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A couple of the rat city roller girls work in my building. Small world.

I have done both Lib Ridge and Adams Glacier. I found them to be about equal in terms of steepness and technical difficulty.

I bought the crampons at Pro Mountain Sports. Somehow I don't think Jim would be very intimated by me.

The North Ridge is an easier descent and drops you off right at where you might camp. I used two tools, I like the security it offers as much of the terrain was 45-50 degrees. It would have been much harder to negiotiate the steeper steps with just a single axe.

So I managed to bend my aluminum crampons. They are still functional, however, some of the downward pointing points now are splayed to the outside. Should I try to bend them back into position (possibly weakening them further) or leave them as they are? Thanks for your input.

Is anyone interested in a trip up the Tooth in lieu of cragging?

I did the Kautz on Memorial Day weekend a number of years ago. We found it to be a straight forward snow climb, no ice. I would expect similar conditions in early June.

Climber/map illustrator Dick Pargeter makes a pretty nice one. You may have seen it. http://www.panorama-map.com/pargeter/pargeter.html

I will be at the Issaquah PR at 4:30.

Nice trip report and photos. Thanks for a fun climb. Even the bushwhacking was enjoyable, sort of.

crazy_t's suggestion makes a lot of sense.

I am going too. Are folks meeting at the Issaquah Park and Ride at 4:30 again?

My group is hiring a software developer: http://www.metrokc.gov/jobs/assets/06May/6061.pdf This is a good place to work, everyone skis/climbs/boats etc. We have guys that have been to K2 and climbed all over the world, won the Seattle Marathon, there are some enthusiastic back county skiers. At lunch there is always someone to run with. The work load is reasonable and interesting. Benefits include a free bus pass, what more could you ask for?

It happened to John Roskelly on the Cassin Ridge during a rapid ascent once.

I agree, better than the Sandy Glacier HW.

Is it Russian Butte perhaps?

I take the clothes I will be wearing while climbing plus a down or synthetic parka for rest breaks and the summit. Rope and crevasse rescue gear, harness, ice axe, crampons, 2 liters of water, lunch, sunglasses, headlamp, sun block, camera. I don't take bivi gear, sleeping bag, or stove.

[quote NE is on my list this spring, and I believe it's considerably more challenging and probably would be super scary solo. I climbed it ropeless and it was not that bad. The NE Couloir that is, not the North Buttress Couloir.

When and where are folks meeting this week? I would like to go.

I came back from Leavenworth once and felt something on my stomach. It was a tick with its head buried in my skin. But this tick was running around in circles all crazy like. I think it was just a nervous tick.

Apparently Liberty Ridge has gotten harder because when I did it 10 years ago it only took 30 hours car to car and was pretty moderate. Now it takes 5 days and is "potentially one of the toughest routes in the lower 48".

Not sure the name of this climb but it is about 5.6.

http://www.smcgear.net/products.asp?cat=4&pid=62

This guy has his own Web site promoting himself complete with the embedded newscast. This guy is all about publicity. I will give them credit however, they did climb a moderate, popular route in the early season.