one of these passes a few winters ago. Screw Meadows!

True, true...

I liked the traverse pitch too. I just didn't like the rest of the damned thing! Glad you enjoyed. Booty is always a plus. We found a biner "chock" full o' stoppers up there last week!

Damn! Nice work! I've always wanted to go up there...your photos really make me want to go NOW. Thanks.

I've heard of a few people getting sick lately, who regularly don't treat their water, for years consecutively... Good thing this global warming stuff - and its resulting effect on bacteria/giardia/fecal entities is just a myth propagated by the enviro-hippies, huh, George W? Christ.

Nice photos, Alex! Good to see you guys up there. Thanks for your patience as we figured out the routefinding. I look forward to pictures via email! - Goatboy

Here's the part that impressed me: "...but damned if I was going to come all this way and bypass the gendarme." From experience, I know that it's easy to arrive at the gendarme and talk yourself into rappelling around it instead of climbing it, as it looks (and has a reputation) of being stiff and intimidating. Nice work! I've crapped before on plenty of alpine climbs...

Glad it went well for you guys! Nice work!

You're welcome. Nice work getting that route done -- one of my favorites! No real need for a bivy on this one, in my opinion -- though I can't imagine a prettier place to do so!

Were you by yourself? Did you rap off a bollard?

Saw "Mitzi's Abortion" Play in Seattle Friday night -- highly recommended production! Climbed Improbable Traverse Saturday and drank beer at Rogue Brewery in Issaquah -- super good beer! Made Buffalo wings in deep fryer at home Sunday. Best part of the weekend.

Sure did - party of two followed us up the route...

We ended up dropping off the main trail at an intersection at a flat pass, marked by two large trees laying perpendicular to the main trail...it dropped steeply down a good trail through dense brush, drifting through a few seeping creekbeds and cutting through slide alder and devils club without ever actually bushwhacking....there was a sign warning of avalanche control activity near the bottom and it popped out of the brush directly into the parking lot 50 feet from the car -- does that sound like the standard way down? By the way, I give the Improbable Traverse a for the long scree slog, the fact that there were only about 2-3 good pitches the entire day, the huge amount of duff-slogging and brushy climbing, and the complex walk-off...I'm GLAD I did it and will probably never do it again. Anyone else think this climb isn't worth repeating?

Great TR and nice photos -- thanks! What rating would you give the cannonhole ridge? How long did it take? Thanks

What a presumptuous, un-warranted, self-righteous rant. Asking if a phone gets reception is different than actually using the thing to make egregious calls...for the emergency purposes that have been mentioned already.

Sounds unanimous. Thanks so much for the info. GB

This question is in reference to the Improbable Traverse on Guye Peak. Anyone rapped it? Relative merits vs. the walk-off? Thanks for any input. Goatboy

Huh. Or perhaps it reminds people of the ice cave we all slept in on the backside of Looking Glass Rock, NC after the freak July blizzard? Not the route, per se, but the obscure reference itself....

Please post a few of the "rad images" of the North Ridge if you don't mind doing so. Thanks.