Stefan

Dru, Which Needle Peak are you speaking about for your favorite scambles?

robertm: The North Cascades National Park boundary ends just past Panther Creek. So any parking after Panther Creek and east you are in Mt. Baker National Forest Land or Wenatchee National Forest Land. Blue Lake trailhead is officially on Wenatchee National Forest Service land.

I do not repeat. There is too much out there to repeat. Call me greedy but I would like to get in as many different experiences as I can in my lifetime.......

Dogs are not allowed in any of the three national parks in the state. Dogs are only allowed to go where cars are allowed to go. But horses are allowed everywhere. I guess dogs leave too much crap.

Pope, was your mentor a professor at PLU and studied Egyptian Archaeology? I heard the same saying......

Does anybody know current conditions of the Mary Green glacier and access onto Bonanza?

If Lance Armstrong was at his peak and he raced Miguel Induran (spelling?) which was at his peak--then who would win in your opinion?

What's those Europeans doing taking pictures of our land? I thought we were on their side with nothing to hide!

I have heard the "Warbonnet" is pretty good in Idaho. I have never been there. Go to this webpage for somebody who talked about it... http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/addapeak939.htm

I was at Spire Rock circa 87-90 becuase I was at PLU during those days. I remember the condoms everywhere, seeing spray painting, the guys from the army base showing off their rappeling techniques to their girlfriends....a dead body or so in the woods. Aaah. Those were the days.....

I am sorry. I should have been more clear. I meant the Mount Rainier National Park General Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement. I sent in several comments and suggestions in regards to the plan well before the February 9, 2001 deadline. I thought the comments were going to be put together and released for public viewing in regards to the plan but I have not heard anything. I just thought you might know since you post to this website.

by the way, email me at: stefanefeller@hotmail.com

I am looking for a partner to do Slesse--the standard SW route. I am not up for the classic NE Buttress. For July 28/29. I can also go on Friday. My skill level: I have been doing alpine type climbing for the past 12 years here in the NW, and I recently finished leading my partner doing the NE Buttress of Goode. Can lead alpine 5.8 I usually do not like posting for climbing partners becuase roped climbing requires you have knowledge of what your partner's skills are, but my potential climbing partner had other arrangements and I am left with a passion to climb Slesse without a partner.

Mike Gauthier, I do not remember the exact dates, but wasn't there supposed to be some media release on the public comments to the proposed changes within MRNP?

Use "Rabbit Runners" as slings. This is truly a grams/ounces saved technique and not a full pound. "Rabbit Runners" work well also to clip away from your body instead of the traditional over your head pull off.

Route starts at mid 5th class immediately, followed by a short 4th class section and then goes to 3rd class to the halfway point. From the halfway point the climbing turns to low 5th class to mid 5th class and then goes back to 4th class/low 5th class all the way to the top. Rock was solid for me all the way with good holds. Not the best I have been on, but pretty darned good. Good bivy campsite just below the entrance to the glacier at 5800 feet at the very top of the rock slabs. Best approach is to WALK PAST the forested trees for about 150 meters (where CAG says to go), go across the North Fork creek, then walk downstream the North Fork creek for about 50 meters and then aim for the large talus runnout. You can see the large talus runnout when you are on the trail past the the forested trees. You will encounter brush, but IT IS MUCH LESS BRUSH than the approach route as described in the CAG. (Take off shoes for crossing the creek.) On our return, we came around the Stormking Col by rapping down. Once again the glacier looked like it was forming a large bergschrund about 1/3 of the way down.

I know somebody who did it last Friday. They went over Conglomerate Point.

I remember seeing her in person many years ago and thought she was a very attractive woman--my sighting was of course before the job. I don't know why she went ahead with the job......

This last weekend we were hiking out from the NE Buttress of Goodde back to the Bridge Creek Trailhead and here is my report..... We were hiking sometime past the Rainbow Lake cutoff trail and before the South Pass cutoff trail. Here I am sweating like it is midsummer New Orleans wearing only shorts and shoes and I come across this man wearing a full sweater and pants and he is carrying a suitcase. Yes, a suitcase. With wheels. At the same time we see him, we also notice his stash. He has 2 other suitcases on the side of the trail. This man also has the largest duffel bag I have ever seen with stuff I can’t see and is even bigger than Greg and mine’s backpacks combined. The man has also brought along with him a metal foot looker about 3 feet long by 1.5 feet in height and width. The man also has a 5 gallon water jug, but we could not tell if it was fuel or water in there. He has no backpack. He has no friends with him. He has no horses. I am flabbergasted by what I see. We get to talking and he says he started at Rainy Pass with all this stuff. Rainy Pass???!!! He said he was going to Leavenworth. What???!!! He also said he started in Spokane. He was about 35 and seemed a little toked up, but I could not tell. I would like to know the friend that dropped him off at Rainy Pass, because this guy had a North Cascades backcountry permit too! To ferry his loads he said it took him five trips to retrieve his stuff. In other words, he would have to walk the trail 10 times!! No backpack. A metal footlocker. 3 suitcases. A 5 gallon water jug. A duffel bag not even a Navy seaman would carry. I would like to see the face of the shuttle bus driver at the Stehekin road when this guy arrives there. That man is either tough and stupid or is running a meth lab.

Access to buttress is good. No problem with moat for several weeks. Glacier could be the problem though becuase it was breaking up fast. Some snow up high right now on route but not a problem at all. DO NOT COME DOWN THE BEDAYN COULOUIR!!! IT REALLY SUCKS AND TAKES MORE TIME THAN THE STANDARD DESCENT!!!

thanks smokin' joe!

It is true that the Rangers will remove the summit registers. However, they do and have not removed several registers within the NCNP which I have seen and have been there since the mid 60's. I can attest to 3 different peaks where this is the case. I will not divulge the name of the peaks because I fear then the rangers might then set about to remove them. But I would like to know that removing the registers becuase they are "permanent fixtures" or becuase they are seen as "trash" wouldn't the same logic then follow for trail signs? Trail signs are permanent fixtures.

If rapping down the SW Couloir of Goode, is it possible with one or should I bring two ropes for the rappel?

What about the approach from Mountaineer Creek? Has anyone done that one? Or is the approach from Long's Pass more ideal?

I looked at all the alpine packs for what I do. Ice Sac, Nozone, Cold Cold World, Alpine Attacks, Marmot, Black Diamond. I do not ski or snowboard and I wanted something light. I knew that going light would mean lighter loads so I was looking in the 4000 cubic inch area. The best pack I found is the Climb High Jackpot. They only make limited ones becuase Climb High's supplier doesn't make enough. It works well for weights under 30 lbs. I would not trust it for weights over 30 lbs because it does not have any type of frame--it uses the foam pad for support. I am not an expert on cloth types but it feels like that spectra cloth used on the Kelty's. The Climb High Jackpot has tool tubes, crampon pouch, removable top lid, side compression straps that have buckles (a must on any alpine pack), removable bivy foam pad, inside pouch to hold water bladder, and extendable main compartment that goes to my hips if I need to bivy.