MisterMo

Wow. Well & powerfully put.

I'm using K2 Shuksans, Fritschi Diamirs, and Scarpa Denalis and am very happy with the setup. It may be too downhill focused for what you describe. The one change I would ponder would be Scarpa's slightly lighter boot, the Laser? I've had lots of straight downhill boots less tall & rigid than the Denalis. I'm nervous about the Diamir's numerous plastic parts failing in a way that would suck to fix in the field but that hasn't happened. I REALLY miss Vinersa non-glue skins. they stayed under the ski pretty well & didn't have the endless glue hassles.

True........ These are among my favorites to see but should definitely not be eaten. These are a bit too graphic for my tastes even if they were edible, which I doubt. And these are both plentiful right now and very good to eat.

And then there's the ones that grow "Where the trees have leaves of prisms That break the light in colors That no one knows the names of." and you half expect Jiminy Cricket...spats, cane, and all...to jump out and burst into song

It snowed as low as 4500' or so last weekend......well below the N peak of Index and the cliffs of Persis. As of dusk today all of that is pretty much rained off, such as I can see through the gloom, which is only up to about 6000' here or at Stevens.

Don't know if you mean a day to be car to car or not but if not Sherpa West Ridge is a nice short route (at the end of a long walk) as is Argonaut from Mountaineer Creek side.

Ay-yup. Easter Sunday 1970, which fact I clearly recall on account of I was in mildly hot water for going climbing instead of attending some family Easter to-do. Pretty good recall after all these years of aluminum (you've seen my pots) cookware, huh? I posted it so MisterE could zoom in on the rack..........it takes a 3/4", 1 1/2", 2", etc. The floppy leather Raichles with the sides blown out are essential as well.

Thank you That's not a local rig that I recognize (and I know most of them) but I will watch for cars of that description.

That sounds like a really good time. Do you, like, allow really old fuckers in PAs, or are they discouraged?

OK.........this sort of died, and hopefully it was an isolated incident.......but if not: Please understand, thieves of any flavor are despised by those of us who live here just as much as by those of you who visit...... ..........and we'd like to make them very unwelcome So if there are further issues at the climbers lot, etc. please PM me with whatever detail you can provide. I can pass on to deputies and assemble an archive of info as well....the whole usefullness of which could be greater than the sum of its parts.

Red loctite and Stover nuts (not nylocs) oughta do it.

Probably little hope.....but........... A description of the assholes, their vehicles if any, and of what was taken would help.

I have consumed approximately enough beer in the Index tavern over the years to float a destroyer. Great place. Damn shame it closed. It is still for sale, albeit at a pretty steep price. It would take a bit of doing to get it back open.

I just compared the book photo to mine & you are correct. I find that interesting as I had long blindly believed and assumed that Cascades glaciers had been more or less continually shrinking throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

Oops..my bad. The info for the slide actually says July. With rare exceptions I don't have dates for pix that old, only a year and a month. It really doesn't matter though; the major difference is in the ice in the hanging glaciers.....how they used to be linked together and extend much lower.

Not nearly up to Tom Miller standards but this was taken August 1976 from over near Torment.

Too true. Some of the goings on up there in bubba-land are sick, sad, pathetic, whatever. A handful of pigs can make an awful mess.

An old, marginally passable logging spur leads to within 50 or so of the top near Davis/Holland. This spur is off of upper Reiter Road which is the ORV capital of the known universe. The lands involved are a mix of DNR and State Parks with the actual top of the wall being, I'm fairly sure, the latter. For info, or for that matter to raise hell, you could chat with the rangers at Wallace Falls. The bulk of the ORV folks seem to be pretty much OK but there is an element that needs to get reined in now and again.

Wow! Global warming = I couldn't find anything taken quite this late in the year but the photos below show in my notes as being August 1984. I think they're probably July, though. Whatever.........that's a lot of missing ice. Nice (and educational) photos. Thanks for posting.

Just curious, what fraction was spent travelling and what fraction snoozing? I mean, did you actually more or less walk 48 hours straight with little breaks or did you park for an hour or two at some point? Fuck the snipers, I think it's pretty cool myself; and of course all that really matters is how you feel about it. Knowing it's been done much faster gives you something to train towards for the next time. The few times I've involved myself in trying to swallow too many miles in a day like that I have spent much of the day cursing myself for turning beautiful trips into..........gym experiences............but that's my little problem I guess.

Tootle on over to Hart's Pass (not so very far) and take the PCT south to Grasshopper Pass. Pure unfucked heaven.....

Too cool. Bring back the piano drop.

Traffic on SR2 in the Sky Valley is so bad that I just never go down the hill on Sunday anymore...........an option maybe not open to you. Below Skykomish the only portion of SR2 to which there is absolutely no alternative is the chunk over the Wallace River between Gold Bar and Startup. Other than that, if you're creative and can read a map you have choices. If you take an alternate route that leads you through, say, Index.....please drive pretty slow so I (we) don't get all pissy and irate & such. Sultan is adding a second light; if the two aren't synchronized it could be doubly awful there soon. And lastly, special thanks to the Washington State Legislature for passing a whopping gas tax increase with NONE of it going to SR2. Fuckers. Now I know how the folks east of the crest feel.

It's been a very long while but I recall the rock to the left as looking real do-able. The same set of recollections state that the couloir is no big deal; just go do it (maybe without being under another party).