leejams

North Cascades all the way, oh yeah a little of this watching the sunset tommorrow

Found some ski poles at Boston basin. Could they be your's?

That sounds good in weather like we are having now. However, with a down bag will that keep out the melting snow,bivvys sights with a small pond in them, slugs etc... I do like the siltarp though just wondering how many seasons you can go with that idea?

Nope. Was Mt. Berge named after the fellow who died on Mt. Baring? I don't have my Beckey books with me to check. Here's a big hint on the first question. Both peaks were named by the Ptarmigan climbing club. Pretty sure it was named after that fellow. Anyhow I think of that dude every time I pass under those peaks buck/berge. Pretty cool to have a peak named after you.

What about Mt. Berge? Was that the original name?

Good point, coming back from SEWS this spring and I think around mid may we noticed Jack with perfect snow fingers bottom to top. We commented to come back at this time next year and get that one.

Possibly related to a miner who had 3 fingers at the time?? And named Jack.

Hey I will go,but wait a minute I gotta work

I was with that school of thought myself for many years (not 30 years though ) However, borrowed one awhile back from JoshK on a trip and became instantly convinced. A.) I sleep better alone. B.) it adds a bit of warmth to the lighter bag. C.) Last Friday night I just went with the sleeping bag aproach, woke up and in half sleep grabbed something on my face and a big ass slug Freakin gave me the willy's.

All good points, thanks for the input. Sounds like cheap and light are the way to go. Seem to never find any of em on sale though

Correct. I was browsing through the beckey guide and thought that was wierd. Plus I am a bit bored.

Nope, good answer though.

Wondering what everyone else uses and likes/dislikes. Also can't make up my mind to go with a bomber type bivvy sack, or a cheaper bivvy sack with tarp?

Who knows which part of the cascades have names from the lord of the rings?

OOPS, were we supposed to have a permit besides the parking thing? Ran into the ranger on the way out and he didn't ask us for one.

RM, yepper that would be Tom that asked how much you weighed in at. Did you notice that he is a bit heavier than me and I let him go first Was that an awesome climb or what? We saw that avvie as well coming down and just amazing. Seemed like the crevasses ate up all the debris as I would have thought it would have made it to the lake.

way to go flatlander. Stupid ? but do you live near waynesville MO? Just wondering as I got a tatoo from that town years ago. Anyhow did the half stuart couple weeks ago and forbidden yesterday. In town again give me a shout as I am always looking to hook up on weekends.

Climbed this awesome rte on Saturday with Alpinetom. Drove up Friday night arriving at the trailhead by midnight to get an early start by 6ish which we figured to be plenty of time. Real good beta here, DON'T bivvy here as climbing party's are getting up by 2 a.m. and on. We finally gave up on getting any sleep and by 5:45 were on our way with about 2-3 hrs sleep for us This was the first time for me to be in Boston basin and amazed at the many different zones you go through on this trip. A green zone at the bottom,timber zone, then opens up to the basin and amazing green meadows with wildflowers everywhere, then onto the glacier zone, a short steep snow couloir and onto the granite zone to the summit. A very fun climb, we soloed the entire rte up and down except the 2 pitch's in the middle that we put a couple pieces in going up, and rapped these 2 pitches coming down. I think 2 light 30M ropes would be perfect for this rte. Downclimbing the couloir was the best option and great for frontpointing. We noticed going down that the couloir during the day had actually split into 2 parts now and will be quite interesting in a week or so. Got sidetracked in the avvie debris and was so frustrating and good to see our park fee's that we pay at good work here! This rte rocks and of course now scoped out a bunch more climbs in the area to do.

Lunch with Dan the man.

Okay reading the original post you would be correct and willis wall should go under the thread of tough rt's not peaks.

Willis wall get's my vote.

Why would a person do that? A dare? Trying to fix something? Hope you didn't lose to much of your finger.

That sounds all to familiar

Wayne there is not doubt in my mind you now have Josh's undevided attention.

Please tell me you are kidding, Lee. I think it's like 2 drainages away. ACross big creek, then across railroad creek. main, that would be seriously burly for a day. That's one I'm willing to say is downright impossible...not bonanza in a day, but all 4 9000s in the area. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE