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snow creek will flow all year. lakes feed it. better question is are you gonna drink it without treatment?

nice job gentleman!

chris martin and I did the same combo in august. such a great day. nice thing about doing sw rib second is that the crowds have already finished and you got it all to yourself. (hopefully) Yeah I thought that having doubles of #3 and #4 in camalots was good to have. no #5 for either.

85liter = 5000 cubic inches. (in case peoples don't know) I got a MEC pack that seems to work very well for not much money. If you are having limited expedition use, maybe a cheaper pack that gets by will work out. Can't imagine doing the big pack thing on a regular basis. (ex-guide) I think the bigger issue than what worked for mr A and mr B is what pack fits your geometry. What works for me may not work for you.

OK. If I lived in a house with everything inside was made of bacon, I would chew on the furniture too.

yeah I will be right over with your required gear and coffee....bitch who never calls me to climb.

I gots enough crap around the house. last thing I need a rope rug that will be full of dog hair (good crag dogs I got) and dirt. Yeah it is old but I think it still has some good use as a glacier rope. I would still use it at darrington if the sheath had not worn out at that one point. if it is too old, then no one will ask about it and in the dumpster it goes. Unless someone has a good idea for a needed handline. Maybe on the approach to illusion wall?

my bad. I meant a "bad crag dog" and not "bad dog" tvash's dog is just a plain ole bad dog.

One of double ropes that I use for rock climbing has the sheath worn through at around the 6m mark. (was a 50m rope) If you want it for some glacier travel or something, it is yours if you come by and pick it up. It is a 8.5mm by 44m (roughly) and about 10 years old. The rest of the rope is fine but old. Good enough for glacier travel but not rock climbing worthy. In monroe. Wrong forum...my bad

shameless violation of the 100-character rule of spray and it sounds like a dog that should stay at home. but the existence of some "bad dogs" doesn't prove that all dogs should stay at home.

[video:youtube] besides if you leave your dog at home, how will the bisquits of the world find their true calling? thanks DD. I never knew how to imbed that stuff.

as a owner of a good dog: Please bring your good dogs to the crag.

The state of construction fall protection lanyards is not an issue. Half of the time it is used in such a way that a ground fall would occur before any tension on said fall protection would happen.

especially dogs that place bolts.

I think dogs are allowed at almost every crag in washington. If a crag is on national park land, then not but I don't there are many on NPS land anyway. Not allowed in the enchantments but that is not crags.

any of the propane or butane canister stoves (without the built in heat exchanger) simmer well too and prolly better than a whisperlite.

any day spent in the ca rockies is a "winning" day. sure would like to get on that route someday.

nice. so much snow still. looks like there is no exposed ice on n face matier?

I still remember that day. that was the day I realized I am not a "real" aid climber. c1 baby and all's good.

nice trip! makes me long ta taste the sweetness that is squish granite.

+1 for hardcopy books. nothing better with the morning bowel movements than a good guidebook. and I ain't got no ipad for the toilet use.

stolen shoes? never heard of that happening and really sucks. imagine if that happened miles from the car. Is there a market for stolen crocs? how does one make money from shoes? sorry to hear about the shoes man.

solid f#$king route! great to see that there are big rather unknown adventures out there still.

nice one. real quality on the interwebs!