JoshK

And you'll look a lot less stupid too , esp. when you dont break a bone!

Does anybody think this would be a feasable ski tour of the glaciers south of glacier peak?

I have found my new favorite gear sling...a daisy chain. it's light, simple, has lots of loops and serves a secondary purpose if need be. I use a biner around on my back to size it however I like. It might be unconventional, but I've decided it's my new way to go.

Can we create a men's only forum? I guess in that case it would be considered sexist tho

Sorry, thanks. I knew it was some rock that wasn't basalt. This was a 100 class

Nope, you use the car stereo's volume knob but the lower volume you have coming out of the device, the weaker the signal. It's pretty annoying when volume 10 on the radio is quite loud but barely audible when playing the MP3.

I am up for whatever. Just show me the line and I will ride it. I know that I want to get at least one day on the rock though. Hey anybody else able to go up Thursday night early friday morning? I want to make the most of it that weekend. I dont think you'd be intersted in riding the E face coulior on cutthroat unless you dig skiing 75 degree ice and rock The south shoulder approach route, however, is a great ski and makes a nice topping on doing the route.

I also went with the Epic on a Volant coat. I think it is a pretty good fabric choice all and all. I haven't had many problems with moisture getting in during normal conditiosn I would have my down coat on. Obviously I dont wear it during rainfall or something dumb like that.

I admit to generally carrying a few pins on a route that isn't super-common and I can't scrounge up really good beta on. I also admit to placing pins on several different occasions for bailing or rapping off something I didn't mean to get myself up.

yeah and I'll come along and board it... and the NF too maybe? Next time we get corn? I'd love to do the NF up and the white salmon down. Keep me in mind , I have friday->monday off every week.

Do you ski? I've heard the white salmon is a wonderful ski climb. If you wanted to ski it, I would probably be up for partnering up for it.

Learning to navigate with map and compass is esential, there is no excuse not to know how. But, with that said, those who deny the usefullness of a GPS (or even an altimiter) are just being stupid. If cost wasn't an issue, it would be ridiculous not to carry one when the weather good go bad. yes, you can do everything you can with a GPS by simply knowing how to read a map and use a compass but the GPS is great for moving fast when you cant see shit. The ability to simply look at it and follow an arrow is pretty idiot-proof. The better GPSs with topo maps are amazing, I have used them to navigate to a specific location (small pass, col, etc.) in a whiteout. As for battery life i Have a set of rechargable AAs that I use with it. My GPS will last an entire day of being on with one set. I generally dont have it on that long of course. I carry one extra set on most trips and I am always covered. Maybe its the geek factor but I often carry mine even during good weather just for the fun factor of tracking various things.

It also encompossed several economic downturns and recessions. I wonder what the numbers from 1990 to 2000 would look like? The numbers back up the obvious fact that the rich get richer while the poor get poor. More money and power gets you even more of both, while lack of them just gets you fucked even harder. What is amazing is the way the republicans are able to fool a good % of the middle class into believing their economic and tax strategies will actually benifit them, rather than the uber-rich.

Sounds like a great time. I'd be up for the E face coulior route on cutthroat if conditions cooperate and it seems like it might be good if anybody is interested in doing it with me. I did it last year and it was a good time. Combine that with the sweet ski of cutthroat's south shoulder and it makes for a pretty good day.

I'll throw in a vote for the ascension glidelites; the ones with the cow patterned print. I got them cause nothing else in the width I wanted was available and I really like them. It's a good connection system (similar to G3 I think) and they seem to climb well. I also had a pair of BCA low fats and they definitely were lighter. I didn't use them for long but they seemed to work fine if you are interested in saving some weight. I heard some bad things about the glue on the G3s, any one know about this? Also, for the G3 users...how can they climb well? The feel of the hairs going against the grain doesn't feel nearly as pronounced as on the Ascension or BCA skins...do they still climb the same?

Gib ledges looks like a walkup right now.

Dave, the spider glacier is neat, but I think it would only be worth it to go further. There is a tour described for northstar mountain...this would be a great tour. The lyman glacier snowfield on the other side of spider gap is a fantastic descent and the tour across the lyman lakes would be awesome.

Good suggestions so far. I've been up Snowking...it would make an awesome tour. I actually tried to fit in this winter but kept finding other things to do. Ruth Mountain is awesome and the views are spectacular On Glacier Peak, frostbite ridge is very skiable, and a much better tour than the shitkum (standard route), IMHO. The sitkum is a fun ski but not super exciting and the steep trail down from boulder basin isn't so fun. I think kennedy ridge (the way to frostbite) is more enjoyable. The area I was in a week or so ago off the twin lakes trail north of shuksan is great too. Tomyhoi is the well known peak (the south side of it) but there is lots of much better stuff in the area. You could tour for days in there. On tour I was thinking of is up the south side of Tomyhoi, down the north face (Dru posted a picture of this), up Larrabee, down to the saddle, up winchester, down winchester and out. That tour would give you a couple of real nice moderatley difficult skis and some great touring terrain.

Now *that* is bizzare.

I think she is right. I feel bad for you people who live in paranoia and fear. You like in Portland, OR not a Kurdish village in Iraq. I'm thinking the chances of you getting gassed in such a way that your home gasmask is going to save you is about as likely as a band of mormon school children invading your neighborhood and executing everyone.

Ha! The French are idiots.

Nope, it is a B.C. problem. More auto thefts here than any other place in N.A. because of the meth/ drug problem. That is what most people there seemed to indicated. One dude said he lived where you do, in langley, and I guess it is the stolen car capitol of canada?

sweet! It's mine! Glad you found it!