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Hardly used approach shoes from La Sportiva! Great shoes just don't fit my feet. I have worn them maybe on 10 hikes only. US size 10 1/2 I live in South Seattle. Make good time navigating miles of house-sized boulders when you wear the La Sportiva Boulder X Approach Shoe. Even with a heavy expedition pack, the sticky rubber tread and Impact Brake System give you confidence on wet or dry rock. With two layers of soft EVA in the footbed and midsole, your feet can make it from the car to camp without bruising or blistering. On the most demanding approaches, the leather upper and rubber toe rand hold up to your foot dragging and stone kicking, and the mesh liner covering the tongue and rear-foot add some breathability to summer rock hops.

I usually get mon-wed off! I'm looking to climb hard this summer so lets get it!

DMM Raptor 50cm Heavily used: $100 for both. Kahtoola 10 point crampons. Used twice. $50 Grivel 2F Heavily used. $30 Grivel Mont Blanc ice axe 65cm $30 Really old beat up axe. Brand unknown? $20 Old North Face 3 ply gore tex shell. OK condition but dirty. $50XL The North Face 800 fill down coat. a bit dirty but still keeps ya warm! $50XL Borei Ski/Snowboard helmet. $25 Elderid climbing helmet. $25 Mountain Hardwear Trango Two tent. About 8 years old and still bomb proof! A couple tears in the fly but has never leaked on me. $150 Also have a brand new Big Agnes 650 fill down bag and sleeping pad. Lost Ranger 15 degree Long Right Zip BRAND NEW! $150 for both! darby@alpinerack.com

SOLD!

The Big Agnes Classic Series •Lost Ranger 15º •650 fill goose down •3lb 2oz •right zip •Retail for $219.95 •My price $150 http://www.bigagnes.com/str_bags.php?bid=12 Big Agnes sleeping pads require a pad to provide insulation on the bottom. The Big Agnes Two Track Pads •20" x 72" x 1.5" •0º •2lb 1oz •Retail for $74.95 •My price $50 http://www.bigagnes.com/str_pads.php?bid=1 If you are interested you can have them both for $175 Don't forget, they are brand spanking new and have NEVER been used (still in the bags they came in)! darby at alpinerack dot com

Ingalls Peak South Ridge. Great route for the GF!

La Sportiva Trango EVO GTX boots for sale! Never been used! Gore-Tex lining and super light. Great boot for the cascades! Euro 44.5 - U.S. Mens 11 $200 - retails for $290

Brand New, never been worn! La Sportiva Trango S EVO GTX. 44 1/2 $200 la sportiva Brand New Big Agnes Lost Ranger 15 degree down sleeping bag w/ two track sleeping pad. Never been used! Will only sell together. $200 650 fill down 3lb 2oz long right zip sleeping pad is 37oz sleeping bag pad Well loved and used Nuptse Down Jacket by The North Face. $50

Purchased in 2001 (I think), well used but still as bomb proof as ever! Can sleep up to 3 or 2 with lots of gear! $150 darby@alpinerack.com

Good to meet you too! Thanx for the great company on the rap!

Thanx for all the help getting down Solar Slab Eric! It was great meeting you and Amy. Here are a couple of pictures I was able to shoot of you guys. Eric climbing the 1st pitch of Solar Slab. Amy leading higher up on Sunflower.

Red Rocks is awesome!!!! I have a 2 bedroom condo reserved for March 21-23 in Vegas. Your welcome to stay if your in town those days. PM me if interested. Have fun! Here is a good site with a lot of great red rock climbs! eric and lucies bus trip

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This great weather makes me want to hit the local (or not so local) crags! I have a car and gear if anyone wants to go. Frenchman Coulee, Mt. Erie, maybe even XT 38! 10a sports probably my limit right now.

Thanx for the POOP!

I have recently decided to replace my helmets. In the process of shopping around and researching I thought "Why don't I just buy one helmet that would work for both rock climbing and ski/snowboarding?". After this decision I found out that they are all rated for different impacts. ex. climbing helmets rated for being hit from above and ski/snowboarding helmets for side impact. Does anybody know of any helmet that is rated for both? What do extreme ski/snowboarders who climb to ski back down wear? climbing helmets or ski/snowboard helmets? Thanks for any input.

