Macson

Effective at preventing aids climbing.

Went up Saturday. About 40 people climbed, according to the register. Snow was soft, especially in the afternoon, we summited with snowshoes. If you stay on the regular route you avoid most of the avy terrain. We saw some shallow wet sloughs but not enough to make us turn around.

My sister in law is an HR exec at a medical center in yakima. If you're interested in sending her your resume you can email or PM me and I'll give you her contact information.

Thanks for the heads up Stewart. I'll pass the word around to the folks I know. I saw that the transfer was happening in the paper, and I wondered at the time whether the tribe would end up with it or not. I imagine that will spell the end for any climbing on the rock.

Thanks Sybil. Anyway, the answer is...it's used for both, with varying degrees of success. HAPE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17015867 HACE http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/321/25/1707

Kind of like those Group Health commercials where the doctor/consultant is trying to explain how it really works and the writers are just coming up with more and more fantastic shit.

I've mentioned this in a previous thread, but I get insurance through my professional association and they don't charge extra for climbers. Turns out that the low risk associated with being a cpa trumps the high risk of being a climber.

sounds very, um, romantic. glad you boys had fun up there!

My friend Bob and I were up there on Friday, climbed the Becky Route. Nasty avy path up there. We bush whacked through it for 100 yards or so before figuring out that the trail was still in existence in the woods to the North.

The Canon G10 is about the closest you'll get to dslr image quality in a point and shoot. That said, it's still a ways off, and don't bother trying to shoot moving subjects. It's just not fast enough. Also, don't shoot at an iso higher than 200.

I'd really appreciate any beta if someone would email me. My inlaws live in Methow a few miles north of Pateros and we're over there all the time in the summer.

8.5 - 9 is more like a 42.5 isn't it?

I've never tried this, so it's just a thought. When I put on handlebar grips on my bike I use liquid soap. Slippery when wet, but once it dries it's like glue. Of course, you'd want a plug or something so you didn't get soap inside the tube.

Try the updated (post recall) Petzl Sarken. I just got a pair, and they look sweet...but I haven't used them yet.

Email sent.

I'm planning to climb Mt. St. Helens again with my 11 year old son. Anybody have a kid around the same age who's interested? Last year we got a room and went up and out from Marble Mt snow park in about 9 1/2 hours. I haven't been on the site much lately, I'm too busy until 4/15. Send me an email and we can work out the details after then.

climbing road biking mt biking running, well, jogging hiking skiing snowshoeing hunting fly fishing golfing I'd like to take up diving and sailing, but I don't know anyone to get my foot in the door. I used to ride motorcycles, but I've been without bike for a decade or so.

Ya, wear your helmet in the parking lot too. Make sure you're in a group of 12 though.

I remember seeing a pair of jets fly down the valley below us while we were camped at Boulder Basin on Glacier Peak back in 2003. I think they were probably A6 Intruders from Whidbey, but I wasn't really sure. It was a really cool sight though, with them flying below us.

A lot of them hoard cash for the inevitable down turn in the cycle. You know, the way the government should be.

I thought buying votes was illegal. I guess there nothing quite like a check in hand a few months before election day to stimulate the voters....er....economy.

My little ones have hiked Mt. Walker at 7 or 8 years old. They get a little tired near the top. It's 2,000' in 2 miles. You can drive up, or drive down....but we just always hiked both ways. Just take lots of breaks.

Look into Green Mountain near Seabeck. Start at the Gold Creek trailhead....not the Wildcat one. It's about 45 minutes from Tacoma and great for a 7 year old. Right now there's probably some snow at the top, so plan accordingly.

Mt. Townsend is fun. Also, Mt. Ellinor from the summer route. But keep an eye on conditions. The upper bowls on the summer route are prime avy slopes. The winter route is too steep for me to go up or down on skis.

G14 come in step in and hybrid bindings. I think the cyborgs only come in step in.