Chad_A

"Northwest hardpeople"? Man, he's drinking Corona... Does look like a fun time, though.

Good job- don't hear too much of this one! Sounds like a sustained solo outing.

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Haha, cute. I don't really get into the "Jeep thing", either. I reserve that for the CJ/XJ guys. Nice truck, btw. I just don't think I'd like the payments

Here's what I own. Parts are dirt cheap, 21 mpg, 132,000 trouble free miles thus far, and it's gotten me up the Cloud Cap road in December when others were getting easily stuck. They don't have the interior space that you can get with a Toyota pickup (making the rear box into climber's quarters, that is), but the price to get one, at well less than 6000 bucks, is much cheaper than a Toyota.

After doing the C-D route with a group of friends, two of the guys (their first time ice climbing) and I went down to the lower glacier last weekend. We didn't have much time, but we did find a good crevasse not too far from the moraine trail with good platform on top for an anchor. A bit dirty, but still good. The ice inside wasn't drippy at all (soft, of course). Good vertical fun.

I'm planning on heading to the area this year; everyone I've talked to seemed to think that late August, or September, are good months to go. Depends on year-to-year, I'd imagine; from what I saw last time I went to live the vision, it wasn't updated much, or it wasn't a very active board.

Martin, Medeski and Wood. Any of it. The in side from the way out...Beastie Boys. Soulive, just about any of it, works real good.

Hey, Blake, I don't know how unique it is, but a few years back, I picked up a pair of Gramicci swim trunks. They're nylon/quickdry (obviously), comfortable to hike in (double use as underwear and shorts), have a cinch waist, and don't seem to bunch up too badly if I have a heavier pair of, say, Scholler pants over top of them for a colder summit day. They let the boys breathe nicely

Classic!

Hey, Matt- I just ordered a Fuijifilm F30. Just came out in the last month or so. 6.3 MP, goes up to 3200 ISO, and has image stabilization. I found the mandatory card (1GB) on sale for 39.99 from outpost.com. It weight 155 grams, and the battery life is for 550+ shots, the top of its class. It does use a proprietary battery, but the battery power reviews have indeed been raved about. Also, to combat the cold temp thing on an alpine climb, I put it on a neck lanyard, and keep it inside my jacket. I find a stance, pull out the camera, and fire away. It's back in the jacket before it has a chance to get too cold (this is with my current Pentax Optio S50 that just developed a problem. That camera does use AAs.) I'll let you know how it goes, but it looks very, very promising. -Chad

Human crayon...nice. Never heard that one before, heheh.

Wow, very nice...a continuing TR and hotspot report for Peru! Very nice! Thanks for posting. Sounds like the mountains are doing quite well down there this year (route conditions, etc.)

Oh, yum. Inspirational

Wow, shitty. Never heard of that happening before. Great, the Exit 38 thiefs are making their way to the flanks of Rainier.

Very Cool. Any other pics? I'd like to climb this one sometime, if only just to know the descent route for other climbs. I've heard it's a good climb in its own right, though. -Chad

Glad you guys made it back okay. Doesn't sound too fun to me...yikes.

No, man, that sticker doesn't mean anything. Go ahead and use it.

Supadupa cool You guys are an inspiration. -Chad

Hey, how about an update?

It's from June 30th, but this might help. http://www.shastaavalanche.org/reports.htm

Thanks for the report. I hope to get a chance to spend some time up on that side of the mountain this year. Thanks for posting the pics! Also, what was the bergschrund crossing like? I'm excited to know that there's a campsite at 10k; the highest in Mike G's guidebook is 9200 on the nunatak.

Good for you guys for holding it together, and making it out okay. Hope your climbing partner heals real quick. I know that this surely isn't a priority, but if you get a chance, post some pics (no, not of the wound!) I'm sure you had some beautiful scenery! Again, good job in making it out okay, and thanks for posting the report.

Haha, cute. Looks like me and my big sis when we were that age. She was always makin' me cry.

And thus we get to the unextreme part . Even the lyrics are fitting for this thread. That looks a lot like the '90 Golf I used to have (RIP). Were you able to swap the brakes too? Yeah, sure was. It's a full, 5-lug suspension conversion. It was a fun project, but I won't do it again anytime soon. Frankenjetta? Well, I never thought of....but makes sense