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Jason: Thanks to you and Chris for making this a super fun and successful climb! Once again, you guys rock! And kudos to Chris for winning the expedition's coveted "rope gun" award!

Wow! You really have Alaska nailed!

Wow! The only problem is now you have to out-do this for the 60th!

Jason: Awesome pictures as usual! Thanks for dragging me along and getting me the much coveted FSA!

Thanks for the report; headed up there on Monday.

Wow! Good job surviving! I know that I felt the same way once I was off that face!

Awesome pictures as usual! Thanks for the TR; I am entertained and can't wait to strap the skis on again! Kit: No topless women? Must have been a boring day!

Great pictures as usual Jason! Risk management in the backcountry is something that I could be better at.

Awesome trip Tim; thanks for the TR! Living vicariously through your adventures! Need to see a shot of the bike!

Jason: Awesome! I am living vicariously through your TRs! (The locals look inbred!)

J-berg was definitely Dallas' favorite peak. It combined easy access with some of the most challenging terrain the Cascades have to offer. I think that his record of seven summits of the peak will not be surpassed anytime soon. The C-J couloir is definitely a sketch-fest; I had my finger broken by rock-fall there!

Wow!!!!

Much thanks to Jason and Gord for being great partners, and especially Gord for leading the crux when I felt shaky. I think that one of the best things about alpinism is the quality people that you have the opportunity to meet and climb with. This climb reminded me on a real and tactile level the sacrifice and excellent planning and execution demonstrated by Jason, Steph, and Donn, my partners on the fateful climb. Without people of that caliber, I would not be here now.

Great trip report, and nice job on the NE Face! Looks like a fun and rewarding trip! Tell Mason to get his dates correct, though. It is 1986, not 1896!!

Awesome shots as usual Jason! Having seen Gordo mad, you do not want any part of that!

Hopefully no locals ran off with your car keys this time!

Tom: What a cool trip! What's next on the list?

Nice write-up Tom, I now have enough ideas for the summer. Dallas would approve!

Approaching Chianti Tower

Headstone Rock, Joshua Tree NP at sunset

Jason Leading out on Eldorado's West Arete

Brandon: I have some of Dallas Kloke's notes on the Coal Mountain crag if you are interested. Steve

Nice work Tom! Your propensity for suffering abounds! Dallas would be proud; he had seven summits on J-Berg. His TR on the seventh ascent .

More photos, not up to Jason's standards though! For those interested, we saw an alternate approach. Rappel the col between the East Ridge on Eldorado and Dean's Spire to the glacier on the north side of Eldorado. Follow the glacier northwest past the NW Couloir until you are able to climb a dirty chimney to reach the West Arete below the gendarmes. This approach is shorter and will eliminate the lower 1000 feet of the Arete, and will preserve the best climbing around the gendarmes. The climbing to get from the glacier to the arete looked dirty but low fifth class.

Thanks for putting it all together Jason. Definitely one of the more satisfying routes that I have done.