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Hmm... I've seen plenty of condemnation of climbers on Hood or Rainier. Here's the latest: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/97679934.html

Sheesh! From what I recall, the 100% deet (which I think is actually 98% DEET) says on the spray to only use on clothing or objects, not directly on skin. The skin "safe" ones are generally <30% DEET.

Never had a problem. Also, eye-shades - essential overnight gear anywhere! Makes the Wallmart lot a lot more hospitable.

I'm not sure if you can do that with Mapsource but if you have a PC you might be fine doing an ALT+PrintScrn and pasting the screen capture into a graphics program.

Dr., good choice! Long Beach is a gorgeous area and the weather is just perfect and warm, like it hasn't been in a long time. Enjoy it!! I'm actually taking my visiting cousin today up to Paradise to check out the big hill up close. Maybe I'll see some vftters? :)

Ok, yeah, makes more sense. At least his trip up will be Monday on. It looks like the temps are dropping again and no major precip predicted, so good - nice consolidation over the weekend and then a nice freeze. Good luck to them both :)

Is there somewhere posting a specific warning on the Ingraham side? http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/rainier_report.html Both routes reach steepness that could slide. This is not a great weekend to be up there. Freezing levels have been under 6000' for a while and it's been snowing up...

Good point. Just yesterday I was talking to someone about the current state of development and she brought up the CCC and how great for the people and for the development of the country that program was. I'm sure there must be some here who enjoy CCC trails, right?

Stats and things get a little confusing when you throw in avalanches and crevasses together. IMO, I think being pushed into a crevasse by an avy would be completely different logistically than if you were to fall into one while walking on a glacier. While climbing you and your partner can surely...

Dig the wisdom coming out of the woodwork (nice post, gig :) ). Have fun!!

The pic looks to be of the correct location of the descriptions, with Gibraltar rock in the background and the DC in the foreground. Ingraham in between with the avalanche looking to be starting in line with the top of the DC and Gib rock, so ~12.5', where they claimed the climbers were when the...

Ugh, not much hope for the missing climber. It's been dumping rain in Seattle for the last weeks, it's not Summer yet at all, lots of new snow up there. Not many climbing trip reports being posted for a good reason. It's very sad.

Any kayak can work for most anything. Paddling skill, general fitness, and mindframe have a lot to do with what you can do with a kayak. I've seen kayaks get rolled where people have claimed that "you can't roll that kayak". The ones you listed should do you just fine. With every kayak there...

Excellent!! That looks like an awesome climb! A good friend of mine, also a Kevin, was up there this season climbing the SW ridge and also had a blast. Good stuff :)

The Dr. stole the words out of my mouth :D Or if that isn't technical enough then perhaps the czech direct? ;)

Wow, rock on!! Congrats :)

I'm not sure but they still do it. The day pass is $5. Honestly, I don't see the harm of attracting one or two-timers into trail maintenance, these aka. "something-for-nothing"s. Would the trail crews rather just not have the numbers? You figure that if someone is looking to get a free pass...

An acquaintance over here in WA did just that. WTA (Washington Trails Association) offers: 1st & 2nd work parties: Earn a day or annual Northwest Forest Pass (on Forest Service projects - indicated in the Free Pass column of the schedule). The NW Forest Pass is required in many areas out here...

Hey, I want to steal my girlfriend's new Fusions because they'd also match my jacket and belay device :D Sweet tools in a great color ;)

I had and used the Guide before dropping it on a route. Now I have a bright green (matches my jacket) Reverso3. On a subjective point from what I remember it seemed like the Guide was stickier. Currently it is tough to feed my 10.2mm rope through the R3. Although it's been a while since I used...