Peakpimp

Looks like an awesome trip! Great pics too!

I love the up-close and personal of the snaffle. Oh yeah JB Rye > Black any day.

Id love to go with ya if I wasn't still such a noob

I just want to give a BIG thanks to Mattp for taking me out to climb yesterday, it was amazing and I can't wait for an opportunity to do it again. I feel that some solid 1 on 1 instruction from a competent practitioner is a great way to learn a new skill although as a student I think it is important to do as much of the research as possible before setting out, especially on something that is inherently dangerous. With all of the resources currently available in books, magazines, websites etc, there's no reason why someone couldn't know quite a bit before even attempting the activity. Hell I spent 2 hours re-reading FotH just before Matt showed up. For me I think it's just important to stay humble, and carefully put into practice the knowledge I can acquire from all available resources to execute sound judgment in a variety of circumstances. Thanks again Matt!

“Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway

Ha Ha very Funny! Awesome TR though... Great pics!

I feel the best way to learn something new is to use all available resources; books, websites, *cough* forums, whatever classes/lessons are offered, friends with similar interests, and folks who just plain love _____ (insert subject here). I had already registered for a group beginner climbing event at the end of August before even posting here. Its just that the end of august is still a ways off and classes start for me again last week of september and I just want to climb so badly I figured if I could find someone with the patience/resources willing to show me the ropes I could learn a some of the subtle nuances that only come with years of experience and heaven forbid maybe make a few friends in the process haha.

Its kinda like when I go out to dinner with my parents, even though I know they'll pay (as I'm a "starving college student") when the meals finished I still do the "Courtesy Reach" for my wallet until they say don't worry we'll get it.

Awesome! Glad you liked it... The Cascade Pass area has got to be one of my all time favorites

Thats pretty much where I am... Stuck in limbo between tough alpine scrambles and real technical climbing. A good friend of mine knew a lot more about mountaineering than I did and brought me in at first but through some research (read quite a few books and countless TR's)I caught up with him and we have been progressing together, kinda self taught (through the recorded knowledge of others of course). We would usually do a little homework on peaks and routes and just give it a go and if it got too hairy we'd turn back to return another day with more experience. Eventually I got tired of walking up the south side of everything, and he got engaged, so without some proper instruction or an equally devoted companion for support, I haven't been able to make the jump to technical climbing. I'm very glad for the experience I've gained routefinding, steep snow travel, crampon/ice axe use, what I personally need to pack for multi-days etc, physical fitness etc. which will hopefully prove invaluable by allowing me to focus more on the climbing and more technical aspects of future climbs. Lately I've been soaking up all of the information I possibly can about rock and alpine tech stuff and this thread has given me a few ideas on how to make the next step. As I have learned from skiing, mountaineering, hell even the apprenticeship I completed at work, that for me, there is no substitute for a solid mentor with a wealth of applied experience to draw off of.

Ive scrambled Sahale Mtn, Dragontail Peak, Mt Adams (although there is a raging fire there now) , Vesper Peak, Del Campo, and Mt. Buckner. All sweet non technical routes

Nah you want Three Fingers not Three Finger Jack, but according to this website the road (#41 Tupso Pass - Darrington Ranger District) is closed 10 miles from the TH www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/conditions/road_conditions_report.shtml

My old climbing partner just took his new climbing partner (his fiancee) for a 5 day, 43 mile backpacking trip through the Pickett Range... arguably some of the best terrain in the NC

Wow an impressive feat for sure! In this article Justin claims to have summited 100+ times... with that many I bet he could almost do it blindfolded

Nice! Sounds like you scored a few nice turns. I scrambled the south ridge of Adams in August a few years back and remember thinking those sun cups wouldn't make for a very good time heh.

Awesome TR mate! I MUST do that traverse in the near future!

Hear Hear STP! Id like to add one of my favorite quotes... "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong that will be imposed upon them." ~Frederick Douglass