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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!

I'm curious, what do you have against the idea of access to health care for all Americans? I happen to be a sick guy fortunate enough to have excellent health care coverage. Even with really good coverage, I have spent > $10,000 out of my own pocket for health care over the last 6 months. Once again I am fortunate in that I can afford it. What are ill people in this country without good insurance and high paying jobs supposed to do? Please tell me.

Thanks for the well wishes!

I'm sick. Sometimes really sick. I spent 3 months last summer in the hospital. I am on a large regemin of drugs to keep me upright, one of which as a side effect causes weakening of the tendons. Because of this I am not able to run. So instead of running I have been walking and biking for exercise. On my walks I now have time to say hello to everyone I meet and sometimes learn their stories. I make it a point to greet everyone I meet with a hearty "howdy" or "good morning". I like to mix it up. Not everyone appreciates being greeted while hiking, but I think doing so makes me a happier person. In fact, I now fancy myself an ambassador of sorts. If you run into a middle aged guy who seems oddly friendly, say hi back. It makes me happy.

I am guessing Klenke is the youngest person by half to finish these lists. Good going!

"What? Do you want to live forever or something? "

Last climb I did I loved my food selection: Trader Joe's Brown Rice Torillas Trader Joe's Dutch Gouda Cheese Salame wraps with above ingredients Trail Mix Trader Joe's pre cooked indian style rice with lentils rolled in above mentioned tortillas

Pro Mountain Sports sells an Evazote foam pad that is similar to the MEC ones, except they come in grey.

Plus you very nearly died.