bumblyjoe

Thanks for all your help ya'll. Just what I was looking for. cheers

Hello, I am heading up to the Bugs for our first time up there. A couple of specific questions I have. Firstly, we are gonna be doing mostly the "classic" routes so nothing harder than the Becky/Chounard. About the approaches to the climbs: is it mellow enough to just strap crampons to my tennis shoes? Do I need to really bring my hiking boots? And is there a place to stash the crampons/axes at the top of the col/base of the climb, or are we carrying our gear up and over( like I said - we are only gonna be trying the more popular routes this time - the 50 crowded and the like). Secondly, ropes. Do we need 60 meter ropes? Do we need 2 60 meter ropes for repels? Can we get away with a 50 meter rope and a tag line? I am very experienced with alpine climbing and usually climb with double 60's but do I really need that for the Bugs? Well, thank you in advance for any help you can offer. See you in Canada!!!!