Eli3

I've been using quiver killers for two years now, primarily in the back country - they have a few issues, but nothing too major. I switched over to binding freedom's slotted inserts last year for a new pair of skis and found them much easier to work with (and they are cheaper!). When properly installed with loctite, i've never had a loosening issue (besides with free rides). I'm ~230lbs and ski 20-30 days a year pretty aggressively. Downsides: *Don't work with free rides - for some reason, no matter how much loctite i put on the screws and how tight they are, free rides toe piece always come loose. Two friends of mine have had this same issue. *Make sure to use loctite *Make sure to let the inserts sit in a cup of acetone before installing them, as sometimes the OEM doesn't de-grease them Upsides: *I didn't have to buy another pair of bindings for my wife, just skis/skins (she only tours a few days a year) *Much easier to bring multiple pairs of skis traveling and lower risk of breaking bindings in baggage *Easy to replace a broken dynafit heel piece in the backcountry *Can swap out alpine bindings with dynafits on my big skis for resort days *Don't have to have an extra pair of bindings for rock skis *Lower commitment to buy skis. If you mount yourself, its ~$30/pair to mount with inserts, much cheaper than the $300-$600 cost of new bindings

Big dump near stevens pass

Balls: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100809/bc_slide_flood_risk_100809/20100809?hub=BritishColumbiaHome 2nd largest landslide in Canadian history

how nasty is the moat, now that that bridge is most likely gone? would it be horrid to rap into it and climb out on the rock?

Hey - i'd be up for something this afternoon or tomorrow. I can lead mid fifth class in the alpine and have a light rack and a rope.

Hey, I have tomorrow free and am up for some alpine - sharkfin tower?

Free the 19-22nd if anyone wants to head out; looks like the stuart range might be nice, although its early to tell.

Trip: Sahale Peak - Que Sabe Date: 4/15/2009 Trip Report: Eric and I headed up to cascade river road for an attempt at the forbidden tour, and bailed because we are huge wimps. However, we got up sahale and had some fantastic alpine pow! Full TR Approach Notes: Gated at eldorado TH. 1/4 mile to continuous snow on road, should be a pretty worn in skin track every which way in boston basin by now.

Thanks for the beta! Did you guys get close enough to see how difficult the cornice is?

How ridiculous are the lines for the non-reservation camp spots at Yosemite mid juneish? Does anyone have any recommendations for good dirtbag camping areas near something fun to climb that may still have availability?

Yeah, i thought about the whole attached to the rope thing. The creek was pretty raging and deep, there would have been no way to swim in it if someone slipped - and it was only 20' or so wide - so we unbuckled the waist belts and figured if someone fell, they would get swept back to the side the rope was attached too.

Hi - i'm busy this weekend, but would be interested in climbing next monday and tuesday (12/13) if you could swing that... I am of similar ability level, but haven't climbed since last year, so I can lead easier 3s after a bit of warmup.

Trip: Manatee Range - General Exploration Date: 8/3/2008 Trip Report: It won't let me back date my trip report, but I went exploring up in the manatee glacer area in august and thought the beta might be useful: I've always wanted to check out the coast range, so two friends of mine and I picked one of the 'easier' accessed areas in the hiking and climbing british columbia guide book and went for it. Amazing terrain, I'll have to head back up there this spring for some skiing. The recent weather has finally given me some time to finish the writeup! Part 1 Part 2

I'm a novice ice climber with a flexible schedule, and wanted to go check out stone garden's dry tooling wall sometime during the week when the gym is empty. Anyone looking for a belay partner? spcmanspiff at gmail.com

I got the ticket at the parking lot at the end of the white river road on the approach to clark

I got a $75 ticket for not having a northwest forest pass at the white river parking lot! What happened to the $5 ticket and a nice addressed envelope to buy a pass?

I was wondering if anyone had walked in this year and if they have any beta on the devastator creek crossing?

I'm 26 and just started working for myself, so my schedule is pretty flexible. All my normal buddies have 9-5 jobs . I'm an extremely mediocre rock climber - have followed alpine routes to ~5.7 with no problems and have just started leading easier stuff (i can lead sport to around 5.9). I can also climb easy ice (AI/WI 3 or so) and ski just about anything. I usually do slog glacier trips and scrambles, and would welcome partners to do those too! I'm in good shape (have a few 7k+ days in this spring), but usually plant a beer cache or two key points on the decent. Thanks, Eli - spcmanspiff at gmail.com

well, i saw an incident in the Adirondacks four or five years ago where a bear came into a camp site. A jackass had food in his tent, and there are friendly bears there... So, when the bear was rummaging around the campsite, this guy pulled out his 45 and started shooting in the direction of the bear in a crowded campsite. Fun, eh?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/13/guns.park/index.html I can't wait until people are carrying, i mean, you just can't get away from those drug dealers at paradise... Contact the department of interior to protest! http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=SubmitComment&o=090000648053d497 On second thought, i'm not sure what to do if you run into any wierdos or deviants in the north cascades besides shooting them - i mean, what would you do if you happend up on this? _t6SG1yCW7Y

Chasing the sun, Snoslut and I decended on Silverstar. A long, dark skin in yielded a day of windpack powder under bluebird skies. We skinned in late Friday night from winthrop to avoid snowmobiles, and made camp at silverstar creek. Dropped our overnight stuff off at the basin ~4500' and continued up to the saddle. The ski down was some nice, wind packed pow. It took us a while to get up due to snow conditions, so made it back to the basin just as it got dark; and then skied out sunday. Full TR: http://elibcblog.blogspot.com/

Trip: East Peak - Snowmonsters Attack! Date: 2/4/2008 Trip Report: Saturday was deep and fairly light. Stability was marginal, so we were pretty cautious - cracking and wumping on some aspects. Sunday was not as deep - it settled about a foot and a half I think, but the stability was excellent. more pics and more detailed TR http://elibcblog.blogspot.com/

Some friends and I are looking for a 10-14 day traverse in alaska or the coast range for the end of june - something with scrambling/low 5th class and easy glaciers. Difficult navigation and shwacking are quite all right. Does anyone have any suggestions or places to look for trip reports? Thanks! -Eli

Yeah - we were up at the inspiration/mccalaster col that day. The static was crazy, it was like my head was tingling. The cloud deck topped out around 7,000 if i remember correctly, and it was quite a view watching the clouds spill over from the cascade river road valley onto the basin the inspiration glacier drops into.

roped glacier travel would be an option, thanks for all of the great ideas!