Alex

poor lummox missed the memo

Cold Cold World Chernobyl, or something like it. Wild Things Ice Sac Trango Ice Pack (not made anymore, but you'll see its similar to the previous 2) Basically: 50L or slightly less, light, minimal bells and whistles, removable top pocket, durable.

wow, it took you a thread like this to come out of 4 months of retirement? sheesh

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you might have some non-standard hardware of some sort? when i created a dual boot system a couple years ago it was kind of tempramental with certain devices attached to the machine.

You might try climbing Wedge from Wedgemount lake. Its a nice place to be, with 3 days you'd have a day to approach (4000 gain), a day to climb, and a day to go out again. I've done this trip in early April before and it was pretty nice,...well, except when the weather didnt cooperate!

scott you better go have another beverige. too random.

wow, now those are good examples! Here is more french free, along the same vein corked bats heel spurs and using leashes on ice tools all wheel drive vehicles in world rally parapente off the top after you send Everest (Jean-Marc Boivin, french!!)

Who is more Evil in "The Axis of Evil"?

Looks like you were generally in the right place, as your pic is definitely looking up the first 3rd of the route. Considering the route was climbed several times in the last few weeks, you likely just didnt find the fist pitch, which basically climbs the steep slab about 40 feet left of the slings on the trees you found. (Those slings are typically used for the last rap back down to the starting ledge.) The first bolt on the first pitch is about 20+ feet up and not that easy to spot, so if you were expecting a bolt ladder like Condor Buttress, you wouldn't have found it easily. Once you get the first few bolts past you, the route takes a natural line and is easy to follow. It could also be that you didnt hike the "trail" high enough to get to the base of the first pitch.

if you are leading 10d at leavenworth, you're doing just fine time for you to go climb hyperspace

give it a rest guys, everyone has stories like this. people who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones, eh?

Burning Man. Freakin' crazy 20 years ago, now so yuppie. Kind of like a Phish concert.

For stuff like Rainier, you never qualify it with "Rainier in Winter", you just say "Rainier in March". People who have been in/climbed in the NW will understand what "Rainier in March" means. Its a significant achievement! My first attempt on Rainier was "Liberty Ridge in April". Although it was technically not winter and we had good weather much of the time, I still count it as one of my better trips! The epic potential was large, we had no tent, and ate salmon stakes and fresh veggies at Thumb Rock. Can't beat it! Thats what the shitzallaboutyo!

the Ford Escape Hybrid still gets worse gas mileage than my 4-cylinder Toyota 4Runner!!

Where I grew up on the East coast the pronounciation would have been different, but I always assumed it was a "Northwest Pronunciation" thing to pronounce the "e" at the end of these peak names. For example: Sahale Goode Slesse Beebe

yay winter is back!

You can legally camp in any national forest, anywhere as long as its further than 400 ft from an established campground. However, try to use that on Larry the Tool and it probably wont work. Alex

So, this is really a "date" TR?

Marrymoor N side, right hand crack w/ no face holds 9+ N side, left hand fingery thing, pretty hard! Inside of pinnacle, right side fist and off fist with *nothing* else, probably very hard 10 or 11a? Fists out the large roof with no poseur heel-hooking, feels mid-11 with tape, or brutal without tape.

I personally am shocked that the various courts have stuck to their guns in the face of acts of congress, midnight signatures by the President, and so on. As the husband of someone who has chosen me as a life partner, I would be pretty incensed if the courts favored other family members, even my spouse's parents, over me to make difficult decisions for myself and my partner.

I think I tried N Ridge of Stuart "4 times" before I got up it. I always went up there way late season after it started raining elsewhere, thinking I could "get away with it" since the Stuart Range is typically drier than the West side. It was total noobville. I also tried Rainier a few times before I finally summitted. I am really bad though, if I don't get up something my first try I typically just go do something else, I'm not one who has a short list of stuff that I absolutely have to get done before I change focus. That, and sometimes it takes a while for me to forget how much work some of these objectives are. Thankfully my memory is pretty short.

You got up Johannesburg?

There is only 1 crevasse on the S side of Hood, no worries.

If 3 days, Ptarmigan Traverse fits your criteria.