kevino

How many of you were there? That couloir would get crowded quickly...

Nice!

Anyone been up there recently? Wondering how the warm weather as affected the snow level? Thanks.

yes. as of thursday at least...

FUN! The route, despite the slogging, was well worth it. Sweet bivy looking at our climb from last year: David striking a pose in the morning sun...or zipping up his pants? I'm starting to think the N cascades are a little more photogenic than my home playground of the stuarts Cramped belay. However the grim faces are probably from them realizing that I am going to shower them with ice and snow Cruising the alpine ice chute Extreme camera tilt! In the wrong direction! Joke of the trip: Whats the difference between David and a blue bag? The blue bag is actually going home with the ranger!

Go Mariners! I just wanted to point out that the zipper is a light saber ready to cut open the taun taun as necessary.

John is a good guy to climb with!

Red alien gone. Special deal: 2 Metolius cams for $45 shipped! Come get it!

Whats the covershot?

who cares about all that crap about ozone, check out what tommy caldwell has been up to

Bump. Quickdraws are gone, price lowered on crampons. Make an offer, just want to move some unused gear.

I've seen one of them drop tested. We had to gather the three parts to piece together our conclusion.

they call it 'mini' so one could imagine..which is too bad

Metolius 00 TCU: older style. Used lightly, no signs of damage. $25 Metolius 1: the four lobe style. Only placed a couple of times. $25 Petzl Sarken: 2008/9, whatever the newest version is. Brand new, never been used, packed once for trip but never came out of pack. Just won't need it and figure someone can get better use out of it. My loss, your gain. $130 Front points not even touched: Will ship for $5. Otherwise I'm in Ellensburg/Yakima area.

Ahem...Any interested in this year?

Not that Dan's direction's weren't good enough, a little visual stimulation never hurt: Sherpa Glacier is the last Glacier/snow visible on the left, you'll continue up the gully that angles to the right.

The road is still a ways from being open to Esmeralda TH. Genearlly by late May avy danger in the stuarts is pretty low, if not earlier. Just get a partner and go climb Sherpa Glacier instead. Much more scenic that side if you're looking for an easy outing.

is that why those sheriffs and SAR trailer were there?

anyone want to climb rock sunday? leavenworth? vantage? whatever is dry. i climb in the 5.10s for both trad and sport. send me a messsage. thanks. i'lll respond soon. -kevin

Apparently officials in the CDC believe that Mexico inflated their numbers to bring attention to them. The one death in America was a Mexican baby brought across the border and happen to die while in America. Only 9 hospitalizations have occured out of all the cases in USA. General antiviral medications and healthy immune system you'll be fine. On the other hand, 6 probable cases in Washington, 3 King, 2 Snoho, 1 Spokane. Stay tuned for official results from CDC soon...

Those are two separate things?

1. ~6 2. don't know what an 8-ball is 3. 2 ho's need to be done 3 times, 1 ho 4 times 4. don't know how much an ounce bag is worth 5. 2 6. 2800 7. ~17 8. 20% 9. 28 10. 440 ft

How are you routes looking up there? Any pictures you two? Or anyone else?

Craig you're so smart!

So as I eat my second saltine cracker, this will be my first caloric intake since tuesday, thus no climbing recently. So post some pictures to make me feel better! I'll start...Castle rock on monday..