Kraken

I don't agree with you moving it because no one checks in here. It got way more exposure in the Rainier thread. Plus I was also asking about conditions, but whatever. Argh!

No Oleg, I don't. I'm really openminded to anything...well almost anything. What do you have in mind? I can be on the mountain until as late as July 14th, then I ABSOLUTELY must be off, as I am leaving for Washington DC. My schedule is entirely clear from July 5-14.

Actually, it will probably happen in this order:

I would have hoo'd across the lake "SHUT OFF THAT F%^#ING BOOMBOX YOU REDNECK HICKS!"

eeeek! 4th of July weekend I am going to be at my lake house. It's the first weekend I'm back home in WA. I was really hoping on doing this chick there too. What about the NEXT weekend (July 8,9,10)? I really want to climb with Oleg. That'd be sick. Basically I plan on being on Rainier from the 5th-the 10th or 12th any way. I don't care where I am as long as I can climb the peak 2 times within that period of time (weather permitting). Get back to me VW.

Yeah i'll have to bring mine when I go up there in a few weeks.

Oleg, what's your status with your project on Rainier? Are you still doing it? I'm going to try and see if my last partner will do the Ridge with me.

Hey guys, I still want to do this traverse, I'm thinking sometime around August 1st. Problem is I don't have a partner, is anyone down to do a Bailey Traverse Trek with me? Let me know.

I've had a few people interested, still looking for a definite partner. Two weeks until I want to attempt it, is anyone really interested? Let's get it set up fast. I'm pumped, let's do it.

this was late october...just before Halloween. It was just after the first snow in Talkeetna.

So here's the deal. Talkeetna is one of my hang outs. I've been bummed the past several times i've gone up there and haven't been able to hang at the Fairview...good memories from that place. There are indeed several different lawsuits going on against the bar right now. It has been closed for a good 9 months, I was up there in October and it was closed, was still closed when I was up there a few weeks ago. Apparently the owners are also selling the bar, so until someone else steps up to the plate with a little dough, it will most likely remain closed. It's a total bummer. I guess i'm lucky I never got caught there with my fake ID. I've been going there since I was 18. Hopefully i'll be able to have a legal brew there soon:( I am actually planning on driving up to Talkeetna next weekend. I may have to just settle for the West Rib:(

hahah! that's evil! I love it!

yeah i understand. I've heard that Genet basin is beautiful to come through. Is this where you guys entered?

those lyrics are not only deep and moving...but true as well.

Yet another reason why I won't do 'Da Butt' when I do Denali next year. Hopefully I'll have better conditions on the Rib in May 2006. Why'd you guys only want to do the upper Rib and not the entire West Rib from the Northeastern Fork of the Kahiltna?

i'll either go just before that or several weeks after. I'm going to be in Washington DC from the 16-22nd of July. Then I'm going to Chelan from teh 25th to the 31st, so it might be in early august. Let me know how it goes though, I need more info on it before I go.

There you go!!!!

Kinda weird isn't it Andy? Knowing we were there justa few months ago?

True, but if you camp at Lena, you can easily get up early and make the summit and still have hours of daylight to get down to camp, then back to your car. Maybe its just me, but I like camping, if i'm going to go bag a peak with a long approach, i'd rather spend the night, it just makes it more fun!

shit! I was planning on doing this as part of the bailey traverse...ARGH!

Man! That SUUUUCKS! It doesn't get much worse than that...barely making it above timberline...OUCH. Better luck next year. I'll dedicate my next few climbs there in July to you!

But then again, a camp out at Lena Lake is pretty damn nice! Its a beautiful place. I think I just might do that when I'm down there in a few weeks! I have yet to climb the brothers and I see them every day when I'm down there.

I've always preferred it hard, but then again i'm kinky that way...oh wait! What are we talking about?

I'm not trudging up The Butt next year when I climb Denali. I'm going to do the West Rib. I would have done it this year, but couldn't get my application in time for a May or June trip. Next year, probably in May, I'm doing the Rib. Basically, I'm looking for a little feedback from people who have done it before. From what I've heard, it isn't amazingly difficult. I ice climb a lot, so i'm not too worried. Sounds like there are a few good spots to set up camps along the way as well. So, if anyone has been on the West Rib, let me know, tell me how it went, and PHOTOS...if you have ANY photos let me see them. Thanks, Clint

i'm trying to figure what kind of melted chocolate peanut-ridden candy bar that is. I'm going to take a guess and say a Hundred Grand bar? Am I right?