Goin up to solo Beckey Route on Lib Bell early season. There's a couple of Mountie types just getting off the Beckey at the Col with crampons, ice axes, plastic boots, helmets, tons of gore-tex and schoeeler, big packs, and all sorts of gear. I'm in shorts and sneakers and a poly-pro tied around my waste. I overhear them going, "Look at this yahoo, oh my god." I look over and there staring at me with the utmost concern. They totally thought I was some lost hiker and they were going to have to rescue me. So I proceed to slip my cobras on and start climbing. After I do the route and downclimb the rap route by the time they get all there gear packed and pass them before they even start hiking out I think they were ready to shit a brick.
Sorry for the inherent chest-beating, just thought it was funny as hell