DPS

REI has Black Diamond Windstopper fleece gloves on sale. They have a leather palm and are as likely as anything to do everything you want them to do. I generally agree with mattp, though. Better to have a number of gloves, even for a one day climb. (Approach, climbing, belay)

I have a friend that has done Chair Peak NF in winter in 2:38 car to car. I have another friend who got benighted on it. Approach time all depends on snow conditions and your party's fitness level. Skis or snowshoes work equally well for the approach. The conditions on the routes typically improve during the winter with the NEB coming into condition earlier and being more reliable.

Bronco, That is freakin' amazing! That means you are especially good at taking internet IQ tests! Maybe you should get a job taking internet IQ tests. I hear there is big money in competitive internet IQ test taking.

Is 41 about a us size 9? I might be interested.

I've tried Index in winter a couple times. Difficult to get the conditions just right.

My wife has said that the posts she reads on this board are moronic and has concluded all climbers are idiots. She scored a 180 on that internet IQ test. She's really, really good at math.

Actually Medic and ambulance services are free, unless it is a private ambulance. Medic One/Fire Dept transports free of charge for life threatening emergencies.

I found this to be a big problem with my SLR. Carried around my neck it swung around and got in the way of technical climbing. Stashed in the pack I missed shots. I use a small point and shoot that stays in my chest pocket now. A pro photographer friend of mine carried his Nikon FM 2 in a padded lens case clipped to his harness. It stayed out of the way while climbing yet he was able to access it when he needed to.

Maybe one of the lawyers on this site could look into the legality of this. It seems to me that this is public land, even the parking lots.

I was just in the Icicle on Saturday. We saw no ice. Alpine conditions are pretty bad at the moment as well. We just lost two snow shoeers over the weekend to avalanches. One below Chair Peak and one below Table Mountain. The forecast is for more precipitation all week long.

Anyone, anyone...

I did the SW Ridge a few years ago. We experienced much different conditions than those described in High Alaska. We climbed in June and found the 1300' high rock step below the ice arete to be steep runnels with very steep steps of rock to 5.8. Apparently earlier in the season it is just a snow climb. I think the crux of the climb is getting off of it without being avalanched down the S couloir.

Check it out. Scott'eryx is a guide now. http://nwog.org/contact.asp

Twin Sisters, the ones near B'ham, not the ones in the Rockies.

If this goes through, what's next? A 1,000 dolllar fee if you need Medic One?

C2+ on Town Crier? Has it gotten harder since the last time I climbed it?

Seattle Clown supply, for those with extra, extra large feet.

My wife is a pretty good catch.

By 'small alpine rack' they mean B cup or smaller.

Just my family doc. No imaging done.

Last winter I hurt my shoulder lifting weights. I stayed off of it and it seemed to heal. Recently I re-injured it hanging and finishing drywall. The doctor diagnosed a shoulder impingment and prescribed naproxen (Alleve) and suggested I see a physcial therapist for exericises I can do. Being too lazy to see a PT, do you have any recommendations for shoulder exercises to help heal my shoulder? Thanks a bunch!

My dad once asked me how I could climb because I used to be paralyzed by fear at heights when I was a kid. I told him when I am climbing my older brother is not there to grab and shake me and say 'Don't fall!' The bastard.

JoshK said: Huh, it sure looks like that, doesn't it.

I hope it wasn't something I said. Despite my dig at him, NWOG was one of the most impeccibly designed sites I have run across. Maybe Scott should consider doing Web pages for a living. Now, I may just be smoking crack, but wasn't the old site named Northwest Outdoor Guide? The new logo that is on the Web page is Northwest Outdoor Guides with a caption of 'Coming Soon'. Maybe Scott is launching his career as a mountain guide?

Sea-Tac airport reported 5.02 inches of rain for a 24 hour period. That's a 500 to 1000 year precipitation event. (Or so our hydrologist tells us)