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I would definetly bring 'pons, just for the fact that it gets steeper later in the year and generally the snow gets harder (if there's any left). For that matter, you'll want an ice ax too if you're not comfortable on 35-40 degree snow. Most people start at 2 or 3 am, although in August I'd say the earlier the better depending on how fast your party is. The crowds on Hood are always thick on weekends on the South Side in the summer.

Seriously, August is not the best time to be there. Rockfall off the Pearly Gates is bad, and you're slogging thru ash. The latest I've done it is early July and still enjoyed myself.

Beer helps.

Her: about to end up flat on her back in a stem Me: ready to place a tight piece of gear!

Big nutz in wet cracks.

Nice that you had wands, that indicates that you were prepared to be self-relient. Isn't that one of the great feelings of mountaineering? You had pickets as well, if one of your party fell in a crevasse would you have been counting on a rescue by someone else? I'm not trying to tear you down, but you can't reasonably expect anyone but the people who are your partners to take responsibilty for you.

I'm telling all my friends who think they're getting too old! That guy hasn't given into any of the all too common pitfalls of the little voice in your head. Much respect, very inspiring!

I'm moving from Renton to Sultan in about 1 1/2 weeks, I'll be up for afternoon/dawn patrol at Index. I've got some ideas about pre-work jaunts in the Mountain Loop highway area a little later in the summer as well. PM.

A girl that thin probably never eats. She can eat a bag of dick! The only thing more pathetic than her whining is all the attention she's getting.

GF NF page Hoo-ra. Although I guess now the flood gates are open.

It appears to me that what Anker and Houlding are doing is an expression of personal style. The guy trying to summit an 8000 meter peak in shorts, that's an idiot.

Fred Beckey- Pisses all over the best 5.6's in hobnails before there are roads to them, doesn't quit until the entire North Cascades smell like his piss, is now so old he can't even remember what he already pissed on so he does it again to be sure.

Word. Thanks.