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For a route of similar difficulty, but with many more technical pitches try the NE Buttress of Colchuck Peak.

Washington Pass: Silverstar Mountain via Burgundy Col Black Peak via S Ridge Cascade Pass: Sahalee Peak Eldorado Peak (very easy glacier travel - I have never roped up) Stuart Range/Enchantments: Mt Stuart via Cascadian Couloir Dragontail Little Annapurna Mt Baker Hwy: Ruth Mt (very easy glacier travel - I have never roped up) Icy Peak (very easy glacier travel - I have never roped up)

There might be some crevasses you could lower into on the Cowlitz.

Best. Trip report. Ever.

Don't make me solo the mighty Tooth. Again.

I want to break in my new approach shoes so I am looking to skip church and do an early run up the Tooth tomorrow (Sunday). Will consider alternate objectives of a similar nature. If interested please email bighurtbob@hotmail.com. Thanks, Dan

Aren't you two just the cutest alpine couple!

This reminds me of when my daughter was 8 and we climbed Diedre. There was a party of two dudes behind us grousing about getting stuck behind us. We were up, over, and back at the car while they were still on pitch 4.

Jacket has been claimed. Thanks for looking.

I found a belay jacket that no one has claimed. If anyone wants it they are welcome to it. OR Primaloft hooded belay jacket Size XL Blue Faded with some holes. I will not ship it so be prepared to pick it up in Issaquah or Pioneer Square in Seattle. If interested please email bighurtbob@hotmail.com

Kit Lewis' slide show reminded me of a cross beteen Mark Twight and Jerry Lewis. Pure gold!

A liter of tequila, 20 miligrams of mescaline, some crayola crayons, duct tape, and 40 yards of bailing twine. Not every rope up will be like last year.

That's crazy, Jeff.

Excellent advice.

Last year I did the Enchantments loop trail run. It was super fun. Anybody care to join me this year?

Pete Sinclair has a nice account of this rescue in his book "We Aspired - The Last Innocent Americans".

The start of the Beckey, at least the way we went, was very good, clean 5.8 climbing. The second pitch went through the band of pink rock that was super loose. After that it was pretty good again.

Michael Stanton and I did it in August car to car in a reasonable day: http://www.mountainwerks.org/cma/2002/forbidden.htm. Conditions seemed perfect.

Yes, that was myself and Aaron Z on the Beckey (we think) route. We knew there was a party below us so we tried not to knock stuff down, but it was inevitable on a couple of the pitches. Glad to hear you did not get hit by anything. I really liked the route. I felt it had much more quality climbing than say the Serpentine Arete.

How is route-finding on that one? Straightforward enough? Yes, very straight foward. Jump on the ridge at the low spot near the toe and go up. We found the hardest climbing at 5.6 to be very low down when bypassing a gendarme/tower feature. For its grade it is one of the best alpine tours in the range IMHO.

Hi, I had an email conversation with your partner, Dan. We took a non standard descent route so we did not see your rack. Hope somebody else finds it and returns it. Dan

Did you climb NEB on Sunday (7/26/2009)? If so did you get hit by any falling rocks?

Found puffy below Colchuck. Please email to claim bighurtbob@hotmail.com. Also found inflatable sleeping pad but it was too bulky to carry down.

Probably not terrible. It should go.

Nice!