Marko

Here's a few pics from the trip: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showgallery.php?cat=504

That's a wicked damn mountain. Nice work!! Another ascent of the NE Ridge: Mark Price and partner (I forget his last name) did it in the early '90's.

Slacker.

Howdy Ade, that was cool to meet you and Rob at Whitesaddle. Glad to hear you guys got a bunch of pitches in! After the traverse and during a few hut-bound storm days we devolved into a world of dark insanity interrupted by wandering whiteout forays onto the various peaks surrounding the Upper Tellot, and of course eating dried food product. That lasted for a week before we became seriously concerned with possible permanent behavioral damage. So we flew out and drank beer. We took a Wadd load of pictures but they'll take developing and then scanning to post them. Have you got any digital shots from your climbs? Cheers

Goddamn cool amigo. Glad to see you're still keeping yourself busy! -Mark

Fucking nice work lads!

Cracked say: "Ramen. In the styrofoam cups." Must go Ramenless. Ramen is not food. Ramen bad. Ate too much Ramen in distant past. Past not distant enough. Ramen bad.

Isn't that Rum-speak?

Actually the steep bits are pretty good. You'd have a lot more options for foot holds with rock shoes on, too. The lower angle stuff that's usually covered in snow could get pretty manky though. I've done the route twice and have actually considered doing it or some variation in summer. Hell, it's so close and such a blast I'd do it again in winter!

Yup.

Leave tonight for east of the crest. Gotta work Sunday. Up Temple canyon maybe? Enchantments? Let the recreopolitics begin... -Mark

I've heard the same thing about that descent. A few years ago a friend of mine soloed (some self-belaying) the face and went down the back side. He spoke of big drops, steep bushwacking, and used the word 'nightmare' a few times.

I've beaten the hell out of my 3 year old Gust, hauling even, and it is still in pretty good shape. Definitely a light, quality pack. And comparatively cheap.

Glad to hear it! Enjoy!

Hey Matt how did the bag treat you?

The Becky route's got decent rock, not great but decent. It is amazing how shitty the summit area is though. My hat's off to the 2 parties (any others?) that have done the Nooksack-Shuksan traverse! We had planned to the traverse but looked at what we'd be rapping off into and chickened out.

Holy crap! Inspiring trip gents!

Bomber! But heavy I seem to remember.

So Skykilo that was you guys who left those great tracks! My partner and I started up there on the 29th and used your tracks all the way up to where you turned around. The approach was cake because of your tracks! We ended up getting shat on a couple days later so it was all for naught. Thanks anyway! Mark Y'know for what it's worth, I'd be pretty surprised if Serpentine hadn't gotten done in the 70's or 80's.

Yeah, the MSR windscreen works great for the Pocket Rocket with the added bonus of helping to keep the canister warm (dangerous, but what isn't?). A windscreen made of 4 layers of aluminum foil works almost as good and is much lighter. One problem with the little stove is its tippiness when cooking in a tent( dangerous, etc.) on a foam pad . A solution for this problem is setting the stove on a ziplock baggie 1/4 full of instant rice. Push the stove down onto the rice bag to create an indentation for the canister. This works great until you've eaten all the rice. Definitely a good stove.

Good job gents! That route doesn't get done in winter too often. Must of been a blast. Cheers for sure!

It was completely snow covered as of March 5th. About 1 ft deep at the beginning.

Zion or Death Valley? Abso-freakin-lutely ZION without a doubt! One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Routes in Red Rocks? Folks have given some great info on this site, try a search. Have a blast!

As I have no style, I am not in their jurisdiction! I've actually hung on the umbi maybe twice. Now the rope on the other hand...