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  1. Looks like your boots got really hot somewhere, which is why the rands are cracking and the sole delam I would suspect.

     

    I found out the hard way that it doesn't have to be super hot to delaminate the soles. I stuck a pair of wet boots on the floor of my truck with the heater blowing on them. The next time I wore them the soles just peeled right off.

  2. I work with a woman who was one of Carlos' professors at Huxley College. She was a climber herself and remembers Carlos as being very interested in climbing at the time and said he was a nice young man. There is a photo of Carlos on the summit of Mt Everest with a 'Huxley' flag hanging in the Huxley College main office.

  3. I think you may mean Serpentine Arete? I haven't done Backbone, so I can't compare the two, but Serpentine had a few good pitches and a whole lot of scrambling. I felt the NE Buttess of Colchuck right next door was a much better route. Many more technical pitches, better rock, minimal amount of 4th class.

  4. i recommend having a few back-up plans in case the weather and snow is crap. Find some other mountains, or easier routes up Rainier.

     

    This is good advice for anyone traveling to the Cascades to climb. Rainier is magnet for storms, it can be nuking on Rainier and blue bird elsewhere. Going east of the crest can often get you better weather as well. Think Washington Pass, Enchantments, Stuart Range, Entiats.

  5. May is hit or miss in terms of weather. If you are going before Memorial Day weekend expect to walk the road to White River Campground adding about 6 miles. There will be snow. A lot of snow. Conditions could be good or they could be bad depending upon the condition of said snow. Best of luck.

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