comedown_ALIVE

I agree 100%! What’s the point of going w/o the right gear! It just makes the rest of us who ARE EXPIERIENCED hikers look stupid. The guys on Hood this last time are a perfect example, They had LOTS of experience on many different Mtns, but were probably just over zealous about that experience. Thing that we all need to relies is that, no matter how much experience we have or how many peaks we’ve scaled, a new mtn is a new mtn. And you cant just go thinking that "hey I’ve hiked the Andes" "no mtn is a challenge" cause that’s just when she puts a boot right in yer arse! once again, guys on Hood, perfect example. Fact is ppl, the incident on Hood needs to make us all aware that the mtn is bigger and badder than us and always will be! We all just need to make sure that we are taking the things we MAY need JUST IN CASE. And I know that there are some hard-core, stripped pack, monster hikers that are going to come down on this post because I’m a "wuss hiker" or "you probably have an MRE belt pack too". But as my name reads comedown_ALIVE, and I have over 100 x's now, you need to take with you what is essential to survive NO MATTER WHAT!!! :rawk:

What the hell does some pot head from Jamaica Know about America?! WE are not getting fucked by the government its our economy thats getting fucked in the goat ass! With the tech. we have right now, our government could totaly colapse, and WE, the ppl, would fair just fine!

My favorite trip was late Oct. 2003 My brother, a friend, and I hiked up to Glacier Lake '9300, 30 min south of Red Lodge, MT, on the Beartooth Plateau. Stayed on a lil island in the middle of the lake 5 freezing nights, and hiked all over the plateau, Goat lake, Mary lake, Heart lake, and numerous unnamed lakes. Hiked to grasshopper glacier up to the top of Beartooth Plateau '12000 and got some AWESOME pics of Granite Pk, the only mtn higher than us! If you have a few hrs to kill and your near Yellowstone NP, head out to Cooke City and then towards Red lodge. At the bottom of the Beartooth Hwy, on the MT side, theres a lil road that goes to a bunch of NPS campgrounds, Rock Creek, go all the way to the end of that road and be ready for an advanced hiker hike! BRING PROVISIONS! Any one got a really good Glacial hikes near Mt. Hood or Jefferson?