KaskadskyjKozak

it's rancid and mixed with pus from festering internal wounds.

Get with the program... comrade.

Cool, but... what about N ridge of Stuart? I'm getting lighter boots now for a specific approach, but fully intend to do more technical routes where I'd like to save weight and need rock shoes for the technical part. Perhaps you considering bringing/buying too much gear for these routes? I think the best idea is to use tennis shoes or trail runner type shoes for W. Ridge of Stuart. The approach (mostly on a trail), the climb, and the descent down the dusty trail of the cascadian couloir. What reason would there be for any other kinda of extra/heavier footwear? For the N. Ridge, most people almost always take rock shoes as there are several 5.9 pitches. However, getting to and from the route again is easily done in tennis shoes and this will make your pack lighter and hence the climbing MUCH more fun than hauling boots along on your back. If climbing the North Ridge of Stuart from mid-summer onward, there is no need for snow and ice gear of any type, and you wont even have to set foot on snow. Although if you are planning on descending one of the north side glaciers, plan accordingly. OK, so here's where I am coming from: 1) I plan to ascend W ridge in July, when there is some water en route including snow on the cascadian, which I intend to descend. 2) I know of at least one person personally who fell and seriously injured himself on snow on the Cascadian. I want to bring boots and light crampons for the descent. 3) I have rolled my ankle and injured it in the past and would prefer ankle support for the approach and walk out. 4) I have had advice already from a very experienced climber to buy lighter boots for the approach (that take crampons) and to wear rock shoes for the "climbing/scrambling" parts of the route, and carry the boots up with me. Right now I'm weighing option 4) with just bringing lighter boots and no rock shoes.

AWESOME PHOTOS!

Obyasnenie ego vvedeniya prostoe: vo vremya molodosti sered kommunisticheskikh gospodinov on prosto prinyal sliskhom mnogo russkikh khuev v zhopy da rot.

Welcome back, C. You forget your password or what? And yes, we are, like, weird. It's why you luv us. It's my semi-yearly delurking season (sort of like the semi-yearly womens sale at Nordstrom, only different). The rest of the year I watch. And wait. What are the sale prices on women like at Nordstrom's? If you have to ask you can't afford them. The purchase price is the least consideration. The maintenance costs are what will bleed you dry.

This Bud's for you Porter:

Was the snow melted out for the final scramble section on Snowfield? Great TR... and good job getting out there!!!!!!!

I'll experiment tonight with the different sizes and plug in different links to the TR.

I had to edit them to fit under the site limit and didn't know they'd show up so big. Next time I'll edit them down even smaller.

You want to be known as ALF?

Obama will certaily break that record too

hell no. Kittens, OTOH....

"Two mugs you'll never see on Mt. Rushmore"

so, the log crossing is a piece of cake? did you punch through at all on the boulder field?

you must not have liked Back to the Future.

You must be against CHANGE. and HOPE. Drink the Kool-Aid, man! Don't question the sanity of this!

WTF is this thread about? RuMR wants to be Minx's DILDo??

I'm still gonna take the kids a few times

ouch

Let's go with the least experienced, and least qualified liar. Sure worked with W.

It's all about hope. And change. And audacity.