TankMasterFlex

bump

Brand new with tags, western mountaineering gore windstopper PUMA winter sleeping bag. Rated to -32 degrees Celsius. Long length, left zipper. I'm in Vancouver, Canada and can ship if needed. Looking for $700 OBO.

Some friends and I had our sights set on Rainier, but it doesn't look like weather will cooperate. Anyone have any ideas on where to climb, somewhere within a half day's drive from Seattle? Ice, rock, alpine etc... anything?

Some friends and I have a few days off in October (oct. 8-12) and we have our sights on Rainier. Does anyone have any advice regarding routes this time of year? Thanks.

Thanks for your input!

I'm glad to have found this board, lots of great info! 3 friends and I with experience outdoor rock climbing, many multi day hiking trips, and limited experience mountaineering (never been on a glacier... so never practiced crevasse rescue) were thinking of trying the coleman/demming route on baker this may long weekend. Basically, I'm just wondering if this is a decent first climb? Our plan was to camp for a few nights at the end of the trail just before the glacier. We were going to find some areas to practice crevasse rescue, self arrests etc... Our plan was 2 roped teams of 2. We've all done quite a bit of reading (freedom of the hills, alpine climbing by the mountaineers, and am currently reading self rescues by the mountaineers). We've taken AST-1. I realize the road to the trailhead is closed, but we were planning on parking at the closure and hiking it. What do you all think? We definitely don't want to get in over our heads, but at the same time want something that will be a bit of a challenge. Ideally we would take a course, but we're all poor students... Thanks for any advice you have.