jhamaker

I distincliy remember loose rock on two of the three summits of Olympus. You can get away w/ brining only a small rack of chocks or tri-cams.

Very good chance I could go and for the whole time. I could committ w/ in a wk. I would choose a destination depending on the weather. Would you be interested in Red Rocks instead? What were you planning on doing in the valley? I've been climbing and skiing, oh my, 14 yrs. E-mail me trip ideas, I'll tell you more about myself. jhamaker@operamail.com

See y'all at the Spar for food and drink and drink.

When?

Drive in to Pole Cr. by mid April? Who do I call about road condtions? Definiately do the OR volcanos when covered by snow. Not realy worth the effort otherwise.

August?! Shoot, the snow is the only thing holdng those mountains together. Went to take a look at the N ridge last spring. A bit of a knife edged traverse up to the face - we wanted pickets to protect.

I was not climbig, but I did do some climbing today. Zipper (Gully)- very much in shape. Solo it.

Blue glacier is fun, spend an extra day, relax, and summit all 3 pks.

Instant potato or rice w/ stuff in it. Pad-Thai is not too hard. Diferent linguinini and fetuchini dished.(w/ Angle Hair pasta) Mabey I should re-print my book "The One Pot Gormet". I just hate the marketing.

IMHO all the routes are fun - even on foot (vs skis). If you live below 5kft I would recomend taking 3 days to acclimatize and to practice ice-axe arrest and your crevass rescue skills.

I wanna go for 9 or so days, leaving April 8th ish.Very Low Budget. I wanna climb III's and IV's up to 5.10- free, w/ mabey a few moves, pitches of up to A2. responde to: jhamaker@operamail.com

Ha! You can't get me to tell that easily.

N Cascades continuous rain and photo ops don't mix. You will be lucky to shoot an average of a roll a day.

Who is interested in bringing back the Patrol Race from Snoqualmie Pass to Meany? I would be up to a scout on skiis this month.

A good Coffee Table book: Gaston Rebuffat Mont Blanc to Everest (more poetic in the orig French)

As a former Coug at WSU, I always found that Grover Krantz added some much needed flavor to the "College of the Wheat-fields." One side benefit to having Grover at WSU was that he hired a bigfoot tracker from whom I was able to learn primative survival skills. WSU is definately poorer for the loss of Grover Krantz.

I'll cheque lost and found, thanx for the info.

Seattle! Speak up! When/where are Seattle Basic and Intermediate Climbing field trips?

I vote Engine House 9 on Sixth and Pine. Easy to ryme, easy to find.

Nice Piks! If you want to go back, I would be interested in skiing out to climb the two peaks I missed on my traverse two years ago - Quiver and Ripsaw.

*Still* in revision stage? Will you ever print? My Don Brooks "Washington Rock" is getting a little dog-eared. Give me a reason to up-grade.

Selected Tacoma Branch Field Trips: (Nearly 50 people per day) Spire Rock: April 18, 27&28, and May 2Leavenworth: (Bruce's Boulder/Barney's Rubble) May 18 & 19Castle-Pinnacle Saddle: July 21 &22 Forwarned is forarmed.

Summited 3/1 Sat. w/ Al Menzel It's mostly al been said, so I'll limit this to current conditions. Paradise to Muir: Mixed chalk and boiler-plate. Most parties put crampons on between Pan Pt. and Muir. Lost a randonee ski on the way down. If found contact: jhamaker@onebox.com Muir to 11,000 ft.: hard styrofoam, chalk, packed fluff - much better skiing than below Muir. Gib Ledge: Thousands of ft. of exposure. Snow ramp next to rock mostly intact. One notable section of frozen rock/choss. If you run belays, set up before you find yourself wanting a belay but not having any platform to work off off. Top of Gib Chute: Even more exposure. Styrofoam/mix. Great cramponing. Self belay w/ ice ax shaft as your pick would most certainly not hold your weight. Top of Gib Chute to Summit: Same as above. Strasturgi (sp) sometimes big enough to belay off of/ protect with. Knocked to the ground twice. Had to crawl on hands and knees into the protection of the crater. Views from Baker? to Jefferson. Found the summit register! We were the first entry since 10/4/01! Upper Ingram Gl.: Same as above. Protected one spot while crossing an offset crevass on the steeps. Lower Ingram Gl: Skis would have been fun. Cadaver Gap: Three separate bridged routes from Ingram Gl. to the Gap. Good plunge stepping to the Cowlitz Gl. Last word: Rope up only if you can hold a fall. Crevasses are pretty well bridged over. The likleyhood of a fall off the mountain is much greater than the likelyhood of a fall into a crevasse, though I would not reccommend either.

Chalkstones, thumb to two finger wide.

Did Sean Sears make it up? How are Gib ledges or Ingram Direct?