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Whippered the shit out of them Boadman. No problemo.

They seem to wear and hold up great. I attribute that to the smooth action, precision engineering They place and remove more easily then other cams so they don't get that extra wear from trying to remove a stubbon cam.

Full moon ascent sounds way more fun then headlamp ascent, which is still fun. I might give it a try myself if the weather cooperates. I heard Adam and Kenny are out there today doing a aid route on the SW face, good for them!

In Deadhorse, the lower end of the cave goes underwater in winter or spring, and you might have to turn around and reverse the whole thing, a long ways if youre not planning on it. Happened to me and my brother and kids, exciting reversing the squeeze. I think the high water happens later in the season with the snow melt. You can check in the lower end where you park your car, by going in 100 feet and seeing if its passable. With a wetsuit and a waterproof lamp I'd consider the swim. It would be cool to finish where you have to hold your breath and go for it after all that crawling.

Keep the stoke Kenny!

I can't see you Dave....!

Yes Mtnguide, anyone can die anywhere doing anything. Agreed.

After finding out that the rescued guy is more of a backpacker(he hiked the entire Pacific Crest trail this summer) then a climber, I am prepared to give him a pass in that he got in over his head. My big gripe with the guy is that he downplayed the whole thing after the fact, instead of being humble and admiting that he screwed up. I think folks need to be called on their BS when their actions put other peoples lives in jeopardy. Most rescues are due to accidents, injuries, unforeseen extreme weather, and those are the rescues that are understandable and acceptable. To me, this rescue was not one of those. The guy was unprepared for what is a given up there in winter and then got scared when he got caught with his pants down. But maybe we can all let it rest because I think we all know that now.

That looks great!!

If you are going to climb Hood in winter, solo, do you not prepare for rime forming winds, low visibility, and winter navigation? Maybe even check out the weather forecast or place some wands on the ascent?

I'm from Washington Chris and we grow them a little bigger here. Thats not a crevasse, thats a rugosity. and its also down the mountain aways where visibility is going to be much better. Bill as you know I've walked many a mile already. Get it done! Are you suggesting climbing Hood next week, thats what I got from it. Ok, lets do it, all you can handle!

I guess I can't imagine a time when I would be coming off Mt Hood after summiting and fall down in the snow lost, even though its not snowing or dark out. Badly frightened from the fog, I crawl into my sleeping bag on the spot and decide to go no further. I call Moutain Rescue on my cell phone and ask to be rescued from well below the summit even though its a walk off and still daytime, somehow I know my elevation around 10,000 feet but don't know how to descend to get out of the cloud, let alone where timberline is. My greatest fear is volcanic vents consuming me. Then I log onto Facebook and wait for a call from Jay Leno.

He was next to Crater Rock Bill. and I'm sure there was not any kind of visibility issue 1000 feet lower on the White River Glacier. I even question and doubt he was in any kind of a true whiteout, as there was no snowstorm, just clouds blowing thru. The guy fucked up bigtime, called for rescue, got rescued. That pretty much sums it up, none of that is in question. With the armchair mountaineers theory, anyone can call for rescue at any time for any reason if they are scared and think they are in some sort of possible theoretical danger. I have always thought that to call Mountain Rescue you better have done everything in your power and then some to get yourself out, before you decide to put other peoples lives on the line. But somehow in our cell phone society in the last 20 years, something has changed. and not for the better.

The guy was not on the summit of Hood, they said he was at 10,000 foot level from what I heard, is this incorrect? It has not been a big snow year, its not a dangerous crevasse or cornice area, even in a white out. The one sulfur vent hole is all. If you go down from there and keep moving, common sense tells you 3 things: 1) You might get out of the cloud bank and be able to see 2) Going down is supposed to be where you are going. 3) Keeping moving also keeps you warm. Stopping and waiting is where you start to freeze. Sorry, I don't have allot of empathy for some guy who goes up solo in winter unprepared, and calls Mountain Rescue and Facebook and sets down and waits to get led out. Whatever. he jepodizes all of us, as it is frivolous events like this that cause the funding for rescue services to be put into question.

Do you need a compass and map to JUST GO DOWN? You might not end up at Timberline Lodge but you will certainly hit the highway.

hey brah, dats da shit. Did ya rent that poptop?

Climbers of Beacon Kyle Dave Plaidman Ivan Mike Kenny Jeff Bill Larry to be continued...

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Comments from the Oregonian: "A Southeast Portland climber rescued early today from Mount Hood says official weather forecasts called for favorable conditions before he launched his solo climb to the summit and that an unforeseen blizzard blinded him during his descent." "A common sentiment I've seen in the newspaper comment sections after a climber needs rescue is that the climber is irresponsible for putting the rescuer's life at risk because of their selfish actions," Kish posted. "Talking to these guys, the ACTUAL rescuers everyone likes to speculate about in these situations, it was perfectly clear that they love what they do, often require the same services themselves at one point or another and have chosen to pay it forward..."

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plus if I told ya, I'd have to kill ya.. and thats just not right..

Thanks for the advice Bill, but wouldn't that be a little like a dog biting his own ass? or like asking for a good 8D. Owwwwwwwwwwwwww, that hurts says Elmo.

Nice Bill, but how about fire starter tabs. When I was in Boy Scouts we had fire starter tabs that would burn well when you lit them, used to come about 5 of them in a little tube. Army surplus. Those things rocked. Now I just fire up the Jetboil. or call YOSAR.

Thats moist!

The best chalk bag is the one that keeps the chalk inside when you have it cinched closed.