Highlander

They must be using performance enhancing horsecock

Just learn from my mistake and stay high on the approach. Do not get sucked into heading down into the valley early or you will be hating life. I am thinking of doing the NR of Stuart soon, let me know if your interested.

Stay high, towards the Shuksan Arm, then drop down via the snow finger if its still there. Be careful on the face, its been quite warm (high freezing levels) and conditions could be slushy. We took a separate set of clothes for the bushwack that worked nicely. Enjoy, its an awsome route.

No worries, Fred's a ropegun

Thanks red, I will stay clear of him

Who was this guy, so I make sure I don't climb with him.

You can be in the Basin in 2 to 3 hours or faster if your hauling ass. I would take an axe for the snow ramp up to Sharkfin. Crampons might be a good idea depending on snow conditions. It can be firm in the morning.

To quote Arnold, "I'll be back". Hopefully in a couple of weeks. In the meantime

Lets crag there Thursday.

only done the stanley/burgner route and it was good. heard the beckey/davis route is good. go checkem out.

still would like to climb today

is the only one I know of, but its for exit 38 [ 07-10-2002, 08:33 AM: Message edited by: Highlander ]

Anybody want to crag at Index on Wednesday.

check your pm's

I am aginst snafflehound breeding. There are plenty of good snafflehounds in the wild that you can adopt for free. They need good homes too!

If your going to do it in a day, you must be one fit muther. IT is just over 10 miles with something like 7,000 ft of elevation gain, then you have to hike out. Depending on which South Face route you do. You can start either one with the Becky Chimney start, no pro for like 30 ft but enjoyable 5.8. The next to last pitch on the Stanley/Burgner route is a real thrutch 5.9, but protects well. There is a fixed pin and a knotted sling. The top were it pinches off is difficult. Ratings feel right on. If you are a sound on 5.9 chimneys you won't have any problems. You will die in the chimneys! [ 07-08-2002, 10:21 PM: Message edited by: Highlander ]

For sale, Black Diamond Black Prophet Straight, Hammer (non carbon fiber)Never Been used. $100

check yours

My partner just bailed on a climb on Forbidden Peak . I would like to salvage the weekend by doing some cragging in L'worth or a moderate alpine route. If interested send me a pm or e-mail.

study.......study..........study

Your rope was awsome. I will bring it by tomorrow. I do not how hard I could climb though, my body is a train wreck today.

Greg, sorry to say there was no use of performance enhancing horsecock on this climb, only GU and cliff bars. We did see where a bear took a big shit in the woods. [ 07-03-2002, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: Highlander ]

Climbed the North Face of Shuksan 7/2 with Jens K. We climbed it from the car in 18 hours straight starting just after midnight. The bushwack approach was a major pain and took us almost 4 hours to get down to the valley on snow. The North Face was in excellent shape, perfect snow conditions made for great cramponing. The Summit Pyramid had hard neve which was a lot of fun. By the time we were decending the Sun was in full effect and made for good plunge stepping. We decended the White Salmon Glacier. Glaciers were good shape, signs that they are starting to open up. On the way out we took a differnet line, we went further down the valley with some bush wacking and began to ascend the ridge just right of the large clear cut in a section of large Timber. The bushwaking conditions were much better and cut our time almost in half from the approach. This is a great route and a lot fun, but be prepared for some major bushwaking. [ 07-03-2002, 07:29 PM: Message edited by: Highlander ]

That was one heinous dam crossing , so refreshing. BE ware of the all the windfall, and watch out for snafflehounds there everywhere.

Greg, you should start a stat page for Larson. Including the # of attempts and the causes of their failures (ie. not enough Diamox)