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That's the back cover of my first venture into publishing, all of about 50 copies out there in the world. Note the thin bamboo bong in the grasp of the center Scumbag. At one point in time it was outfitted with a keeper cord, and wound up fixed on Bong Ledge at Mission Gorge in San Diego.

What size number does it say as compared to modern numbering? Half sizes?

How about you bivy at Sharkfin Col? Adds somewhat to your morning on doing the N Ridge Forbidden, but an East Ledges descent along with some inventive traversing (and perhaps a couple rappels close to Sharkfin) would put you back at camp, and you'd be well set to do Buckner. Odds are you'll have to carry over Buckner. Bonus is that by camping on the far side of Sharkfin Col you can be in the Forbidden Zone rather than Boston Basin Zone and getting a permit will not be a problem, and you won't schlep your bivy gear back and forth across the northern portion of the Boston Glacier. If you're dead set on the N Ridge bivy sites, you could just continue rapping down the NE Face to the glacier.

The Daily Olympian reports the accident to have happened on Condor Buttress.

Damn, it was fairly empty up there despite all you folks being around. We headed up Sunday morning, chatted briefly with a couple about the virtues of hiking poles, hid from the burning orb in Goatboy's now empty campsite, exchanged pleasantries with someone from CBS's party coming down from Sahale, sorry to have missed you Brian . I was sort of surprised to just walk in and get a permit for BB on 4th of July weekend.

Cop was probably freaked, because as I'm sure he's lectured people before, if you run into the back end of the car in front of you its your fault. Some cops are cool, some are real jerks. Kind of like climbers, eh?

That's a wild clip, thanks for posting that.

Great story and wonderful photos, thanks! Looks like a splendid adventure. How about a little annotation on the pictures?

Profile looks right in Ducknut's second shot

Great photos, I always thought that thing on Stuart looked PDH. Thanks for the TR. It would appear you've worked through your fear of trad?

My, how we've missed you!

Depending on the shape, 110 acres can provide a pretty reasonable buffer. Making an income there that will pay your mortgage is an entirely different matter.

Yeah, and now Sleater-Kinney too.

New England in general is not nearly as paved as a Westerner might assume. I've heard JayB's part about resurgance of NE forests before too. All those trees out there are soooo cute, they're just like real trees but smaller. You know, kind of like the mountains.

well, guess I'll know better than to say "Alex, I'll take lowland Canadian geographic history for fifty."

Pretty flat in the 'Wack, innit? Bet there were a lot of trees there 91 years ago.

Are you sure that isn't a picture of a bunch of loggers in BC?

Well! Bill, I believe your razor sharp size whittling may have inspired Nosoup to delete the original gripe!

I'm an indie pop music geek. If I wore glasses, they'd have heavy black frames. Current obsessions include The Evens (playing now), Starlight Mints, and (blush) Spoon. I've come out of the closet as a bass player, I now play in the bedroom. Oh, and I'm a happy tractor operator.

Curious about E Face ledge descent: any snow left on this? On the offhand chance that someone did the E Ridge Direct in rock shoes a few days hence, would they be happy descending this way without boots, axe, or crampons? I assume we're still snowy/gushy enough that one would want boots for travel in the upper bits of Boston Basin... It's still too early for tennie season up there isn't it?

Well, if that's the way you feel, forget about the cragging. There is a little alpine climbing not too far away you know...

Right on, gonna be 10 degrees cooler tomorrow than today also, it's gonna be a great evening.

Well, and walking around uphill from the Nisqually bridge sure beats driving around Renton.

Never mind, looking at photos I think I'm talking through my hat. Found some vintage pics from that side of Adams and it's not a match. Let's get the Hood people in here. The first one, Yocum from the other side (ie image in correct orientation), in summer conditions? shudder.

My first impression is that this is The Castle on Mt Adams. Opinions? Which might mean that this could be looking down the Klikitat or Mazama Glaciers? I don't know my Hood geography that well though, so it might be there rather than on Adams. The previous image was 017, this is 028, which is similar, but reversed. I don't know which is the correct version... Cool old shots. Is some of that the Columbia River in the gorge partially frozen over? Wheehah!