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She will run as an independent.

My mistake. I belong to Seattle Mountain Rescue. We were not called. Skagit Mountain Rescue may have been equally involved.

Idiot kayakers? Sheesh. Should they be required to wear MLU's

BMRC was the primary responder on this search.

Seriously, I do appreciate your post. Just thought I should add that.....

Pussy. Just kidding. Thanks for sharing that tooth chattering experience so we can learn from your purposeful mistakes. I also noticed that you are both using one pad on sub-freezing snow. That may have been a major heat loss avenue for you as well.

Shitheads.

Anyone have a back lot, back 40, hidden alcove or empty lot I can store my rusty old boat trailer in for the summer? I will buy you a case of beer of your choice.

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Yes. Now that you mention it, they are NOT identical.

I love my Cobras.

Still no word.

Yes. Each SAR unit has a 4x4 team, a snowmobile team, and a Mountain team. I do not know the name of the Whatcom County Sheriffs Office SAR person. But as a member of Seattle Mountain Rescue, I know there is one. "Bellingham Mountain Rescue volunteers and the group Snowmobile Volunteers plan to search the area in the lower Coleman Glacier. Skagit Mountain Rescue will also search the east side of the mountain in case Lafleur went into the Baker Lake area." It is a VERY well organized SAR group and we freely call each other for help. We are volunteers but we spend a lot of time training. After climbing for 35+ years and then going through their training, I was VERY impressed with everyone I worked with and would be very comforted knowing they were looking for me or a loved one.

I have seen a number of rattlers in Icicle. I am always very careful about jumping down to a spot that might be in front of a snake.

The approach gulley throws a lot of people. You will want to rope up for it. Start at the tree in the notch and follow the narrow ramp to the bolt. Then go straight up through the "obvious" cracks and chimneys. AplineFox and I did it a few years ago and finished with a traverse of the ridge to the top of OuterSpace. That was fun too.

Countdown to FW's post discrediting this as having no proof and we are all a bunch of leftist whacko's. 3,2,1....

Thanks, Would you mind packing a crowbar up there too?

Hmmmm. There was a lot of scemeing going on there. I'll remember that. Nice TR and pics.

I sent that one to my fiance. Haven't heard back yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Instant Battle

The walkoff is not bad if you take tennis shoes. Be kind and haul them through the chimney pitch for her. I took my brother and his wife up the climb 10 years ago. She had never climbed anything. She enjoyed it but is still not into climbing.

The American Alpine Club publishes Accidents in North American Mountaineering (abbreviated throughout this site as ANAM) annually. It's a highly informative read of the accounts of incidents, with analysis and comment. In the appendeces, the statistical tables categorize the myriad ways that people got the chop. You can find ANAM in your local library, or order it online from any number of book suppliers. Many years ago I read in this journal, or one like it, that 75% of all "climbing" accidents occur during the descent.

Right ON! My office suddenly seems more confining.

Cool. You got onit.

So let me get this straight. You are advocating eliminating all police forces in the US? Or are you saying you are going to become a Police officer and show us all how easy the job is? Or is it just that you have issues with authority figures?