John Frieh

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Next session will be Tuesday June 14th 5ish – pump. Call me if you are coming... 541.231.2062. Holla! 5 PDXers were rock climbing last week... anybody else interested? Sport, trad, aid, drytool... I don't care... Give me or Ivan or Bill a shout if you are interested!

Give yourself a half day to get in there (in the daylight)... it will seem like you are going the wrong way but if you keep the creek on your left you'll do fine. I think Alasdair has it right... go all the way up to the stuart moraine and come in from the east side. I haven't done this but looking at this approach it makes perfect sense (especially the descent aspect). Rock is fine from what I hear.

Head for the east side. Stuart looks good... You're welcome to come with us...

Follow mtneers creek in until right before you cut climbers right up the boulder field to Stuart. Instead veer left up... will cross a few boulder fields along the way. Camp in upper cirque. Climb ridge. Have you been in the mtneers creek way before?

Doctors of medicine cure sickness. Everybody else temporarily alleviates (not cures) symptoms... kinda like having to return to the chiroprator over and over and over... That is exactly why chiropractors don’t receive a Doctor of Medicine… like Mikey said. I’m not trying to take away from the profession… they must complete a secondary education, take boards, etc etc… lord knows I’ve ran into Mikey studying in just about every coffee house in town (or is he their trying to meet girls… hmmm… ) I’m just saying they aren’t doctors of medicine. Mikey: look into work force/temp agency... they should have something in a mill that will pay the most per hour and offer a compressed work week.

Nutritionist, yoga teachers, personal trainers, etc etc all are professions that contribute to healthier living just like a chiropractors. But none of them are doctors.

Isn't there an REI in Bellingham Mikey?

Hey! What if you have more than one pair!

Sweet! PS: Does anyone at your store have a topo for the rap wall dry tool area above source lake? I'm in need...

Second that. I've had OR and Bibler and they don't measure up to wild things IMO (though I heard the mroe recent design is crappy... the one I have is from 99).

Way to link 'em up!

Cam hooks are your friend!

All topos you seek are in my gallery. If you can't find one (for some unknown reason various random pics of mine get deleted from time to time from my gallery) or want specific beta pm me. I have just about all of them on the perch and finger of fate to name a few. PS: Finger of fate is better that outer space

word! June 2. Guess I've been climbing too much as of late and have lost track of time

Maybe a third set would get you up OS faster. Silly boy. Placing gear only slows you down. Then you should give me at least one of your sets.

For those of you headed to the north side of stuart in the next few weeks... Upper N Ridge Access Couloir 5.02.05 Goat pass/Stuart Glacier 5.02.05 NW face 5.02.05 (1st ice pitch is missing but upper face looked good. One could dt 1st pitch.) SGC 5.2.05 Upper West Ridge 5.02.05 (relatively snow free) Upper NE face 5.02.05 Sherpa Glacier 5.02.05 after crossing the schrund stay in the center of the glacier until able to cut skiers right underneath a rock outcrop and follow the extreme skiers right hand side all the way down (snow the whole way). Make sure to scope this descent on your way in to see if any further melting has occurred.

Because climbing with shit on your back sucks. Because hauling packs sucks (and trashes your pack). Because the longer you take on a route the better chance you have for the weather to deviate from the forecast. Maybe it doesn't bother you but personally given the choice I rather climb something sans pack on my back. If you want to hang out do it at the lake or somewhere where you can escape easily.

Maybe a third set would get you up OS faster.

Offsets/hybrid or normal?

Great route! "terrible" is an understatement for that schwack.

Did you get any pics or take a look at the north face? Dry?

VW bug. I will never forget the look on Pete's face... And let's not forget the death of one climber that happened in the early 90s when the entire ridge he was on crumbled beneath him and he fell to his death. I think it was either on the summit point or near there. Jefferson in anything but snow.

World's tallest gravel pile. Long hump to get in (by OR standards). I would recommend looking at other mtns if you can't come until June.