DPS
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My wife likes Bruce's Boulder and The Hand as well as Non Vertical Smile.
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Boulder and top rope to develop climbing moves and skills, aid climb to learn gear placement.
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I recognize that plane. Flew into the Thunder Glacier in it.
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They had the ice axes, but the chockstone had frozen in place. I think many of the id tags went missing.
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Those Mont Blanc look like a newer version the Scparpa Matterhorn and probably a great general mountaineering boot.
I believe the Mont Blanc replaced the Summit/Cumbre of which I have a pair. The Summits are a great all around alpine/mountaineering/ice climbing boot. Sumamits are not quite as burly as the LS Nepal Evo, the Mont Blanc appears to be a bit beefier than the Summits.
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Spire Rock is not that bad.
You are right, its not that bad. Each of those things really only happened once.
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Just got off the phone with ONF. Dogs are not, repeat not, required to be leashed. They must be under control, which Sasha was not.
That is very hard to believe, especially given that the rules are written down on official UNFS websites for all to read and they very clearly state pets must be leashed. Very few public spaces allow unleashed pets. I have a call in to verify. I will report back when the rangers return my call.
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Marmot Mountain Works in Bellevue has, or used to have, a box of odd pieces and parts. Its a long shot, but you might try them.
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I was neither wrong nor lying. num1mc was both wrong (there is a leash law on Mt Ellinor) and lied about me (I'm not mean to dogs, despite what my intentionally ironic tag line may indicate).
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I believe I learned something today. And it would appear Daniel is correct. A leash law is in effect on Mt. Ellinor.
http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/pets.htm
"Leashed pets are allowed on trails in Olympic National Forest. Please note that this is a different entity than Olympic National Park."
http://www.petfriendlytravel.com/?page=national_parks#Washington
Olympic National Forest
"Pets on a leash are allowed on trails in Olympic National Forest."
Thanks Dane. num1mc has no problem lying about me, but I don't lie and I do at least a modicum of research.
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For three season use, an MSR Pocket Rocket or Giga Power stove are cheap, light, and durable.
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Not only are you mean to dogs, you also lie about them. There are no leash laws on Mount Elinor
I'm not sure where you are getting your information, but according tot the Olympic National Forest (where Mt Ellinor is located) website: "Leashed pets are allowed on trails in Olympic National Forest. "
http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/pets.htm
Explain to me how I'm lying.
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I was openly critical of a hiker who, against posted leash laws, took her dog on an exposed summit unleashed. The dog chased a mountain goat and fell and was injured. A couple posters (KirkW, Num1Num (I think) accused me of 'being mean to dogs'. I am not mean to dogs, I own two dogs and love them dearly. I think it is unreasonable for dog owners to expose their pets to unnecessary risks while ignoring posted leash laws that would have prevented the accident.
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I think 2 people my size could sleep in it, but it would be cramped with no room then for gear.
Generally speaking, these types of tents aren't meant for storing gear to save weight and space on tiny ledges.
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Do all Subarus come with some sort of rainbow/diversity/free Tibet bumper sticker as standard equipment?
Mine says "Wag more, bark less". You know, because I'm mean to dogs.
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Are you expecting to use this as a two person tent? It was marketed as such in my Mountaingear catalogue, but from your photos it looks really tiny, smaller than my ID MK1.
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Be aware of the objective hazards: used syringes, used condoms, human feces, and weirdos dressed up in superhero costumes hitting each other with foam bats.
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What is the fabric like? A laminate or more like the BD Firstlight?
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Started out dry but turned cold and wet, about 140% to 150% of normal snow pack. Much of this snow is late season snow (we had the wettest March in 62 years). http://www.nwac.us/data/CLISNO
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Big difference in weather after July 4th vs May-June.
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I'm guessing that was spring, as most Lib Ridge Ascents occur May-June.
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Four people died this January, 2 were going to Muir and 2 to the summit. They might have lived if they had their snow cave skills down.
That's pretty speculative to assume the hikers/climbers did not know how to dig a snow cave. It may be that they dug great snow caves and are still there.
Granted that was winter but sometimes there's not much difference.I'd say there is a huge difference between mid winter and mid July, having climbed Rainier multiple times during both periods.
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DPS you should expand into a whole " so you want to climb" series you could do one for each mountain you know
Here is a generic article I wrote about getting into alpinism: http://www.summitpost.org/alpinism-101-an-introduction/756518
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BD Nut Tool
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sounds like you need a better nut tool
This guy is either a nut or a tool. Can't figure out which.
Snow stakes - snow pickets?
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For snow the MH soft stakes, (parachute kinda things), are the way to go. Looks like MH no longer makes them though, these are the closest I could find: http://www.rei.com/product/725165/rei-snow-and-sand-tent-anchors. I bring enough stakes for the body, and then use deadmanned trekking poles, shovels, pickets, ice tools, skis, buried rocks, etc for guy points. If I am not carrying over and I need to take the guy points with me, I take the tent down and pile snow blocks on it to keep it from blowing away.