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Are you kidding ? Postholing right up to your crotch again and again after numerous attempts at levitation Hearing your partner curse more than you.

Try under three days, 18 hours and 14 minutes. That is the current record set by Cavedog.

On the same tangent In 1961, on the Central Pillar of Freney in the Mont Blanc range (in France), Walter Bonatti was caught in a vicious storm that lasted many days. Many parties retreated on the glacier below and had to huddle (?) together for days. It ended up being the worst tragedy that...

Nine Also on a Presis Traverse last year - Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Clay, Washington, Monroe, Eisenhower, Pierce and Jackson. The toughest part was driving back to Sherbrooke that night after pigging out in Gorham ! Although Clay is not an official summit, it feels like one when you get there...

UTM stands for Universal transverse mercator. To make a flat map of a round sphere requires some noodling around with the coordinates. Look here for some info.

Great view ! Check this .

Some rescue info here .

Risks So we agree that there are risks. But risks involve probabilities. With an increase in people (trials, in stats terminology) comes an increase in accidnents (events). There has been an important increase in winter hiking lately, and that might be part of the explanation that Peter is...

Wind First, my prayers go out in the wind to those who grieve right now. In a way, we all do. This winter was a special one because of the wind. I don't remember (of late) such a windy winter. In stiff winds, you can get cold very fast and loose your fighting power. Hypothermia will immobilize...

Actually the fun part lower down is to climb/downclimb the many vertical root systems from trees, with one foot on lumber and the other scratching on rock. People with little crampon experience have a hard time and go very s-l-o-w....But it is still preferable than Tucks...

Merci ! Looks like a bumper crop year to me... :(

Hi all ! It's been a while but I've been ice climbing a lot this winter : see here . I am planning to ski Moosi with friends on March 20. Is there still enough snow ? I know that there is not a whole lot of snow this year so any info is appreciated.

Dunno. But when I was a young lad, we used to drive to North Conway to buy climbing gear (3 hr drive). Montreal' MEC is not that far...just a pole vault away...

MEC Hey, someone has to mention Mountain Equipment Coop. Inm canadian dollars. A bargain for US citizens.