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there is a pretty good thread on cascade footwear that may be helpful for your gear choices.

Mec has been all downhill since they got rid of the serratus line of packs.. I love my genie pack which they no longer make.

thanks. great article. I admit that I am the old school that suffered too many dirt trail miles in plastic boots. I thought I was smarter with lighter leather ice climbing boots. time for a real rethink about that and try some of those options given.

well they could make it less easy to get up the pole? install raging honey badgers ontop every pole? or maybe just a guard(with a leashed honey badger) up and down the cable way. or let it run 24/7?

maybe your shoes are too tight to hike in? why can you not hike in approach shoes? My toes get a bit beat up hiking down with approach shoes. had to buy some alta trail running shoes that have a very large toe box to hike in. first world problem.

2 things to note 1. that person or persons is bold AF 2. there were no counter measures to prevent it from happening again??

I know Robin! did not know she was out there helping. Looks like I need to go spend more time on 3 oclock.

No knowledge but a simple couple of days in bOzeman, but I thought that things were pricey in Bozeman. May be cheaper than here but more expensive than most other Rocky Mountain states. (Other than Colorado) I remember driving through driggs to get to Targhee ski area. Oh that ski area is lovely. My kinda living. wherever you finally land, can I crash on your sofa?

Alright then, back up to the slabbage!

I have never been on it but I did assist with a rescue on the lower pitches. SOme guy pulled off a big block and got pretty beat up by the fall and the block. His partner found us in the parking lot, then he went down to call 911. By the time we got to boston basin, a small heli did a recon. We got to the victim and he was delirious, babbling, not bleeding badly but in bad shape. We had just made the victim and the other partner anchor more secure, when a larger heli swooped in and dropped off their climbing ranger Kelly. She took over and another EMT was lowered, connected the fellow and they flew away dangling below. that was wild to watch. We then walked the other partners back down to thier car and then back up to boston basin. man I had good legs back then.

Please send email to this melinda.posner@parks.wa.gov. Be nice and ask that the private land be bought and included in a state park system.

talking shit on someone's accomplishment thread is a real dick move and better be prepared for talking shit on their talking shit.

All you dads (and moms) who think that their kids "may not be into it" could be very wrong. Kids have a natural tendency to resist whatever parents want. My parent used to drag my sorry ass up hikes in the banff area. But once I was in my 20's and having a hard time, the beauty of the mountains pulled me back and been climbing since. (still think Banff is the center of the universe) Think of this mountain time as seeds that will eventually germinate into something special, maybe not world class alpinists (we don't really want that amount of parental stress anyways) but def better people.

Vertical Limit stole a lot of ideas from High Ice

I wish I climbed something big like south side of hood. really. I do.

in the photo of you in the upper basin, roped up for glacier travel and under a couple of large ice blocks, (6th photo) what do you think they are? are they chucks of cornice that fell down? or crevasse blocks? Seems like a strange place for either.

We did that climb in mid 90’s and I think we used Grajales also. They didn’t serve food back then. That food looks way better than anything I can make at home!

I wonder how many times one would need to climb GNS to call it a el cap day? maybe 20 times? there is a goal right there.

you forgot to mention the approach requirement of less than 10 minutes. downhill or maybe flat, both ways. sounds like a good trip to me.

or your footwork is 16 times better.

I sent some la sportiva shoes to tahoe gripwork and they did some great work with quick turnaround. they only do the La sport shoes though.

Good thing I have a fear of falling. I can count all my lead falls on one hand, I don’t even need a thumb. This makes your advice super easy to follow.

I like seano reactions. keeping it positive!

looks like a fair number of people have climbed it since last major snow storm?

not related to roof rack but some general advice for border crossing coming from an actual border guard I met once 1. always have your hands present at border. I usually keep on hand on steering wheel and other hand on window/door casually. Hiding hands is sign of hiding something else. 2.always look at border agent eyes. avoiding eye contact is another give away of hiding something. 3. just tell the truth. they look for facial signs of lies. you can not act your way out of these tells. 4. be somewhat tidy but not too tidy with gear. Look "normal". this may be your stopping point with diy roof rack but if the rest of the points followed, maybe not a real issue. 5. don't be a jack ass or Funny. duh.