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Another Festivus miracle! Next up - feats of strength...

I've found that if you park on Little Rd - the next side road west of the park (not Kueffler Rd which is in the park) you are off Hwy 14 all together and not likely to get a ticket. I've never got a ticket there and have left a car overnight, more than once. I finally broke down and bought a pass though. Seems they have no legal leg to stand on if you are indeed parking outside of the park boundaries. 112 has good suggestions on clarifying where you can actually park and what permits are required. Good luck.

I recommend you drill some holes in all those empty cans with a big electric drill. ::

Bill, it's obviously time to shed some of that excess gear. You have WAY too much to even keep track of and it is causing you more grief than good trying to maintain an accurate inventory. Step ONE, admit you have a gear problem. Step TWO, give it away and free yourself of the bondage that is you gear-whore-aholicism. I'm here to help, just hand over the rack.

Does this mean your going back in the closet?

Ya think?

Damnit, I was on kid duty all day and keep looking over there wishing I could get out. Anyone up for this Friday if it stays dry enough?

If all else fails, new ones are pretty cheap too. I'd bet there are plenty of used ones out there though... Does this experiment involve The Gimp?

At least it was two girls and not two guys. MUCH easier on the eyes. Just sayin...

I managed so smuggle a half rack of tall boys in a noobs pack for an overnighter. That said, he only had a sleeping bag and some extra clothes so his pack was still only about 1/3 the weight of mine. He was pretty shocked when I pulled one out and popped it open.

HEY SOBO, have one on ME!

I, too, feel your pain Sobo!

Thanks Geoff!

I have never counted the traverse as a pitch because you climb from the ground to snag then over to the base of the slab in one pitch. That is how Jim taught me...... I'd agree that the 2nd pitch starts after the traverse but I suppose it is really up to the FA party for the "official" pitch layout. Anyone trundle that belay slayer yet?

Send them to me and I'll test them for you. I'm sure the ropes are fine... Just don't fall on them.

Sobo will. Sobo will click anything. Right you are, OW! With company-supported AV software on my company-provided laptop, I'll go anywhere on teh innernutz! Although they were a little peeved about the sybian gumnut blender episode... Fixed it fer ya Sobo.

Sobo will. Sobo will click anything. I'm still in therapy for the poo links a few days ago. Damn you SOBO, damn you!

Can I get dibs on the guest suite?

I've always had a theory on how Taco Bell prices tacos... The price depends on how many seconds till you "run to the border" - ie 39 cents = 39 seconds, 49 cents = 49 seconds to the shitter.

King of the ass candles is much more fitting. Just sayin...

Me too, but I seem to recall about 2-2.5 hours from the parking lot. Hoping to get up there this season though.

A lightweight vapor barrier/bag liner is a good idea too. I will never forget the longest night of my life shivering in -55 to -60 below on the north side at only about 10,000 ft. I was thinking, if it's this cold here, what will it be like up high? Turns out, we were MUCH warmer up higher since our camp at 10k was surrounded by 8-10,000 ft walls on all three sides. Still, I'd have paid a fortune to have my buddies CWM instead of my REI -20/pollypro liner/bivy/down parka/booties/mega fleece layers. Once your up there, it's too late to add some fill. Go BIG, I tell ya, GO BIG! Better safe than shiverin all night sorry. Then again, I much prefer heavy and comfy over light and fast. YRMV.

I would not go back up high in the Alaska Range with nothing less than the best -40 bag. A pound or two more in your pack but good insurance if you get some cold weather. I've suffered with -20 bags enough to have learned my lesson well.

Sounds like a match made in heaven so long as the drum can drown out Ivan's "singing"... If so, I hope you can give good belay and drum at the same time. Or pseudo belay, for that matter. So long as you can drown out the ever present Irish yodeling crack smok'n junky sounds you will be stuck with for a week on a wall. Just sayin, that feller likes to "sing", if you can call it that.

Sounds like a match made in heaven so long as the drum can drown out Ivan's "singing"... If so, I hope you can give good belay and drum at the same time.