Toast

The Needles, maybe. I've never climbed there, but I hear it's good for alpine rock. You could make your rounds through the Sierras that way.

I picked up a Kmart special from Second Bounce ten years ago for under $100, and it's worked fine for me. The design is a rip off of a TNF two man, but for a three pole front entry it weighs in at under 5 lbs. It's been up Rainier and a dozen other peaks. Don't feel like you need to blow $500 on a four season tent if you don't need one. They're heavy and overkill for most things in Washington. REI does a good job at ripping off functional designs and offering them for sale at a reasonable price. Aor an all around general purpose tent, the REI Half Dome 2 is a pretty good two person two pole tent that weighs in at 5 lbs and sells for under $200. You can go nicer and lighter if you have the cash to burn.

I'll take a dime bag

I have that one

Yeah, that' the tribute album, good stuff, covers of their hits (if you can call them that.) You dug deep Oly

I want to see her ass

In addition to beating the crowds, you'll want to leave early to beat the softening of the snow when the sun comes out 1.) to make your approach quicker and 2.) to minimize avalanche potential. Consider a 6 AM start somewhere in the range of average to late. In low avalanche conditions you can go up the left hand side of the creek all the way to Source Lake and cut a good half hour off your approach time. The cat track actually crosses over the creek midway, so look for a trail off to your left. That trail actually takes you directly to the avy slope, so use your discretion there. Time to the base of the climb is about 2.5 hours at a brisk pace. We climbed the NE Buttress route with three and two on two ropes in about 10 hours car to car, not particularly fast.

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Damn, that's a long ass drive for a weekend

Klenke's going to feel left out

Good corn in the afternoon

Holy crap, I just wet myself

I thought that was, "like a big pizza pie..."

The trail to the lake will be fine on foot, but you'll want flotation after that.

A snow wallow, but fun stuff

The Hawks didn't win

Welcome Watch this board for Pub Club postings and introduce yourself

was it just me, or were the commercials this year particularly lame?

Keep in mind the Rando is a short rope. It isn't going to leave you much to build a z-pulley haul system with if you or your partner fall into a crevasse. That should definitely be a consideration if you climb Rainier.

Oh, yeah... GO HAWKS!

Donations? C'mon Geek, Allen bought that station with cash. There's a lot of good that's come with it, but KCMU's soul as community based radio was sucked out in the process. While it fights a good fight against the Clear Channel, it's more mainstream than it's ever been. I'm not about to pat paul Allen on the back and thank him for that.

What's a quid... let alone fifty thousand of 'em?

I've had a few questions come up and thought I'd share. This course runs roughly weekly February through May. There are 13 classroom lectures/practicals and six weekend field trips (three of those are overnight.) The actual schedule and list of topics is posted on www.everettmountaineers.org. Yes, this schedule is way more demanding than some of the other programs out there. Each of the Mountaineers branches subscribes to an agreed minimum set of standards in running their Basic Climbing Course. At root, we teach the same fundamentals, but beyond that, each program can be distinctly different in personality. The number of lectures, field trips, class size, student instructor ratio, depth of treatment in topic and scope of what goes beyond the minimum standard can be different. This year, we will probably have 40 to 50 students. That puts us in a similar class in terms of size to the BOALPS and WAC. It's also very different from the 200+ students that will go through the Seattle Mountaineers Basic Climbing Course.

The Evertt Mountaineers Basic Climbing Course begins Tuesday February 7th. This course is run once a year and meets (almost) weekly Tuesday evenings at Cascade Crags. This is a good course if you are looking for a comprehensive introduction to alpine climbing in the Cascades. This year's class is looking intimate at about 30 students registerd so far. More info can be found at www.everettmountaineers.org You can register by calling the main Mountaineers clubhouse at 206-284-8484 or simply walk in the first night. Unfortunately, no late registrations will be accepted after the first night.

I just copied and pasted it off the Goldmyer Hot Springs MSN Group. I suspect it is Dingford Creek. Hey, my second ever