EJohnson

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The only heard of three routes; up a gully on the north west side of the Butte to a notch just south of the summit(class 3) 2nd one was approaching from the Pratt River on the East side and third is in the Beckey Book. I wonder if there is undocumented Pete Doorish route on the Butte??? Erick

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I agree with Zoroastr. The summit pyramid is short, only 400 feet or so. Also, its a easy day hike no need to make it a two dayer. Have fun, great views up there Erick

I think the foreground hump is Burnboot Pk. 6480 on old USGS maps Erick

Alasdair, Where do you cross the barrier at?

John took those with Canon Powershot SD200. That was our first trip to the Pickets, the views. Its kind of a shame that we only spent a few hours in such alpine splendor, but I won't want carry over-night gear up that trail. Erick

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Everything was great, we went up the couloir, climbed the east ridge. See MCash & Co TR Sherpa TR Then it went all down hill after that. Here we are, standing on the summit and its 6pm. I forgot my headlamp; John's batteries are dead in his. We both knew we are going have to spend a night without a sleeping bag or any kind of shelter. I just wanted to get down low, in the trees, before dark. We rapped and down climbed the East Ridge and scrambled down South towards Ingalls Creek. We found a cave in the boulder field, filled the floor with pine tree branches and crawled in. The night consisted of, brief periods of sleep, interrupted by violent shivering. First light, we crawled out and hiked toward Sherpa Pass and out.

Water Test The fabric on the tongue is starting to unravel too

So after a third trip with new Trango boots and wet feet. I’m starting to get a little pissed about paying $250 for Gore-tex boots that don’t keep my feet dry. I decided to do a home test of waterproofness of the boots. I placed the boots in sink with water level right below the second lace loop. After 30 min, the lining is wet and I have a puddle on the foot bed. I’m thinking about writing to La Sportiva about the problem. What do you guys think? I’m asking for to much? Suggestions please? Erick

They can be resoled, according to there web site. When that time comes, I like to see if they can resoled with something stiffer. Like what came on the Trango Ice. Erick

Good TR -

Good Job Guys!. John Cain & I did that route last Sunday. Martin, we run into you guys last year on Argonaut.

Same here, Gore-tex was the only resason why I went with these instead of the older version. I wish I would have bought boots at REI so I could return them. Second Ascent has whole bunch of the older version for $160. Erick

Last week I picked up a pair to replace my dying Trango Ice. I got in two outing with the new boots, one was moderately-steep NE couloir on Sherpa & the other was a hike up Daniel. The boots are very comfortable right out of the box. They hike well, climb snow good and rock even better. Couple of problems I do have with the boots are; Waterproofness & longevity During both hikes I was wearing gaiters and I literally rung out my socks. I'm doubting there is goretex liner in boots. Longevity issue has to do with the soles. The rubber is soft and is already showing visable ware. I might get two seasons before replacing. up for comfort & down for waterproofness Erick

The blue diamond is a waypoint from my GPS. It was a couple of years ago, but what I remember its at a bottom of a left trending gully. Erick