Alex

booties are my number one. we did without music. to keep ourselves occupied we used 16oz nalgenes as piss containers, and acted shocked when the overflow slopped onto the other dudes sleeping back while tossing out the door. when that wore off, during one 3-day storm, we somehow noticed that with several days of bed-rest one's resting heart rate starts to drop. Mine got down to 44 before the storm let up.

Very sad news! I had only climbed with Mizuki a few times but was impressed by her motivation and attitude! I was definitely looking forward to climbing more with her. Our condolences to both families.

I don't understand why I am having more trouble losing the weight this time. Oh, my wife reminded me that it could be the 4-pound jar of Jelly Bellies I bought at Costco. Hmmm.

weight loss

A+++++++ Would do buisiness with again!

n1madman, those shots (beautiful!) are not typical June condish. You will find lots of snow on the plateau. I also would suggest no snowshoes, as the Snow Lakes trail should be pretty clear until you start heading up the the plateau. I did S Face of Prussik a few years ago first week in June and it was great! We only postholed around upper Snow Lake, the rest of the trail was snow free. No cramps or ice axe needed. Can be a little on the cold side in the morning.

You're next buddy! Every day I open email, waiting for "the announcement..."!

I just want to see Bob kick someones butt.

Suuuure, blame it on school. And if not, you'll find a girl, quit climbing, pop out some kids, and read cc.com from work thinking of all that time you wasted while in school, like the rest of us.

Not sure what you were looking at, Craig Pope, but it sure weren't Dragontail, a-yuck a-yuck.

Its just water weight, don't worry, you'll gain it back

ok, you've made it look cool, so I guess its back on the list. I especially like that narrow little line mid-face of the line you took.

Weigh-in this morning: 201.2 Hmmm

yeah he still drives

Man, thats a great one!

Road probably took about an hour, I guess, to the TH proper.

Trip: Mt Baker - Easton Glacier Date: 5/6/2007 Trip Report: glm and I settled on heading up the S side of Baker for a one-day ski tour, Sunday. On Fri the forecast for Sat and Sun had been "partly cloudy" and indeed Sat lived up to the that. Sun started out mostly cloudy as we headed up I-5. Drove up the access road eventually ran into a bunch of snow and parked snomobile trailers and sleds. Figured out where to park the car, well before the Schreiber's Medow trailhead proper. There is a seasonal closure for snowmobiles that make one have to hike/ski the last several miles of fairly flat road to the TH. At the early hour we arrived, there were no sleds buzzing around. We headed up the road and made nice time, got to the TH, and slowly headed up. Initially the cloud deck was above the summit, as while coming in we caught a glimpse of Colfax et al. but by the time we were heading up the initial moraines, the cloud deck had decended down to around 6500, where it would remain for the whole morning. About this time, some sledheds came on by, but they just went about their business up higher, and it was still pretty quiet. Eventually we climbed into the cloud deck, hoping it would lift with the day or that we could see an exit out up higher and get above the layer, but we basically ended up taking a break and sitting in the clouds and whiteout for half an hour. Big fat raindrops and drizzle started signalling a turn-around, and lots of sloppy oatmeal turns interspersed with zooming along on sled tracks later, it was raining full and proper back at the trailhead. The road is half downhill gliding, and half full-out double-poling/skating, but one gets back to the car fast enough. We stopped and talked to some heads loading up a trailer, then got out of our boots and loaded up our selves. On my windshield was a hand-written note that pointed out politely that I had parked in the wrong spot, and then, quite inexplicably "By the way, if you had even THOUGHT about touching my sled, you would not have liked the consequences!!" Gear Notes: Tunes. Sunblock. Should have brought my "Lowell Skoog Signature half skins" for the road. Approach Notes: Still alot of flat snow-covered road.

I can still remember those days. Enjoy it while it lasts, studmuffin. Weigh-in this morning: 201.0

We'll have a whole month to fantasize about that one, but I know I already am a winner

Monday 5/7 is official weigh in?

Yes it does. I expect to climb a crack route without having to be constantly reminded of how pathetic this sport has become. See, personally I want the anchor there so that I am constantly reminded how pathetic I've become!

Not I, but there was a TR from some peeps climbing Eldorado last weekend so you can at least get that far.

one loooong day or overnighter, PMs

In the winter I carry 6-7mm perlon for rapping off v-threads like everyone else; that works for summer-time too. But I *do* like the old 1" tubular stuff, perhaps only for nostalgic reasons. I tend to cut down a lot of worn-out or useless rap slings/stations in the mountains. Most of the anchors I see these days are 5/8" webbing. In the Rockies you might be on a well-travelled ice route and find 3-4 slings and/or cord on 3-4 different trees at the top of a route, all within arm's reach. As a rule I'll clean trees, but leave existing v-threads in-situ if they look good. On something alpine or rock thats commonly-climbed like Das Toof, the nests get so large: there is really no point in leaving the faded crusty slings in there when beefing up the anchor with your new webbing.

nice, I've always wondered about that one, too!