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It's not always a bad thing. There are never any climbers out there (at least compared to spring and fall and summer), shoes stick well, and the weather can be spectacular. Enjoy!

FIVE pairs might be somewhat redundant, etc, but having, say three, pairs of shoes might help. Once you start climbing hard stuff, shoes might make a difference. Then again, I'm talking out of my ass since I'm the guy who used to climb everything in Aces. They died, and Thinkmountain.com hasn't sent me new ones yet. I'd say for the vast majority of climbing, one or two pairs of shoes will cover it.

Logging trucks can go 101?

Ultramarathons? Maybe Twight has some suggestions. Is it legal to use a bike on the trail?

Windchill doesn't count, because who ever heard of ice forming because wind cooled water? Besides, I am over here in the tropical PNW, where 25 is COLD, especially this year. Enjoy your ice, it gives you a reason to be smug.

IT'S GETTING COLDER!!!! At No-Snoqualmie pass, lows near 25, highs near freezing! Maybe we'll get some winter after all!!!

Go newmatic. I don't think there is a difference in performace, and the newmatic is more reliable and versatile.

Anybody who gets to go to Hyalite is a lucky bastard. You can quote me on that.

Homework. Maybe I'll file my tools and dream about ice too.

This can't that complicated...there's no ICE. If there's no ice, I can't climb ice.

Isn't the point of AT boots that any crampon will fit on them? I'm guessing that any newmatic crampon will fit.

Huh? There's no snow, no ice, no cold, no sun, no warm, only 50 degree RAIN!!!!!!!!!!! What is there to enjoy? The rain and relatively warm temps??? This sucks! I haven't swung my tools in two weeks!

Contact Jim Beyer, have a hardman discussion. I suspect crampons and tools might be the best gear to climb the mud curtains.

It's okay Ct. Caveman, oops, I mean TRASK, geeks climb pretty well. And it's DUCT TAPE, so of course it holds up well.

DFA climbs? I thought he only posts about thinking about writing about climbing.

Something like that . You sound like DFA, with the "detective work" quip.

GENIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! This explains EVERYTHINGGGG!!!!!!!

Yup, Ct. Caveman=Rayborbon=ray borbon=mike adamson=Trask. Right?

Everyone ALREADY knows Trask=Caveman.

The photos were cool, but the 'article' was despicable. And did anybody read the editorial about european .coms? It was pretty hilarious. The guy's arguments were at best irrelevant and at worst outright lies. The guy never took ECON 200 when we was in college.

Hey, c'mon, it's just Trask. Cut him some slack. Can't you be merciful?

What's your point, DFA? Has the government fucked you back yet?

How about stories about climbs and trips that the author actually experienced? Matt Samet's article on Eldo was good, the article on Chamonix was good, Twight on Denali was good, but the "photo essays" of Graham, Parady, and Kinder and their drivel from their several-week long roadtrip was LAME.

Sounds good.

I don't want to argue for eight pages, and I see your point, but in certain cases, (see above), wouldn't capital punishment be justified? How would you suggest containing such criminals?