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well that ushba information from the Lyon Equipment tests is alarming to read.

I assumed this was toproped soloing. Since I clearly did not read the initial post closely

That area has a history of getting people in big trouble, injured, or dead. It will be a very dangerous evac.

Well we were put in our place when we ran into a guy in the impasse doing it solo 24 hr car-to-car. Makes me sick thinking about it.

anything on the south side of Mt. Jefferson. OR

I was the only cc.com'r in the group but the others are lurking here from time to time. We took four days: 1) TH to US Cabin Camp (we went past the turn to the river, came back in the morning) 2) US Cabin to Perfect Pass (via the impasse at the shoulder of Whatcom) 3) Perfect Pass to summit, bushwack back down around impasse to a ways above the impasse in the last heather before snow on easy ridge. 4) Out to TH

Wy'East, Mt. Hood (prob. because the 3 times I've been on it have been totally bad conditions)

Yeah, near Copper Creek. I think the other group you met was probably Toast's crew. Apparently they had some bad luck with weather at perfect pass.

bbq the pope

you might consider the ushba basic ascender if you are looking for a lightweight alternative. It has no teeth and slides smoothly.

Hey we may have crossed paths, we were coming out of Challenger on Sat via Hannegan. I'd go for a summit of Whatcom and traverse to the pass next time. The impasse was relatively painless but a bit tenuous getting down from the ledges through some touchy choss to the snow. Any moisture on the sloping stuff in there would make it quite hazardous. We came out by skirting the impasse way on skier's left in the trees to avoid the cliffed-out areas and grunted back up to the base of the impasse. After trying both, the impasse seems like the better of two evils. It seems like the difficulty of crossing it would fluctuate wildly depending on how much snow is in the gulley. The Whatcom approach is tempting just to avoid this decision.

if no one is there to experience the gas, did it really happen?

even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day

didja know the human body completes a full cell recycle every 7 years? you're literally looking at a brand-new person at your high school reunion

hope you like drinking alone! there's like 4 of 'em on the entire board.

hmm, I detect mazamas...bring a backup helmet!

point him to this thread?

I love how you refer to them as "the poop threads" as if they are like picasso's blue period or something

the name reeks of eau d'avatar

hence my question mark

no WAY!

shocked, you say?

the question on everyones' minds is this: is the guy(?) behind him wearing any shorts?

I was so close to using that photo

maybe those could count as freethrows? simmons photography is like shooting fish in a barrel