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if you scroll down this page fast enough it's actually a motion picture.

I always got a kick out of hanfords youth soccer team "The Bombers" (complete with mushroom cloud on the jersey)

hah, patrick had to slog so far up the hill from where he was dropped, he was dying when he reached the scene trying to drag the jp (large chunk of metal) up the hill. always fun to be whisked from 0 to 9100' and start working out. nice pictures tex

I'm sorry, I didn't realize the evacuation of that area was unnecessary. I'll book my next vacation there.

she's out of her skull going in there

well aren't you the handyman

pulling wet skinny ropes through webbing after a double rope rappel will make you leave leaver biners behind in the future.

this stuff is hilarious

well if we're going to revive old threads, I recommend a mountain bike for this one.

outkast

that photo of sharma on heresy in the new book is hilarious!

yeah cinn. slab. A large piece for the second pitch might make things more comfortable (largest hex for example) There is also Sky Chimney, multipitch 5.7 and Sky Ridge (5.8 bolts to 5.7 trad traverse).

lion's jaw is 5.8 and moonshine dihedral isn't a hard 5.9 with great pro first pitch of clingon is 5.8 over by snake rock.

classic cc.com material. I'll see if I can work in some angle about how the bush admin is responsible for the new heel piece on the sabertooths.

I really like the BD sabertooths. The secondary points make very secure feet on moderate snow and ice routes like those found in the cascades. They can also handle the steeps well too. I really dislike the new heel adjustment system they use, however. The screw in the back has been replaced by a silly plastic spacer that you move above or below the hinge to adjust half sizes. I can never get it quite right for one of my ski boots, and I'm constantly adjusting them for leathers and ski boots. The sabertooth with the charlet-moser s12 heel piece would be really nice. I don't think you can go wrong with one of the brands listed above, they're all very good. I think it's funny that someone has to badmouth a product like that, as if it's a philosophy or something. Almost as funny as the people who put climbing company stickers on their cars. I would recommend a steel crampon first. They are much more durable and multipurpose in my opinion.

Ryland - I'm not sure where they fell from, though they said they were climbing Castle Crags. There is a ramp below the pinnacles up there which might be where they were. Needless to say, it was a long fall. dmuja1 - It's unclear if they had pro in or not. At least one screw was picked up in the debris strewn across the headwall. Unfortunately, Mt. Hood is not known for solid screws and most ice is rime ice - often only protectable by slings and pickets used in unusual ways, or weaving the rope through the ice. It was also hot up there. Perhaps they were balling up a bit and that contributed to a slip. Perhaps it is inappropriate to rope up w/o pro in many places, but sometimes you just wind up in that situation. I don't know if that was the case here. Sometimes s. happens.

The two people were actually in the same group. I was skiing down from the summit and decided to head over to check out Illumination Saddle. I saw two people lying on the reid glacier, and then they started shouting for help. The rescue started from there. They were climbing Castle Crags. They are lucky to be alive after the fall they took.

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Not sure, I'd pack an extra lunch just in case.

it is terrifying that everything anyone says on here is part of the permanent record.

wow, it is still rocking up there. Average in the 30's, peaks in the 40's straight out of the east. Funky.

I would be scouting the bergschrund a bit at this point. It is becoming an obstacle to consider for skiers.

you got catbirdseat all excited when he mistook your subject line as "jenga"

I heard some lady at my office musing about getting an escalade yesterday, her gmc jimmy is just too small. Seems like some people either have no clue about the economic environment around them, or they are simply willing to pay over $40/week to drive an overpriced, underperforming piece of junk.

It's not about damage to the ecosystem. It is about people don't want to look at your crap you leave behind in the wilderness. Like all that trash on everest. It doesn't damage the ecosystem, but it is an unacceptable and insulting eyesore.