Ted Piotrowski

Cleansnipe totally beat me to the punch, but sacalerts.com now also has $1 alerts if you're interested or already have a previous account. Find it under the Settings page. Good luck to everyone. I snagged my first $1 yesterday. W00t.

Dollar deals are also only listed during weekdays, though I did see on the dollar listings that they did manage to sneak one in on saturday morning.

I plan on doing Mt Thomson (east ridge) this weekend. I read that the east ridge is a Class IV scramble and that smart people choose to rappel down. I have some experience scrambling and rock climbing, and I have repelled on one occasion, but don't feel very comfortable doing it alone. I was wondering if it is possible to just down climb instead. How does this compare to the Haystack on Mt. Si? (I find that scramble to be fairly easy) Harder, easier or same difficulty? Or should I start looking for something else...feel free to offer suggestions. Thanks in advance.