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if you arrive 18/19 are you looking to summit the same night? How many days? I'm open to getting in a last minute climb. My party fell apart at base camp (everyone was feeling sick) this year so I haven't been able to summit yet this year.

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I'm tempted to join you... camping at Lunch Counter is awesome on a clear day. I visited the climbing conditions report and it sounds like there is a road closure due to a fire that happened last year. http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/giffordpinchot/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5172538 There is an alternate approach hike that adds at least 5.5 miles to the approach. Are you doing it solo?

I guess it depends on what your goals are. When I did it we camped at Lunch Counter and did a night attack kind of like Rainier. We roped up and did it as practice for Rainier which I climbed for the first time the following weekend. The bad thing about doing it that way was that everything was still frozen solid and the way down and I nearly killed myself trying to glissade. I haven't tried it as a day hike but I know people who have and I got the impression it wasn't that hard.

I plan on getting up Adams this summer, no particular date in sight and I was thinking of doing it solo this time but I wouldn't mind company. When are you planning on going?

thanks for all the great replies and advice guys! I'm probably going to go with RMI. I have a Rainier trip planned with them this summer (even though I've already been up Rainier multiple times with a private group) to see what they are like. I do hope to do some of the other 7 summits like Aconcagua and Vinsson so hopefully a 75L pack would cover them all.

I am prepping for Denali and will probably end up using a guide service. The recommended pack size (per the guide service) is 90+L and I don't own anything in that range and don't really know if I'm going to need a 6# pack anyways. My go-to pack for Rainier is a 60L Granite Gear Meridian Nimbus and I think it weighs a little over 2# and comfortably carries around 45#. I would like to find a good lightweight pack that can comfortably carry 60 lbs or more but doesn't add 6 lbs itself. My gear volume just keeps getting smaller and smaller but if the gear list calls for 90L I'd like to at least find a lightweight compromise. Maybe something that weighs 4 lbs and is 75L? Any ideas or recommendations?

I might be able to get Thursday and Friday off, but I would need to be back home Saturday night. I'm fairly new to mountaineering but I've done both Adams and Rainier. I've never been up the DC route or been to Muir would love to go. You can email me at drl at lockesystems dot com.

I've never done DC route and I would love to go, but I heard that it is pretty much closed right now? Everyone is heading around to the other side?