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Beretta Cheetah .380 auto with good safety capabilities so you don't shoot your wang off. Doesn't Jam with good amo. Does stovepipe sometimes with cheap ammo (downfall of smaller calliper guns). You can get the compact 8round mag type (skinnier grip better for sticking in your pants) Or the 14 round mag type. Better for the glove compartment. You might want to rearange your lifestyle to avoid such a nasty solution. Just a thought! God knows if I carried, there would be a corpse slung over a steering wheel at the Roanoke I5 south on-ramp today. Instead I just gave her the middle finder, not quite the same effect, but I feel better about it now.

I remember it being a lot bigger last year. It was still fun and worth the drive.

Hey Gertlush I was part of the group of three that swapped ropes with you. (I think that was you) I just wanted to add that it seemed as though the south faces of the seracs were a lot more friendly to climb on. The north facing ones just shattered in big dinner plates with every swing. It was pretty up there after getting the new snow.

As shown in the add. www.featheredfriends.com There is also a picture of the store front in case you are still confused.

According to what I read on the statement. The ramp is necessary as their will be a bike lane on the new bridge that gets off right there. 1,700 estimated cyclist will use that route everday! That number seems to be a pretty significant.

That is fast time! I climbed the ID last Thursday night (june 30th) with a friend and thought I'd give a little update on conditions. The weather was very warm and there was some debris from icefall at the start of the route. We moved quickly somewhat following some faint footsteps up. We also had the route to ourselves and were able to move fast. We couldn't quite follow the steps from before because many new crevasses had opened up just in perhaps the past few days. I could see in several places where footsteps ended in a crevasse and started on the other side, but much to big to jump. Finally we encountered a huge crevasse about 15+ feet wide that had footsteps leading right up to it, and taking off from the other side. I'm guessing that a massive snowbridge had just collapsed. But with a little backtracking and some tricky work on the icefall to the right, we were able to find a pretty direct way past it. Then when you are getting pretty close to the end of the route, you go left at some more icefall debris and can almost go straight up from there.. Then the long slog to the summit. Hope that helps anyone.

Relocate.

Forget Rapping, and just downclimb. Corvallisclimb, just listen to your heart. Thats what I do.

Ok, I must make a correction. Liz and Steph both informed me that they are NOT 5'2", and are in fact closer to 5'4". And that I'm an asshole for thinking they were shorter.

Climb: Sahale Peak-Quien Sabe Date of Climb: 6/3/2006 Trip Report: After doing this climb a few years ago, and remembering how easy it was, I decided to take a few friends on their first alpine climb. We left Seattle early friday morning. We arrived in Bellingham right as I woke up, and informed Liz that we passed Hwy 20 about 35 miles ago. The approach was very wet. The trail is much more overgrown than I remember, and the fresh rain soaked the brush which in turn soaked us. Right about at the 2nd avalanche knockdown, the rain started very hard. It stopped about an hour later as we bushwacked our way into Boston Basin. We slept suprisingly well given the noisy rain on our tent all night. (the Yukon Jack helped) We woke up around 6am and got started under very lightly falling snow. (much better than rain). We just put our heads down and hiked non stop until we roped up. The climb was very straight forward, and there was a lot more snow up there compared to two years ago. The heavy rain had made the glacier not very pleasant to walk on. I managed to poke through a few times. For the most part it was just kicking steps, and then postholing, but sometimes wallowing. For me at 6'4" it wasn't too bad. Liz and Steph are around 5'2" and were having a tough time following my tracks. That didn't stop a little air guitar action. We had a good time, and made good time. The cornice at the top was pretty huge and overhanging so we stayed as close to the fracture line as we could without punching through. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/4902PIMG6745-med.JPG' alt='4902PIMG6745-med.JPG'> The beer waiting for us in the creek by the car did. Gear Notes: Umbrella would have been nice. Maybe some galoshes. Approach Notes: Road open up to mile 20? So about 1-2 miles from Boston Basin Trail Head. After the second avy field I don't know what to tell you. The trail is under snow, and their isn't exactly any footprints. Just make your way up.

A Tibloc isn't the answer to my question. I need something that will be on the rope so I can transfer the weight of my partner to an anchor. Its hard to light up, when you have to stay in self arrest while your partner crawls out of crevasses. Especially when you don't have a lighter, and are using matchheads against your zipper.

Sorry, I tried to search as I know this must have come up a million times before, but couldn't find anything. I'm wondering what diameter prusik, people would use with 8mm rope. The ones I am currently using slip way too much, even with many loops.

Looking to get on anything alpine this Friday/Saturday.. I'm in Seattle and don't have a car.

Hi, anyone know how far you can get in a lowrider to the TH? Can you make it as far as the Eldo TH? And has anyone done the hike up to Boston Basin? Any Beta would be great.

If I've learned anything from this thread, it would be to NOT leave my credit card behind at the bar , and that "The Ballroom" is Not Fratty?

I'm off around 2pm on Sat.. Through Monday. I've got nothing in mind, but plenty of zeal to get something done this weekend.

Seattle, but I just spent several hours in an ambulance/emergency room from being taken out by a car on Pine and Summit. And my bike is now in many pieces.. Hopefully I can replace my bike and heal in time to ride to the rope-up. And Dru, thanks for volunteering to come pick up my shit! I promise to pack a for you.

I plan/planned on riding my bike. Anyone volunteer to transport my gear for me?

If I can get ever get a flight out of Ladakh, I've got some funny pictures to show.. And great video coverage of me comandeering a horse to cross a river.. The horse recovered fully I am told. Though if anyone sees a Dakine Poacher pack in the Zanskar river with 2 grivel alp wings attached.. I would like them back.. The pack is bad luck however, and you can have it. Oh, and my glasses would be nice.

After traveling with a Canadian and running into several more. I think they have good intentions. Maybe they just need some guidance. Example of Packing Example of Chosen transportation And anyone that insists on wearing a helmet for jungle trekking??? After being on the road a month, I wanted to have some "fun".. He found some locals to introduce me too. I decided to wait till I got back.

I'm going to be leaving very soon, and need any info I can get. I'm going to hang out in Lei for a while, and then am doing the Kang La & Miyar Glacier Traverse of the Greater Himalaya.. According to my "trekking" guidebook, the peaks along the way are "Ripe for exploration" ..How important is it to get the permit for 6000m+ peaks? The form wants you to be specific on climbs and peaks, and I don't have the time frame to wait it out anyway. Anyone have suggestions on the area? "Ladakh" Anyone climb Menthosa? And know how hard it is to cross the glacier in August? And how hard the rock step at 21k really is? Anyway, I'd appreciate the help, even if it's to point me in another direction for help. Any good websites etc. I'd like to show up with a little insight.. I'll be there from July 19th - Sept 22nd

It's not in this year, so how about we hit it together next year. peeps? Tetons are like fun and stuff. Yeah, that. And what he said.

Hey Hey Hey! Anyone want to hit up the Tetons for rock and alpine? Moderate stuff.. or anything that is in shape. Looking to do the usual suspects in the area. Hopefully there will still be enough snow to ski some of the crap too. We can base camp in South Garnet canyon and watch all the fireflies descending the Moraine. I promise not to stash TOO many bottles of booze in your pack.

Great and usefull beta and photos! Nice TR