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Has anyone done the descent off Inspiration Peak recently? I'm wondering whether I need to haul a second rope along for rappelling the west ridge/south face. Most of the trip reports out there mention double rope rappels, but if it's not necessary, I'd rather not carry the extra weight of a second rope. Thoughts?

Nice report. Did you happen to get a look at Liberty Bell? I'm wondering if the Beckey Route is mostly snow-free.

One of our sleeping pads turned up a while back, but still no word on the Marmot sleeping bag. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that someone out there has it. Any sign of it???

We had a tent malfunction while climbing Mt. Rainier on Sunday 7/8 and my sleeping bag flew away. There's a pretty good chance it ended up somewhere on the lower Inter Glacier, since we were camped at Camp Curtis and we found a couple other items while skiing out. It's a blue Marmot Helium EQ sleeping bag. I'm really, really hoping someone finds it!!! We also lost a couple other items: - Thermarest Ridgerest foam pad - Rite-in-the-Rain journal in a plastic ziplock bag Please let me know if you spot them. Thanks! Joe

Nice report. Good pics. Was it straight forward getting onto the Emmons Glacier after climbing the Inter Glacier?

Bailey Range Traverse on the Olympic Peninsula is well worth it. I spent 7 days on it, but you could easily cut that down by a day or two.

I saw 21 F at 8:30 PM Saturday night by Ridge Lake on the PCT.

Trip: Ingalls Peak - South Ridge Date: 5/25/2009 Trip Report: Climbed Ingalls Peak on Memorial Day and we had the whole place to ourselves! Imagine that! We post-holed our way to the lake where we camped Sunday night. Waited for the winds to die down before climbing on Monday. Route is snow free except for the first bit on the east side of the ridge at the base of the dog tooth crags. Kick a few steps and scramble a short bit on the west side and you're up there no problem. Saw quite a few snowmobile tracks around and even heard a few zipping around despite the area being off limits. Oh well. Approach Notes: Still lots of snow, but it is melting fast. Bring skis or snowshoes and expect to put them on by about 4,800 to 5,000 ft. We had to park about a 5 min. walk from the trailhead, but the road should be open all the way by now.

As of Monday, 5/25, snow on the road is melting out fast and most vehicles should be able to make it to the trailhead.

I was climbing up at Pearly Gates in Leavenworth on Sunday, 4/26, and now I can't seem to find my size 0 BD C3 cam. That's the green one. If anyone spots it up there, it'd be great to have it back. Thanks.

A little extra hiking never hurt anyone. The huge berms are obnoxious though. I was up there a month or so ago. We never did find the fixed pin that is mentioned in the books. Where the heck is that thing? Did you pretty much go straight up and right from the Lost Charms tree?

Climbed the WR yesterday. We had to use the rock gully off to the left. The couloir now has a really, really skinny snow bridge that we weren't willing to tip-toe across. It was maybe 6" wide...and melting out fast.

Cool. Thanks. I've done the East Ledges descent before and didn't find them to be too tough, but was wondering if your three raps and traverse back to the west ridge notch might be quicker. Any thoughts on whether or not the snow couloir will still be "in" for this weekend?

Question about your descent. It sounds like you rappelled straight down the north side for approximately 3 rappels before cutting back over towards the West ridge. Is that correct? A few years back when I did the West ridge we did more of a down climb/simulclimb of the ridge back to the notch, which seemed very slow and tedious.

Pretty sure I left my Smith Slider 01 sunglasses at the base of the Silent Running route in Darrington on 6/29/08. They are black with black polarized lenses and a dark blue lanyard. They are likely sitting on a rock towards the left side of the base of the climb. If you find them, I'd be psyched to have them back. Also, FYI, if you're headed out this way, forest road 2060 is washed about 2 miles in. If you have a high-clearance vehicle you can probably make it several miles past this point, but lots of folks are having to park their cars here and walk the approx. 4 miles of road to the trailhead. PM me or call 206.854.5498 if you find the glasses! Thanks! -Joe