LostCamKenny

How was the water?

Looks kickass

Looks like a postholing nightmare up the couloir. Any wind climbing up the lift line?

Nope....just the sensitive moss folks! Nope....just the sensitive habitat folks! Dude, you're being a bit swishy on the liberal / environmental front there... We all lose if Beacon closes - then everyone can be pissed off!

How many more pitches would you estimate? Does it look messy further up or could you tell?

Nothing like the sun at farside to justify not having to drive all the way to beacon in march - not saying that I don't want to climb at beacon, though, of course!

Outstanding post!

Beautiful pics... How was the weather? It looks marginal in the photos. How long was the paddle in?

If you squint at your pic, bill, it kinda looks like ivan - just use your imagination from there!

The Doctor would be proud...

Sweet pics; Nice story...

Too bad you didn't include some fungus in you gear list!

Mt. Hood definitely! We gotta put a posse together and lay siege to the mountain... I'll get ya some O's ;-)

While my worst fall has never included more vertical distance than 15 feet or any blown gear I do have a certain respect for the consequences of a fall - a fact with which every rock jockey must eventually come to terms. Falling is the ultimate outcome to avoid and you program your head (if you're smart) to accept that you COULD fall at anytime, but you tell yourself that you can make it. Honestly, Pup, if I was in your position I probably would have given it a go, too, if that makes you feel any better. The worst thing you can do post-falling (no matter what the results of the fall) is to fail to learn something from it. If you decide that you are more ok with risking a fall than you are with not climbing then you've learned that if you are to continue climbing you must take a better approach to evaluating the risks while in your present climbing condition. If, however, you decide that you are through climbing because the falling part and its consequences are too big a risk, then you have learned your personal limit. Either way an education occurs, but you shouldn't think that you are defined by whether you give it up or not. The most important thing in all of this is that you are still here talking about this.

Well said, DD!

Greetings to all who view or respond! I'm looking for beta on Chair Peak's North Face route... Never done it and am planning to try in February 09, but I'd like to hear about it from someone/anyone who has done it. I'm most interested in the approach and descent, but any beta concerning gear and pro is gladly welcome. Cheers!