brad

hello all. an almost perfect weekend in leavenworth was quickly and completely tossed into the shitter when i realized after driving for a half an hour that i had left my pack at the pullout for stones throw, 8 mile buttresses, etc. so we turned around and within 1 mile we just about totaled the front end of my friends 4runner while smashing into a very large buck. making it back to the pullout, yep you guessed it, no pack. rope, rack harness, shoes, rotohammer,gri gri, ascenders, new jacket,EVERYTHING gone!!!! we got down at around 8:30 pm on sunday(last night, mothers day) and were back by ten. i have to imagine that whoever grabbed it wasn't doing so to steal my pack, they saw a pack on the side of the road and stopped. anyone out there happen to be that person? if you have my pack PLEASE PLEASE give it back. i will gladly pay you a finders fee and you can help yourself to the little bit of reefer i had left in the jacket. does anyone have any suggestions as to where you think someone would drop off something like that, ranger station, mountain shop, etc.? i thank anyone that reads this in advance for your help!!!!

FYI i drove my honda civic around the "washout" weekend before last with no problem. the slump is more like 6-8 INCHES deep and about 30 ft long.

i agree with joe in that two weeks should be plenty for the route. i think a fairly descent strategy for an average climber is to double carry to the gendarme camp and to the saddle camp. from there take like four or five days food and fuel and single carry over pk 12472(or something) and the ridge proper to high camp. from there you will have superb weather and send said mountain in a reasonable day. the ridge is really asthetic! excellent choice!

hello. i flew onto an unnamed glacier about 40 miles se of logan with wrangell mountain air. Kelly is the guys name. SUPER cool guy, came and checked on us twice just see that everything was okay. i highly recommend looking him up. i also highly recommend the area if you are looking for some firsts in a very remote setting. check out our submission in the 2001 AAJ