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It is my 40th birthday this weekend (Sept 7) and I was hoping to spend it in the mountains. Plus the weather looks good.

I am planning on doing the Ruth-Icy traverse this weekend, Sept 6-7. I would enjoy some company. I will be driving from Issaquah and can pick folks up on the way. Newbies welcome. If interested please email bighurtbob@hotmail.com

My comment was a joke.

It was a joke Julie. And we are all softies compared to Pete.

It was 5.4, climbed by Pete Shoening in hobnail boots in 1949. That ring piton was the only piece of protection he placed.

My advice would be to get a synthetic, mid weight parka with a hood. I stopped using down because I could not keep it dry while winter alpine climbing/ice climbing. Go to Second Ascent in Ballard and pick one up there. They always have a nice selection of well priced parkas.

Jeez Rob, I am sorry to hear that.

Nice photos. I am trying to round up a crew to do this with me this weekend. Any takers?

Looking to get out and do an easy alpine ramble and would enjoy some company. Some ideas I had are Ruth-Icy, Black Peak, Silverstar. Also open to suggestions. If interested please email bighurtbob@hotmail.com.

Thanks for the photo!

Partner found, thanks for looking.

Looking to get out this afternoon - Exit 38, The Tooth, whatever. Dan 425-392-2054

I'd do Challenger, but that is just me.

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Has anyone seen the Price Glacier recently? I am planning to attempting the route in a couple weeks and would appreciate a conditions report or recent photo. Thanks, Dan

I had a hair cutting accident and now I am bald. I thought being bald would at least make me tough but it doesn't. I also thought with all the rocks that have fallen on my head it would look like a potato but it looks more like an eggplant.

It is not clear from your post which peaks you climbed.

Well, I was younger, healthier, and fitter back then =). We soloed or simuled most of the ridge. I remember the upper ridge being longer than 2-3 pitches as well. Hmmmm. Your assessment of this route being a grand alpine tour is spot on! The climbing is never hard, yet demands the full alpine climber's repetoire and traverses a spectacular landscape.

Buy an ice axe and crampons and figger out how to use them. FOTH has directions. Then climb these: Dragontail via Asgard Pass Colchuck via Colchuck Glacier Mt Stuart via Cascadian Couloir Sahale via Sahale Arm Mt Ruth via Ruth Glacier Seattle has several good outdoor stores in the 'Outdoor Store District': REI, Feathered Friends, and Outdoor and More.

Reading this trip report brought back fond memories of my trip with Michael Stanton a few years ago. I found his trip report and re-read it and thought others might enjoy it too. http://www.mountainwerks.org/cma/2002/forbidden.htm

Nice job! This is one of my favorite routes!

Go someplace with water: lake, pond, stream, etc. Kids love water. Indulge the kids when them want to stop and rest/investigate/drink/eat etc.

My understanding from being involved in two helocopter rescues, is that if the aircraft is US military, they do not charge, even foreigners. A number of years ago my partner and I hauled a Canadian mother/daughter out of a moat on Mt Baker. A US Navy helo winched them out. They said the received no bill for the military flight.

I once had an accident on the Girth Pillar. I broke both my arms (one was an open fracture, the other broken in seven places), had a head injury and broken ankle). My ONE partner, Nick, got me down 1,500 feet of technical terrain, took my pack and hiked me out to the trail head and then, after a 20 hour day, drove me all the way back to Seattle. Now, if ONE guy can do that, why can't THREE pack the other guy down to the hut I wonder?

Great photos Chad! Congadulate Megan on her finishing school for me!