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A fairly easy way to do it is to cut a vee shaped piece of light fabric and sew a separating zipper to it so that it zips into your full zip mummy bag. (I believe Senor House has mentioned this idea.) So you unzip the mummy bag completely and zip in the vee to create the bottom of a 2 person bag. I've used this a bunch of times and it's light, warm, and cramped as hell. 2 1/4 lbs for a full on winter 2 person bag. It helps if the bag is a little long so you can bunch it around your shoulders. I also bought a synthetic quilt thing made by Golite and sewed on a windproof bottom and hood. It's about 3 1/2 lbs and fits 2 pretty comfortably. 3 of us used it in a bivy tent for a few nights up in Alaska. Worked out OK. Obviously a route with tiny or no ledges pretty much kill the double bag idea.

Is that the access for the north side or to Slesse Mtn Trail?

Ahh, crap.

No Moffat? No kidding! (How'd that final go?)

The mighty Triad(s) but of course!

Damn right, been eyein' that one for a while.

Right on Scott, way to sneak one in before the rains. Musta been nice interesting climbing.

You might want to check out the Hilleberg tents. They're roomy, light for their size, and very stout in a blow. I spent a few weeks in a Keron up in the north land and noticed that every detail about it was simple and well thought out. Definitely worth a look. -M

Nice work up there in them Pickets, lads. Way cool.

Congratulations on yet another fucking impressive adventure amigo!

Looks cool, congratulations!

Green means go. Blue means back the hell up and go up green, it's way fun. I no talk more.

Shit colin; Very, very, very friggin' cool! My first thought was mega-Eiger for sure. Second thought was North Twin! Looks like some interesting route-finding involved. Damn good job! Slide show?

It's an old address.

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I thought Blitz invented it and Twight popularized it, thanks for the clarification. Matt, So it might be that the middle 1/3 or maybe 1/2 of the 2 routes are common, eh? The FA done 2 decades ago is probably the real truth...

OW, I'll see if I can dig a couple route photos up. John, Yep, I figured all that, and I absolutely agree with the intent. But it seems a bit odd that someone as meticulous and conscious of details as Twight would publicize a comment that falls apart when you take a second look at it. Of course I don't have any better ideas so I suppose this is an example of talk without action... -M

Digression: Note that Infinite Bliss is really a variation of a route put up in 1999 by Mike Preiss onsight, solo (some self-belaying) and with no bolts. Even more digression: The solution of Johnny Blitz' equation has alway kinda bugged me: Talk - Action = Zilch... So what then, Talk = Action?

Keep an eye on this site: http://www.nps.gov/dena/home/news/ The weather's still too crappy to fly the summit area apparently. Their missing is hard to believe.

I would like to report that the Fairview is alive and well. To the detriment of my liver...

My Mythos seem to actually wear better than my board lasted shoes. I'm thinking it's because the rubber isn't backed up by the hard last and is able to deform *around* rocks and whatnot rather than be subjected to more of a point contact. Only a hypothesis at this point... On the other hand, it's your feet that take the abuse.

Very friggin' cool.

So I went and bought one and used it up in the hills the other night (~20°F). Kinda cool all unitized and all. It'll be a great hanging stove. Seemed similar in cool weather performance to the old Pocket Rocket. Pot's OK if you're not in a hurry melting snow, but sucks if you're used to a 2 liter pot. Then I took it home and did a battle of the stoves boiling ice blocks. Attached are the results in an Excel spreadsheet. Basically, in spite of the better efficiency of canister stoves, I'm taking the old tried and true Whisperlight up to Alaska again. Blaze on, Mark 559818-Stovecomparisons.xls

I think he's right, it's more alpine ice really. Well done gents! -M