Stefan

Joe Simpson is on KZOK right now.

You will have many more trips like this. It's good you found out something about yourself though--in itself, that is the journey, and that is what makes a successful trip.

Where can one buy this "halva" in the Seattle area? I would like to try it.

Found it. Here is where we did a little discussion. It was a little discussion. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB1&Number=179690&Forum=All_Forums&Words="Rainier%20Timber%20Company"&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=179690&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=&daterange=0&newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post179690

We did talk about this piece of legislation on this website last year. Where you say? I can't find it. The legislation was passed to allow climbing on private property without landowners assuming the risk of any lawsuits. It was a way of opening up the land for nonmotorized users. I do not recall seeing $25 charge per access. I do remember something that if the landowner did charge then they would be assuming the risk of a lawsuit.

This picture was taken from the summit of Low Mountain 1 day before the skier got lost. He was found at the right hand side of the lake (per news reports) at the very bottom of the picture which just appears. The lake is Lake Tuscohatchie. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=3095

Some of the discussions just don't seem to be "discussions" without Dwayner.

Are there any Native American stories about the Index group? Kind of like the Native American story on Skadulgwas?

You cannot hear I-90 in the winter up there. I don't know about the summer. In fact I was on top of Low Mountain the day before he got lost, which is right next to Tuscohatchie Lake and I did not here I-90 although I could see it.

Even experienced people make mistakes. We are all human. It is only a mistake/accident if things turn out negatively.

Nice.

Very good read on North Cascade history. Very good.

From the U.S. side the Chewuck River/Tungsten Creek/Apex Pass route is the shortest "U.S. Route with Trails" to get to Cathedral Pass with about 16 miles one way. There are two options for the start of the hike. Option 1: Best if you are only hiking: Road 39 out of Loomis. Trailhead is at the Windy Creek trailhead and is NE of Thirtymile Peak. This option is 3.2 mile shorter than Option 2 but has 1300 feet of elevation gain on the way out. The trail starts by going downhill to the Chewuch River. Option 2. This option is the Thirtymile Trailhead and is best if you have a bike. You can bike the Chewuch River Trail (8.7 miles) until almost the Tungsten/Chewuch River trail junctions which is the Wilderness Boundary. Option 3: If you are organized enough and have some time hire a backcountry horse outfitter.

What? You gone done yourself again? Girl, you gotta take it easy on your body!

Join the American Alpine Club. $80 per year and you get a nice book. Once you are a member you have access to $5000 worth of climbing rescue insurance. You can use it for a helicopter rescue.

Custer is on the left. And on the right is Redoubt with the subpeaks Goliath and Canuck.

My guess is the left peak is Castle. The right peak is Prophet.

Interesting read from you folk. One interesting thing. If the forest service would like to eliminate a little grove of trees from the forest due to infestation and this grove is not near a suitable road, it would not build a road. They would contract out for a helicopter to take the trees out. It is cheaper alternative--but of course it depends on the length of the road and the slope encountered. Got this little bit of info from a Forest Service employee. As you are going up Highway 20 and take a turn up Granite Creek right after Canyon Creek you will notice on the hillside of McKay Ridge there are a number of "dead trees". I do not know if this is caused by infestation. IMO, I believe this area will be considered to be logged due to the "dead amounts" I know it is not in the NCNP but borders it. I don't think it is Wilderness either.

Met with Alex Lowe. He was a really nice person. Couple of days later talked with Hans Kammerlander--that guy wanted to ski from the summit of K2. He is one skinny dude. All he is, is lungs and legs. His torso does look disproportional to the rest of his body. He didn't get the chance to ski down K2 but still made a decent attempt.

Have a friend drive you up the Mowich Lake road with a snowmobile in the winter. It's not illegal unless you get caught. They block off the road at the Paul Peak Trailhead (3500') and do not open it until end of June or beginning of July. In May the lower portion of the road is melted out, but higher up the road become quite deep with snow. For the beginning part of the road use a bike and then ditch the bikes in the trees when snow gets too much for them. You will find that skiers and people hike to Mowich lake on this road, thereby allowing for a well packed and travelled trail thereby avoiding the use of snowshoes. I would take the packed down snow Mowich road anytime over any unpacked snow trail to save energy. In addition, 3500' at the Paul Peak trailhead is the highest elevation you can start at for this climb at that time of the year.

The most controversial part of this plan is the guided climbing. I think it is important to not forget there was also wilderness and alpine wilderness guiding proposals too in the commercial services plan. I thought proposal 3 was the best proposal; however, I recommended they change it slightly. The regulations on guiding/guiding areas/# of guided people should only be restricted from May 1 to September 30th. From Oct 1 to April 30 there should be no restrictions on anybody.

I have seen pictures of the new lake from some people who have been up Goodell..... I am sure that person who sent me the pictures is lurking......

It all depends on your personel priority with your time. Time with your kids? Time with your wife? Time for your climbing? What did I do? I cut back on my climbing. My children are more of a priority to me. It is not bad. It is not good. It is something different that I personally value. I have not stopped climbing, I have made climbing less of a priority.

(No spray from me! Well, most of the time.) I don't bolt. And I don't climb bolted climbs. I know climbing is dangerous and I take the risk. I was not designed to touch every piece of rock on this earth. Nor will I try. Knowing my physical limits and the regard to preserving my life makes me a human.

But what about a bolt ladder?