papasherpa

Thanks for the suggestions.

Ok, so I am a Newbie to mountaineering and thought this might be the best place to pose this question: I have a Vaude Versametric Proof 65+10 Backpack - I know it may not be the best pack, but I got it for $100 brand new last year when I was buying mountaineering equipment. The pack works nice however, it has now developed a squeek. Drives me F'n nuts. Anyone have a suggestion on how to get rid of the squeek? I think the squeek is coming from where the load lifter attaches to the back plate. Here is a link to the pack: http://www.backcountry.com/vaude-versametric-proof-6510-backpack-3967cu-in Any suggestions would be appreciated by my sanity. PapaSherpa

Thanks for the insight everyone. I am hoping to climb to 9200’ on the Wilson Glacier - make camp, ascend the Fuhrer Finger to summit, then descend the Kautz Glacier route back to the High Camp. In theory anyhow, depending on conditions as it gets closer. If not, we will go up Dissapointment Cleaver from Muir. It is interesting and fun for me, I have 1000's of miles of hiking experince and 0 of mountaineering. This is quite an adventure for me. It is ALWAYS good to humbly ask everyone for their insight. Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers.

Ok, so here is my scenario/question: We are climbing Mt. Baker on the 7-9th of July and Rainier on the 13-15th of July. I am thinking about taking my GoLite Shangra-La 3 person tent (with floor) as my tent. I have extra guy-lines, snow pegs for anchoring. Thus, has anyone used this tent (or a similar light-weight pyramid style shelter) to climb Rainier? My friend and guide (who only has used expedition style tents) is not sure of my decision....so I thought I would ask if anyone out there has some insight to offer me. PapaSherpa