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Good job avoiding the gapers, gaper.

Nice job! That crack and the traverse are short, but so is the effort required to reach them. It's definitely a worthwhile day climb.

Looks like the Angel of Death to me... Muffy, I'm sure you're a swell person, but every time I see a post of yours, my eyes glaze over and I move to the next.

I used to climb with a guy who was all innocent enthusiasm and he really pulled me along with him. I'm not that bold, so it helps me to climb with someone who is (as long as they're not a 250lb. fatty whose lead falls I have to catch all day long).

Shipping from overstock.com is three bucks, and they come with antibots and bag. Just got me some after seeing my partner use the same kind last weekend.

Offset Friends are on sale on Mountain Gear.

I'm a skinny weak bastard and I like this pack, too! Just enough features for me. Only thing I don't like: the loops that hold axes to the daisy chains on the pack body can wiggle themselves loose.

Twin Spires, next to Redoubt and Spickard.

Yup, tennies and 'pons work just fine. The glacier is easy to navigate, too.

How waterproof are those space bags? I took one with me in case it rained last weekend and I needed to cover my down bag like mattp suggests, but I dunno if it would have just shredded quickly in the wind.

Until then, I'm sure I'll see you drinking heavily at pub club.

Sorry the Woman's bringing you down, Gary. When are you done with your advisor and his bullshit guilt trip for good?

Buckindy Crags!

I heard a climber fell to the ground while rappeling at Index on Friday and had to be rescued. Anyone know what happened?

The Indian place just north of Scarecrow has bottomless cups of chai... mmm...

Goats always remind me how much of a gumby I am. s are pretty good at climbing that short pitch to get up to wherever you've left your pack.

I wonder if this will get published in Climbing? I hear Dru's publicist is pushing to get it into Gripped this time around to establish some "indie cred", but is writing flirtatious emails to the Alpinist crew with offhand references to such cc.com spray masterpieces as "Giant Squid" and the "Index is so suck" thread.

My partner and I camped at Boston-Sahale col Saturday night (all the Sahale permits were taken) and planned on carrying over the next day. I guess we were one day late, though. We retreated to the tent around 8pm when it started raining hard. The noise of the wind and rain kept me from getting any real sleep, and when our alarm beeped at 3.30am, it was still nasty out. We went back over Sahale at 9am, still in a whiteout. The camp at the col is pretty cool -- a single tent platform with a short rock wall. I left my stove and pot on a little sheltered alcove nearby (a great kitchen) and it didn't blow away overnight. The view would probably be incredible, too. We got only a very short glimpse of Ripsaw Ridge and Buckner through the clouds, but it was awesome! I definitely want to try again and camp in the same spot.

Colin, how did you descend after doing the north ridge?

What's so bad about Thompson? It's a cool-looking mountain... At Little Si, do you mean that super-short easy crack or the 5.8 bolted route with ledges?

The three-bolt, 20' climbs at the east end of Exit 38 past the trestle. So shitty and worthless.

That sucks, Greg. Why did he pull you over in the first place? Doncha need probable cause? Too much ?

What's so bad about it? I've been looking at the guidebook and want to do a four-pitch climb (2p aid, 2p 5.7) that starts with Narrow Arrow (or maybe it's NA Direct... there are so many lines there).