Juneriver

I love my Simond crampons. I used them exclusively for the last five years and never had any problems. Never had a Simond ice axe, but Barrabes usually has them in stock and I really considered buying Simond tools this year.

And you thought good ice was secretive around here....

Shhhhhh...it's Bremerton.... seriously,... just drive out there, you'll see it...

Just bringin this back to the top... No one has any more info???

No Way! This site is way too clean... Sprayin here is just going to dirty it all up...

I think the ownership/partnership/whatever has been in effect for less than a year (probably closer to six months). They are probably facing the usual integration issues of two formerly competing companies and I assume one or the other company will phase out the redundant products.

MSR Rocks... and is owned by Cascade Designs.

White Rock Lakes - The approach was as bad as it sounds in Nelson's guide as the approach to Dome. Only the biting flies were an exceptional surprise.If I remember right, you'll downclimb the Dana Glacier, nothing serious but watch for hidden crevasses even in mid-late summer.Keep descending below the glacier to keep well below cliff bands. Goat trails are plentiful. As long as you are out there with the camera gear, check out the view of Glacier Peak from Itswoot Ridge. I caught the best sunset I've experienced in the mountains right there, turning the whole mountain every color imaginable for about an hour.

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: I have a ventilateable pair of Mt Hardware gaiters with a zipper in the back. I seem to manually vent my gaiters with my crampons every year, so that's what my $20 check is going to.

They're OK for day hikes if you don't want to just carry a Nalgene. Anything more than that and I find they're just a pain. They are heavy, don't hold much water (the space in the bottle is taken up by the large filter) and they're extremely slow. I guess the upside is you can get a good workout just trying to squeeze the water through it at any kind of pace to drink if you're thirsty.

After planning for 6 months to do the Ptarmagin Traverse and driving four hours out to Cascade River Road, I discovered I forgot BOTH boots. The next 8 hours of driving home and back was without a lot of conversation in the car. That was the worst one for me...although just last Sat. we had to do a roundtrip run back home when both my partner and I forgot to grab helmets when going ice climbing.

Try a new thermostat, Specialed. It's cheap, easy and good chance to fix it. Jamie

Allison,I'm not sure that I totally understand what you are proposing. But if it's putting epoxy on the bolts that thread into the sleeve in the rock so that they can't be turned out without shearing, I think that's a really bad idea.If someone did go to steal the gear and sheared the bolts they would still get the hangers, and leave a lot of sheared off bolts in the rock that would really difficult to cover up or reuse. A real mess. Even, worse would be if they cranked on a few and then gave up. That could significantly damage/weaken the bolts or the rock around them. This would be invisible damage until the next unlucky sap took a fall onto it. I would think this might be something to be considered with any gluing or thread peening on any bolts.

Ya, but they're a hell of a deal at rei-outlet!! Well... they were yesterday when they were selling them for $50

quote: Originally posted by Yungaburra: Yea what is with all these seattle and up north pub nights? Lets get a down south Tacoma night going Now don't start that again.....

I just figured that guest#1, Guest#2, etc. were more of Caveman's avatars.

Possibly... depends on how work goes on Fri. Better for me than on Tuesdays.

Ordered new toys on Tue night. Barrabes shipped on Wed. On my doorstep Friday!! Beats REI online.

Interesting article in the Times: Seattle Times

I used to not worry too much about wearing a helmet when climbing alpine stuff. But, a coupla years ago on Mt Formidible a fist-sized rock came tumblin' down from somewhere above and smacked me full on the noggin. I still stutter sometimes but I always wear the helmet when in the alpine world. [ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Juneriver ]

Winter shot of the Matterhorn, Mr Veisters on Lhotse with Everest in the background. And a group shot of my first climb, four guys tackling the ever difficult and dangerous Magic Mtn.

Icegirl, Check your PM's. It might save you some extra work. Jamie

yeah... it was probably them porters... those things make me fat and lazy....

Yeah, I'm feeling a bit against a wall right now.Fear is one that seems to be getting in my way. And it varys from day to day. I absolutely hate being so inconsistant that I can solo up steep icy gullys one day, and the next day get all panicky inside looking at a ten foot fall at Little Si(like what I did this last weekend).Sometimes that screaming in my head gets a little too loud. If anyone has the cure-all for that, I'd sure like to know. Oh yeah... lack o' dough. That's the other biggie.

No worries... it's all only 3rd or 4th class, anyway. Right? [ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Juneriver ]