Pandora

Damn, I missed the cutoff by three weeks.

If you left a pair of gloves at Muir yesterday, send me a PM with the brand and color so I can get 'em back to you.

When I saw the thread title, I thought "yes!". But when my eyes fell upon this: I quickly decided "no". Thank you for making me unlonesome!

Not quite skinhead...here the buzzcut is growing out. That's me obsessively drying my crampons at the base of the Inter glacier in September 2003. I believe it was MisterE who announced that my haircut was a "reverse mullet".

Yep, the public shelter is open. The conditions report hasn't been updated to reflect the change, but the work has been completed and it is open for use.

Yes, absolutely. Climbing is such an integral part of my life that to be without it practically equals death in itself. I can see Lowell's point when he says that an obsession with climbing indicates narrow-mindedness, but others would call that focus . It all depends on your perspective. Ross also made a good point with his assertion that "People seem to put too much stock in the idea that a long life is somehow inherently good while a short life somehow is a life wasted... ". When you take a look at the lives of people we've lost in our immediate climbing community (Carl and Ben leap to mind), most would say that their lives ended early. But who would argue that they hadn't crammed an incredible amount of activity - that is to say, life - into what time they had on this earth? For me, being in the mountains is where life actually happens. Nothing else can replace it. At 20, I've spent a quarter of my life climbing and cannot imagine what I would be doing otherwise. And maybe my priorities will someday change, and I'll want a family and a house with a white picket fence - but jesus, I hope not.

I'm wondering why you had the cologne and chaps combo in the first place.....although maybe it's time to stop thinking about it .

Here's your chance to find out how! http://www.howtoclimbthreegradesharder.com/

Freshiez at Paradise, yo!

TimL -

Whatever. Yank that shit.

I have something else of yours.

I've got Monday and Tuesday off and would love to cruise some easy/moderate alpine rock, but you could talk me into something else...I'll be back at a computer tomorrow afternoon and will be able to respond then.

Crampon=Divot=Icefall? That's what I was thinking...

Awesome trip, writeup, and photos - reminds me of a song lyric: "Damn, it feels good to be an Old Guy." Extra cred for not taking rock shoes!

Rye Crisp? Looks like Poison Balance in L-worth to me...

The approach through the Fan is still doable, but the Nisqually is covered in piles of dirty, icy rubble. Coming up through Van Trump Park, though longer, is much prettier and nicer going in general. The upper part of the route is not badly crevassed, but the cracks that are open are big and have sketchy snowbridges. Angle toward the saddle between Point Success and Columbia Crest and you'll cruise it.

Those photos are fucking awesome! Sounds like a super cool trip

I'd do it car to car with ya

Nice! Thanks for the update, Foxy!

I helped an injured party down the Muir Snowfield on 6/26, and in the dark somehow left my gloves behind in the rocks above Pebble Creek. They are all black, insulated, Marmot ski/mountaineering gloves with red logo and cords. Please PM if found!

Yesterday morning RMI was putting in the DC when we came down, and there was talk of them pulling the ladders from the ID in the next couple of days.

I have Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday off from work every week. It's fun having three day weekends but hard to find people with the same schedule. If you have those days off and want to climb, send me a PM.

Six inches of freshiez at Camp Muir this morning, too .

Nice job breaking trail. Sure sounds like you guys timed it well and had a lot of fun!