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thanks for all your hard work Kelly.

send the shark shot to a climbing mag. fishing for ice tools is too funny. maybe the shark could have got it or maybe caught the shark with the tool hook. I don't want summer to be over. nice tr.

nice photo D! (as usual)

That is what the internet was made for! great stuff.

the alpine ice course was one of my favorite trips with AAI. Great location, skill area and summit climb. Living in mirkwood is evil but in a good evil way.

sorry. I did not know his history or background. I took the ALL CAPS is a sign of getting all wound up. If this guy can't handle going up buckner walk up route, then there is not much for him to do other than mt si or sauk mt. Maybe steelfrog should invest time in an instructional course instead?

that log crossing is bad ass. purdy pictures too. the bd axe shot is interesting.

this guy was asking how to get to buckner via a scramble. I answered his question without getting my panties in a wad. If you have some insight into this guys abilities or lack thereof, why not bring it up with him/her personally. the sw face of buckner is a easy route. It may take a two day trip but is involves walking and think most people have mastered it. crampons and axe are needed for sahale. does that make sahale a hard peak?

the sw side of buckner is a easy class 3. It would be a long day from cascade pass TH but doable. You would need to know navigation skills as you would need to traverse below the sahale glacier, cross over a ridge to get to the horseshoe basin, traverse under the ripsaw ridge and finally up buckner. some snow, some scree some meadow stomping. after the sahale arm, there would be no real trail to follow.

Daddy Darin does it again! nice.

purdy pictures.

looks like ulrichs. I would be impressed if people actually get in cascadian without coming up it once. the top is confusing even in good weather.

amazingly successful trip.

there is a new hospital being built in everett that is due to be finished next summer. It is a 10 story building so they are going to need lots of RN's for that. try contacting the providence medical center HR. Everett, while being a less than desirable town when compared to seattle, is a much better climbing town IMO. It is closer to the climbing areas north of seattle and you don't have to drive through lots of BS to get out of town. It has a decent rock gym too. Stevens pass is about 1 hr drive from everett for skiing. Maybe you should invest in a collection of guidebooks, find what interests you and then pick for home base. just my opinion, but if job wasn't an issue, I would live in leavenworth even with the crazy bavarian attitude.

lots of whisperlight in the vestibule cooking but mostly non winter camping. Winters usually same device on a platform in a mid.

the snow fields will probably be very hard and icy. that is pretty late season. If their is a question, then you will probably need them. I did some late season snowboarding that was very desperate. If money is not a problem, I would say get a pair of those lightweight AL crampons so the weight won't be an issue of wether to bring them or not. Would be good for your summit days too.

the elaho guide one is the best.

I will bring some grass and if I see a horse on the slab, I will say hello. Even if I don't see a horse, I will say hello.

with the prevailing attitude of this place, why would anyone? incomplete information, assumptions, jumping to conclusions and then the critical judgements are common practice here. why do you care so much if there is a "mess" up there?

either 3 oclock rock (total soul?), the comb or maybe the first dozen pitches of slab daddy. PM me.

it seems like just hosing off the set up tent would be a good idea. The boots are usually so filthy already that washing it is pointless. Seems like the pores in goretex are smaller than ash size so having ash get into the pores should be unlikely. But clogging up the pores is a possibility. I doubt any actual harm to the material has or will happen.

the infamous rope question without what the use of said rope will be. You asking about cragging or alpine rock? buy whatever is on sale.

a sport line up that feature would be sweet. I think the masses on the aid line would not mind much.

seems like there is a lot of people here that sell their msh permit. on this site. good luck and if not, I would say adams as it is non glaciated and hood is glaciated sort of.

??? do you hang onto everything? let it all go man. it is only electrons of people acting out in ways they would not in person.