JasonG

And don't forget to give the planet her 1%

I like pictures, especially good ones. Keep those TRs coming everyone! Wicked sporto routes too (sorry Dawg). You guys should check out Leclerc's Insta feed, he's been climbing some cool limestone over in Europe. There is a big difference between posting/sharing, and chest beating.... at least in my opinion. And J4, don't feed the beast!

I thought so too, well written! Keep the TRs coming, please.

What lengths you crazy Brits will go to, to climb!

Katie Ives penned a beautiful piece about him and their friendship: http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web15s/newswire-memories-of-dean-potter I always admired his ability to stay true to what was important to him, despite of what everyone else was doing. Not many around like that, and now one less.

Awwwwwww man...... I thought you guys were discussing the brilliance of Dana Lyons. [video:youtube]FQMbXvn2RNI

Edit- just re-read the serac part. Yikes! So this came off near where you cross the bergshrund and go up Liberty Cap? I wonder if that ice cliff is becoming more active after the large snowfalls we had a decade ago or so. When I climbed it in 2002, I don't remember any seracs in this area, just an ice step that was solidly attached to the mountain (like NR of Baker).

Well done! That is one of my favorite routes, glad you found it in good conditions.

You killed it .

That's an interesting point RE media coverage of these LE related deaths. A quick look into the data actually shows an increase of homicide by cop, though the time series is limited and not corrected by total US population (2003-2009): http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=82

Yowza!

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/mbs/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5150593&width=full USFS #49 is fine as of 4-29

You should be fine, road is open to the TH and you can hike most of the way to White Pass without snow. We may get snow between now and then, but probably not a whole lot. An east side back up trip could be the Gardners, Silverstar, or Stuart. All are easy scrambles.

Ha!

I'm too cheap, and my experience is that if it is too comfortable, the pack itself is way too heavy. But I suppose it is possible that McHale has found the holy grail.

McHale packs are priced like works of art. In other words, I don't get it. And yes, I've seen them up close.

I would love to read the story of those that were, good luck!

Very true, North Twin is one of the choss exceptions around here.

Also, I'm impressed with the accuracy of your peak ID, considering this isn't your back yard. You obviously did your homework!

I had wondered how the trip went, thanks for checking back in! And sorry about the weather and the rather abrupt end to the trip, that sounds pretty character building. For what it's worth, you were at the tail end of the statistically driest time of year (last week of July to first week of August), but last summer was unusual with the amount of T-storms and precip that we had, esp. in August. If you look at Cliff Mass's Blog he has some interesting posts from the time of your trip: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2014/08/heat-wave-thunderstorms-and-cool-down.html Last summer started a period of unusual weather that lasted well into this spring. Things are more "normal" now, but we'll see for how long. Hopefully you guys can get back up here and have a rain and issue free trip!

Cool! I got a kick out of fact that your partner wore a helmet on the descent, but not the scramble.

Thanks for the offer Ben, but I'm laid out with a cold of biblical proportions right now. Good luck!

Thanks for the report, that has been on my list for some time. Need to make it happen!

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Geez, that is a ridiculous three days!