JoshK

It'll be sunny on the 4th, but Rainer will erupt.

Thank you both for the links. RIP William Thompson.

Yup. We built a giant hut and blazed 3 ounzes of green after our retreat. Everybody on that side of the mountain was fucked out of their heads. It was glorious.

At least they missed that bouldering mat and left it nice and clean.

beautiful photo!!

Sounds like a great way to stumble on choss and hurt yourself while sleep-walking.

The route was definitely steep above where I stopped. I was telling Eric that sitting below and watching him climb above was more intense than actually climbing. The glacier forms a big bowl so that I could hear every step he kicked and every time he planted his axe. It was an interesting vantage point! I would definitely like to return some day again. It was a surprisingly cool and rugged mountain in the middle of an otherwise bland forested section of the Oregon Cascades. The most amazing thing was the size of the tree wells and the gaping holes above the slowly melting out creeks. There is still 20 feet of snow up there in places. Pretty amazing...

Nice climb, guys!! :brew:

One of my favorite summit-less trips. The advanced foot protection and maintenance began as soon as I got home last night so I should be able to remain viable this week. BTW, those 3 cigs I bummed for the drive home were the only thing that got me there alive.

Good ol' FW. Nothing but typical assumptions and misguided insults against "the youth", piled on top of common FOX news rhetoric and a clear lack of reality. Maybe if people realized that "doing what they can" is a lot better than doing nothing. Of course, with FW's take, doing anything without pushing it to the extreme means you are a hypocrite. You should always realize, fW, that electricity consumption can't be weighed directly against fossil fuel impact. The % of power in Seattle, for example, is going to be generated by a good deal more renewables than, say, LA. Your arguements are always completely over simplified and do little more than illustrate a bitter streak and chip on your shoulder you have exhibited since I first visited this board. Exactly WHAT did the world do to you to make you the bitter man you are?

Wow, that transition from snow to rock looks totally different than it did when I climbed Whitehorse in a normal snow year. I had to waddle/crawl myself up on to the rock, but it was all of 3 feet. It looks real nasty now.

Does this route couloir route on colchuck make for a good solo? it's been a few years since i've looked up that peak from the colchuck lake side. thanks, -josh

NICE!!!

Dragontail in a day is more effort/vert than most any of the 14ers. Aasgard pass and the small glacier above it are also more "technical" than anything you'll find on the 14ers, by and large. The only aspect that you may find harder is the thinner air, but for somebody in shape, you'll acclimate quickly. Just drink lots of water as you hike, and try to summit at noon or not too much later - afternoon t-storms are the biggest objective danger.

Still open to only mp19 according to the latest on the MBS NF web site.

billbob, that's a great story.

Boulder Canyon is also a great area to crag at. Take US36 from Denver to Boulder, turn left when you get to Canyon St. and drive through town a few blocks. Past the courthouse area (on 9th I think?) the road enters in to Boulder Canyon. Enjoy the scenery, drive for a few quick miles, and you'll see climbs all around you. The rock is sticky, easy to climb, and as I recall, protects well. Any of the 14ers remotely near to Denver will be snow climbs/slogs of some sort. They aren't very "mountainous" compared to here, but you'll get a great workout and some nice views. Just remember to drink a LOT of water, that's the main thing that will slow you down on the 14ers. One 14er hike I really enjoyed was Mount of the Holy Cross. I ascended from whatever the standard trail is and walked the "Halo Ridge" around the cirque, summited then dropped down the other side, climbed back up to the pass (ugh) and out the trail again. It was a long day but I thought the scenery was great and the long traverse around the easy ridge (it's a walker) gave the day a nice alpine feel.

Ack. I remember this, it was the suck. Red blood on yellow goretex. I was coming down from the false summit of Stuart, heading towards one of the dusty ditches for our descent, wearing tennis shoes and sporting a lightweight axe. I got impatient being careful and tried to speed up a bit and my tennis shoes slipped on the soft, slick snow. (Go figure) My axe didn't do shit in the mush and I took a 100 foot or so ride in to some rocks. I stopped without getting hurt, possibly due to slowing myself down a small amount with the axe. It shook me up more than anything, and kicked off an epic descent down the wrong coulior. We arrived at the car near 4am, and I was able to drive us 3 or 4 miles tops before I had to stop due to exhaustion - I was seeing shit.

Thanks alot, for some reason the NWAC reports weren't loading for me earlier and I could only find one for a week ago I was thinking it would be a bit more sketchy than I would be comfortable with. Maybe there are some mid-elevation areas around Snoq Pass that still hold good skiing...

N ridge, eldorado, trying to go the "cool" way instead of the logical way. maybe 8 feet tops, #3 blue camalot, held perfect in a perfect fat crack.

I was thinking about heading up Ruth Creek (near Mt. Shuksan) tomorrow. I know the steep sides of this valley are a slide risk, so I'm wary of tomorrow's warming after the recent snow. It seems the snow was heaviest further south however. Has anybody been near enough to make an educated guess on what I might find? With how much $$ it costs just to drive somewhere, i'm trying to avoid burning gas just to go somewhere and turn around.

Damn, I only wish I could sail around the world for how little it costs (relatively) to bolt! Raise the main sail and bring me a !

FYI, this story is now linked on the CNN website's front page.

Walking in to a snowstorm unprepared is not challenging one's self. I absolutely feel for the friends and familiy of the survivors and the victim, but this *is* a climbing site and it's hard to avoid commenting on a news service's typical misrepresentation. It doesn't seem productive to lead people to believe that accidents such as this occur despite "experience." Granted, I have no clue what actually occured, but every sign available to climbers/hikers, experienced or not, indicated unusually severe weather was basically guaranteed.

Anybody planning on or interested in getting out tomorrow or Thursday? After getting in some great skiing this weekend I'd like to make some more turns and it looks like the weather may cooperate. -j