Chad_A

Very cool, looks like they're getting more precip up there. It was damn bony up there in March.

that is hilarious In Extreme Alpinism, there's a picture of Mark Twight bouldering around the water tank in Volunteer Park wearing his Himalayan boots w/integral gators (shorts, but no polypro). What a dork! If I remember right, I think he had a pretty sweet mullet in that photo, too.

Haha, great pic. When was that?

Killer pics, looks fun. I'll have to make sure my pal who loves the WA Pickets see this; might give him some new ground to explore. Great pics!

Great pics and TR. Thanks for sharing

Why don't you stop posting this political bullshit and go fucking climb something. Post a TR, or something. Fuck.

It will be a scree climb by that time, obviously, and something leather with some ankle support will do, I'm sure. Include some shorty, lightweight gaiters to keep the kitty litter our of your boots.

Bah, guess I'm the only one here that thought it was a stinker. The scenery was good though, obviously. I think they should've named it "The Eiger" or something to that effect. "The Alps" isn't exactly on target, to me.

PM sent on Sabretooths.

Has anyone tried the Integral Designs vapor barrier liners to keep sweat from soaking their outer socks/insoles? Recently, on a trip to the Colchuck area, the inner boots and my orthotics got pretty damp from foot sweat, and a pal of mine with me at the time had Nepal Extremes, with the vapor barrier liners...his feet stayed warm, and my toes ended up getting cold. Just food for thought; might be something to experiment with.

Thanks for posting that pic! I'm looking forward to doing something on that thing this year

Took some pics of you climbing Moonshine Dihedral on Sunday (4/1), and your partner leading Lycopodophita after. I tried emailing them to the address you'd given me, but I can't seem to get it to work. If you see this, you can PM me here, or shoot me an email to anderson7149ATcomcastDOTnet. Cheers, Chad

Adams was my first Cascadian climb; I still lived in Michigan at the time. Just don't make the same mistake I did, and descend the wrong slope; we turned down too soon. We had to traverse quite a ways to get back to our camp.

Fidel is sending good vibes your way... Glad to hear she's doing better.

Fuck them. Find me on Hood to see if I have an MLU on.

Looks like you can get up the road right now on Sundays only, 10am-5pm, and that's by bicycle or foot. I'm guessing that it'll opened to vehicles when the road to Paradise is opened (?), but I'm hoping it's sooner than that. Anyone heard any different?

Love my Sabretooths; I don't have to think about what crampon to take. Alpine, ice, whatever...they do it all. My poor G14s didn't leave the house all winter...

Whatever it was (I'm assuming turbo expresses on sale) is gone now

Beautiful pictures, looks like a great trip. I really have to get down there....time to call up my pal in SLC Thanks much for the TR

FYI, they also have Nomics for 199 bucks, and Vipers for 179; The Cobras are going for 199, as well, I think.

That's bullshit, Seth. Hope everything works out for the best.

Hey, Raphael, no prob! I just picked up a set of the OR Contact gloves, cheap on sale, and we'll see how those compare

No, not that I've noticed in particular. Just was wondering if the waterproofing products might make them a bit more durable, with the side effect of making them more waterproof than they are when they leave the store....but that's not to say that I've had problems with them leaking. Thanks for the thoughts on the Nikwax and Seamgrip. When I go ice climbing, I usually throw in a pair of warm gloves and/or mitts, a medium pair (the Punishers), and a light pair of Atlas grippy gloves if it turns out to be warm enough to use them (they work particularly well with the Ergos, IMHO).