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Finally, those of us feeling like we can't do anything immediately can chip in. Can't afford much, but something's on the way. I gots the feeling they're coming out of this okay as soon as this storm's passed.

I'm looking to get myself a nicer jacket for this winter and don't know where to start. Let's say my criteria are: 1. warmth 2. windproof 3. waterproof 4. cost What's the best bang for the buck?

Looking for partner to summit Table Mountain on Monday 8/28. I've hiked the area before, just never summited and would like to have that under my boots before the summer ends. http://www.nwhiker.net/CGNSAHike33.html

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Dead_mountaineer_found_after_seventeen_years August 19, 2006 Mont Blanc, in the Alps, is the highest mountain in Western Europe.The body of Mike Seavers, a mountaineer who died in a climbing accident in the French Alps, has been found after seventeen years. The 31 year-old, who lived in Bristol, was scaling Mont Blanc with a climbing party when they got caught up in a fierce storm. He was found alongside a German member of the party in a melting glacier which preserved their bodies, according to Nick Cotton from the British Mountaineering Council. “They may have gone inside a crevasse to take cover and got covered, possibly by an avalanche or snowfall. Glaciers are flowing things. They move at an imperceptible speed and anything travels with it encased in ice. When they get to a point where the glacier melts, things appear,” he said.

Hi all, I've been thinking about peaking Mt. Adams sometime between August 25 and September 1 and thought I'd try to recruit a partner here. I'm up for any of the routes, but would probably prefer something a little more challenging than the southern route. Still, if all I can find is a partner for south route, that's good enough.