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Lots of you have stood where this photo was taken and the peak shown in the photo has been discussed on this board.

It is not Little Annapurna.

philfort- True, there are a lot of mountains in the Coast Range that look something like that. But I figure somebody has a reasonable chance of identifying it because of the Baldwin link. I would venture a guess that Dru has stood at the exact same spot that I shot from, and maybe one or two others who post on this board.

As ChucK notes, two of mine are still unidentified. I'm not ready to give up on you folks yet, but I'll give some fairly generous hints. The first: Big hint: an almost identical shot appears in Baldwin's "Exploring the Coast Range on Skis." The rock on which I sat to shoot the shot is granite or something similar, with about a 300 yard class IV scramble to a fine summit. The second one: Big hint: the rock is, I believe, part of the Mount Stuart batholith.

Of course you are right, Winter, that technical climbing in AT boots with a hinged crampon would be better than doing so in Telemark boots, with a flexible foot and the binding extension out front.

Another:

Jon - Good cheap food is a definite plus. How's the staff at the Mustard Seed?

Might it be the Wine Spires? Burgundy - Etc.?

Forrest: He said "fifty" of us. I figure, this means it is probably not 5.10 but it probably IS in Jim Nelson's book. The rack appears too small for - what is it - the 4th pitch of Liberty Crack. So hmmm...

Good one, Phil. I was going to check in the Red Book but I think you might be right. Proper? Are you there?

Gearhead has a good point here: the light-weight aluminum ones they sell at PMS are good and the weight saving's a definite plus if you are looking for some crampons for general ski-mountaineering. However, those are hinged crampons and when I have tried real technical climbing with telemark boots and flexible crampons I have been very unhappy with the performance. For steep water ice and mixed or technical rock climbing, I use completely rigid crampons with vertical frame bars (I have Grivel Rambo's), and they turn my Scarpa T-2's into a fairly decent technical boot (the forward cant and the high cuffs are less than ideal, but overall they work pretty well). I am sure I will destroy the crampons if I try to use this rig for expedition climbing or even if I just log a lot of miles on them over a number of years, though, because I think the rigid crampons are not designed to be used with flexible boots.

Forrest- Are you asking about Off White's picture? It does look as if it could be some of that Wa Pass granite. I haven't done Clean Break.

Is Bill's shot the West Ridge of Stuart

Cool, Off. What is it -- 15 miles in there? Would it be worth it to haul skis in there in the spring?

Not Kendall.

nope

You guessed right, Michelle. For in-town events, Peter is looking for organizational help with securing venues and arranging food and stuff like that. But last night they supplied free beer and pizza. Erden and Ade were there, scarffing it up!

Sahale?

Watson?

Sorry, Dru. That's what I have. I figure if it takes you more than an hour, I get some extra points for this one!!!

Damn you, Darin. I know it was easy, but can't you at least wait 5 minutes? Try this one: Oh yes, and the ski shot I posted is somewhere north of the border.

A "glacial erratic" is a rock, generally a boulder I think, that has been left behind after the passage of a glacier. It is not formed of the same rock as the underlying bedrock where it is found, and thus "does not comply" (the origin of the use of the word "erratic."). I think I remember someone postulating that the Wedgewood Boulder came from somwhere in BC so it is not only erratic, but alien.

Is the KasKadeTradKlan one single being, replicated by Kloning?

This one is still "open:" Meanwhile, an easier one:

Yes, but you'd have commited a felony in the process: grand larceny.