skyclimb

Anyone out there have the south col bivy made by integral designs?? Curious how well this would weather blizzards, and the harshest high mountain weather can dish out? Read great reviews, but who knows how hard they are really testing the shit!

I got a three season interchangable four season tent now. It really is a bummer, cause the rainier is fucking nice. Such as life though. Sad to sell it, but need money for chili and noodles. Nick

Eureka's rainier model tent. 2 Person tent, only used once in the olympic peninsula in winter. Worked great, but needed to move up to 4 season tent. Retail is at the cheapest 140.00. I will sell for 90$. 1 time of moderate 2 day use. Nick

Approach from the town of grainau, and head up towards elbsee lake. From there head to the climbing trail hochtorlenhutte. This switches back up the mountain. An then stops: thus the climbing begins. I don't know routes or grades for that matter. Limestone,avy is high in winter,blah blah fucking blah..............

glacier basin, Emmons flats,summit.

June 10th-14th. Lets go!!!!! Need ropemates!!!!

also very easy to hitch on this highway!

52 miles out and back. Most prefer to do a shuttle. This is still a 26 mile ride. Park one car at the ranger station on 126, and another at fish lakes 26 miles up 126.

Snowshoes are a must. Fence sitter and myself took turns making trail in snowshoes. However fence mainly took honors! Thank god. Without some form of flotation you b fucked. Check the freezing levels. If it has gotten really cold this week(doubtful) then it may be hardened up.

In your opinions what are the best pair for the money. Obviously some pairs fit better than others, but as far as lens and durability goes what is your choice??

i like fuck-ing with english.. and teachers pretty tricky oh

mckenzie river trail! did it yesterday. Trail is wet enough right now that it is running fast. Sick shuttle ranger station to clear lake. Highly recommended!

Just a punk

wholly fuck. That is sick.

sux, don't do it!

Was that your rope team of four coming up the escalator hill to black buttes at 2:00 sat. morning?? I was dude on snowshoes coming down from snowcave!

in all seriousness, bears come out fo hibernation, and claw at certain types of trees to get at the sugars contained in the pulp of the tree. However they usually go for pine trees, and softer smaller trees. Not cedar! Pretty crazy

you speed ballin again? Why play on the swings when you can play in the tree

I found the solution. I picked up a Kelty Alpine for 65$ at cost-co. Took it to a local outdoor taloring place, and am having them sow crampon patch, shoc cord, and self attaching velcro on for crampons and tools. They are charging me 40 dollars for this. So for 105 dollars i am getting a customized pack, that suits all the problems i had before. The hardest part was resigning myself to eating chili,beans and noodles for another month and a half to pay for it.

Conditions are perfect. Snow is amazing. Avy is low. Winds were low(60mph), and the sun was out. Now is the time for the ridge routes on this mountian. I would suggest either casaval or green butte/sargents. not long for sargents though. YEAH!

hell yeah! Just got back from the casaval ridge on shasta. Ready to climb again. PM me.

Damn, innovation,innovation,innovation.

If its the pack posted above i best shoot myself in the fucking head before i go, or just don't take crampons at all cause with a pack like that i am bound to eat shit anyways.

The pack that is posted is not the pack i have. My version is about 6-7 years old. However your responses do answer my questions. Firstly the idea of a bleach bottle or something of the like is great. Secondly i have realized that with my old hinged crampons it would be far to wobbly to attach them to the outside. So i will continue to pack them carefully inside. Also a cloth is a good idea, but i hate to take any extra weight. Although it is not much it hurts me mentally. The nice thing about hinged is when not in use they fold on themselves, so the points when matched up closely aren't to big a threat. Scary with that life saving down sitting right under them though!!

check out the climber written guide CITY OF ROCKS IDAHO by Dave Bingham. There are some great routes such as Delay of Game 5.8, Too much fun 5.8 175 ft. Rain Dance 5.7 170 ft, and of course the fucking shit Cruel Shoes 3 pitch 5.6/5.7. Have a great trip!!