Blake

Has anyone tried to fight a ticket received from the NPS that they got for not having an overnight sleeping permit in the park? If so, how did it worK and what did you do? I'd rather not spend this thread fighting over if we should get the overnight passes or not. Secondly, a few months ago there was a thread in Spray which listed all the various fees we are forced to pay to park and access different places, including some kind of Oregon Coast fee. I could not find this by searching, but does anyone else know where this post went?

WC's new passive pro are lighter than anything else out there, but nearly $12 each! Anyone see themselves getting a set for alpine, in addition to whatever they use already? http://www.gearexpress.biz/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=G&Product_Code=9320

Shuksan is visible from some spots in Seattle, including the admiralty way viewpoint.

looks quite rainy.

Check your PMs Wirlwind.

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I'm not expert of Index history, but is it agreed that Skinner "easily" climbed city park once the grease was burnt out?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/219792_townwall14.html Couple of cc.commies quoted...

I've got a petzl Ecrin rock, but it's at the heavy end of things. Does anyone have a favorite helmet that will work for alpine climbs, and weighs at least a few ounces less? Obviously it should still protect my noggin from falling choss my partners try and kick down on me.

Yeah, but imagine if someone tried to mess with it. A whole mob of angry climbers would beat them up with slung hexes and tricams.

I've got a few others who should let me know tonight if they are in on the carpool.

I'd be interested to hear from others who have summited Bonanza about seeing the Seattle area. Shouldn't Bonanza be recognizable from more places in the metro area if this were the case?

I believe that picture is in his book Starlight and Storm... a great read.

The Boston Glacier is easy to ID, with Trappr Lake behind it, and a bit of Moraine Lake visible, but I guess i'm just not connecting on Boston/Buckner/Torment/Forbidden The lake should in Stehekin must be Coon lake, but Coon lake is more of a small swamp on the shoulder of Mcgregor, and doesn't have any sizable creek running down-vally out of it. Maybe he had to make the valleys a little wider to give more room to make the peaks visible? It's still a pretty cool painting.

How did the Stehekin valley get so broad, and when did it get a lake? Where's the entiat range? Finally.... anyone else having trouble seeing Buckner-Boston-Forbiden-Eldo? Still a pretty cool drawing, i just have to complain about something.

I tried to edit the above post to get rid fo the link, as it sounds like it's jus trouble, but there is a max time period for editing... sorry guys.

Dom-Key

Definitely supposed to be "Good" with silent E.

tried callign a couple times, nobody answered. I'll pm you my # if you are interested.

PM sent

Similar to the "Keyhole" 3D mapping software, which is pretty amazing in its own right.

I vaguely remember catching an afternoon matinee viewing of some mountain climbing movie on Portland's old KPTV channel 12, this was probably 10 years ago at least. I can barely remember anything, but i've got an image in my mind of some kind of tragedy (plane crash?), two main male characters, and a name like "The summit" or "The Climb". Anyone have a clue what this was?

Anyone out there have Friday available to climb? I'm thinking something off of hwy 20 (SW Couloir SEWS?) Or even cragging at Index. IF alpine, we could leave on Thursday afternoon. I'm in Bellingham, and can provide gear, if you've got wheels. -Blake

and I'm going to be there for half of next year!

I think you are losing it Snuggy. The Doval's gate opening is 25mm, which is larger than a standard oval, and the same size as the BD wiregate oval. It's also within a couple mm of the helium, and superfly, as well as larger than the JC and Neutrino. I think that the Doval, Superfly, and Helium are among the best biners out there, and all weight in at 30-37 grams.