syudla

Looking for a partner for Kain face late summer/fall 2002

Hey Mike Thanks for the lead.

Any recent info on these routes?

Completed Liberty ridge and Emmons descent on 6/2. The previous postings about route conditions still hold true. Approached the ridge from the WEST side but climbed to ridge top much earlier (lower) due to constant rockfall, enabling us to remain above it for the remainder of the day to Thumb Rock. Still good snow to ~12000 however above that route is turning to mostly alpine ice. We did encounter significant rock fall on 1 section of upper ridge @ about 12000. Direct route on Carbon to WEST side of Lib. probably will not hold and may even be gone by now. We summited in howling wind/white out and locating descent route on Emmons was a bit tricky. Rangers have the route well wanded from 12500'to Shurman.

Has anyone had experiance with Sigg Fire jet stoves? I have used mine for a couple of seasons now and am quite happy with it. Bought it on a lark from Sierra Trading Post ($17) Supposed to burn any fuel but I have only used it with white gas so far. I have lots of experiance w/MSR and am disgusted with the frequent need for field repair. Above 16000' the whisperlite was trouble and had to switch to the XGK. Anyway, so far so good with the fire jet. (But haven't been able to find a repair kit yet and can't interpret Sigg's web page) ------------------