Sounds like a fun trip with great people! Thanx for breaking trail for the rest of us!!!!

I have always loved the snow and ice formations on Mt. Hood! Thanx for sharing.

Thank you for the comments! I use a lot of PNG images, this would explain the cut off text in IE. IE7 can now read PNG files but IE6 and below can not. I use PNG because of the transparency but I suppose with my layout I could use JPEG and get the same effect, I would just have to think it through more. Keep the comments coming so I have an idea of what other browsers are seeing.

TR's of my climbing trips. it's a work in progress but check it out any way. www.alpinerack.com come back often as I ad more trip's frequently.

I just bought some tickets to Vegas for the end of Sept. From what I have found, Vegas is still really hot in Sept. average of 98degrees!!!! Is red rocks barable at this time? Can anyone recomend some moderate routes that are in the shade? Thanx

Hoping to do some climbing mon-tue. Can lead up to 5.8 trad or 10a sport. I have all my own gear and a car. Alpine maybe? you decide, I just need to get out!!!!

WOW!! Congrats to you both. I asked my wife to marry me on the summit of Pinnacle Peak in Mt. Rainier National Park. We climbed the North Ridge in February, it left a very memorable angagement!

Climb: Eldorado Peak-Eldorado Glacer/East Ridge Date of Climb: 7/17/2006 Trip Report: It was an emotional battle trying to decide what to climb this mon-tue. So many options with such great weather sometimes I just don't know what to do. We struggled back and forth between the Adams Glacier on of course Mt. Adams or Eldorado Peak. All the recent trip reports made us lean towards Mt. Adams but in the end, the appeal of the North Cascades won us over. I know, what a contrast in route choices, but we just wanted to see that summit ridge! We didn't get to the trail head till about 2:30 in the afternoon. Not quit what I wanted but my friend Travis had to drive up form Portland. We quickly found the log crossing and entered the approach form hell. I know there are worse in the North Cascades and many of you may see the Eldorado approach as easy, but for me and the pig on my back it was pure hell! I though it would take maybe four hours to reach high camp but 1840 vertical feet of steep root climbing, 1000 vertical feet of boulder hopping, another 1150 vertical up through the beautiful meadows, a 3rd class downclimb for 150 feet and the final 1800 vertical up the glacier, a total of 5520 vertical and 6 hours later we finally made it to high camp. We stumbled into high camp excited to be in such a beautiful area. Here is Forbidden Peak from camp. I broke out my new stove (the snow peak giga power, only 3 ounces, boils water great but takes forever to melt snow) and started cooking up some dinner right before night fall. It was cold, real cold. The cold night gave great cramponing snow up the remainder 1200 vertical we had to climb to reach the summit. It turns out that most of this route can be climbed on the rocky ridge if one wants, we brought the glacier travel gear so we stayed on the glacier and enjoyed a short weave through the crevasses. 45 min. after leaving camp we were traversing that amazing summit ridge. Enjoyed the sun and the views for about a half hour and made it back to camp in 25 min. We broke down camp and prepared for the knee breaker descent back to the car. We saw a bear cub climbing a cliff along the talus field which was kind of wierd. Never seen a bear climb rock like that before, who knew! After finally reaching the car we realized that My car keys were missing. We were stuck up the cascade river road with no phone reception. Eventually a nice couple from Michigan were on their way out after a day hike up to Cascade Pass. They drove us to Marblemount and even gave us $20 bucks for phone calls. We spent the next few hours trying to find a way to get into my car. All the locksmiths were closed, some guy wanted to tow my car $500, I graciously declined his offer. Eventually we got hold of a good friend in Seattle who was bored so she called my wife to pick up my spare keys and picked us up in marblemount and then drove us to our car. Thank god for bored people!!! We finally made it back to Seattle at about 3 in the morning. If anyone finds some Subaru keys at high camp or anywhere in between please pm me. Gear Notes: Had basic glacier gear. Could of done without. Approach Notes: Steep and long. Didn't hit snow until we dropped into Roush Creek Basin.

I lost my car keys on an Eldorado Peak trip. Not sure where, maybe 7500 foot camp? Lost on Tue. July 18