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Please see attached thread. http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17884&highlight=highland+center

Please note that these overboots (Forty Below and OR) have a smooth, treadless sole and are used in conjunction with crampons. I've only worn them (OR) on summit day on Denali.

Here is a shot from last winter looking down from the first belay.

DreamFarmer, I have a scouting trip planned for this weekend. Starting in Bowman, up the Castle Trail (scouting for this winter) to Jefferson and Washington, backtracking to the Jewell Trail down to my stashed bike at the junction of the Boundary Line Trail and Jefferson Notch Road. I'll...

Congratulations. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Justin was the lead guide on my LR climb a month ago. We talked about the record on our climb. Not only is Justin a great climber he is also a great guy and an awesome guide. I love the fact that he did it with no witnesses, he did it for himself and those who know him (none of which would...

Darren, My deepest sympathies to you and your family. I lost my mother (65) suddenly on New Years Eve. May peace be with all of you.

AOC-1 The guides had used this variation before and were confident it would go. We talked about it briefly on route but not for long, no rhyme or reason that I was aware of. While the basin looked enticing becasue of the gentler slopes, the ice cliffs of the bergshrund were ominous.

AOC-1 We stayed on the ridge itself avoiding much of the ice on the Black Pyramid until we reached the the middle of the slopes above / adjacent to the BP where we traveresed towards the Wallis Wall on snow to gain the ice. We stayed on this course until we reached the upper snowfields. By...

cbcbd, I'm jealous. Living in Seattle you can cherry pick your climbing days. I attempted the Kautz route the week prior and was blown off the mountain during the blizzard.

Chip, Our guides were Justin Merle (just reutrning from his 2nd Everest summit) and Liam O'Sullivan (who would learn of his acceptance to UW medical school while on the mountain). Greg rode with us around the mountain from Ashford to White River to join his Emmons group, he was very funny...

I climbed Liberty Ridge on Mt. Rainier last week with IMG, below is a short trip report with some pictures. We started Monday morning at White River campground at 9:30 am. We entered Glacier Basin and approached St. Elmo Pass. This is where we would encounter the last other climbers until...

Congrats, I just returned from IMG's office from a Liberty Ridge trip and noticed Holderness, NH under a name on thier 2008 sign-in board. I live in Bridgewater, NH. Congrats again.

Here is a link to cascadeclimbers site about a recent rescue above the head wall. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/803623#Post803623

Congrats Congrats to the entire team. The 17,200 camp is not a very hospitable place, physically or mentally. I can't imagne the solo climb back to camp from Denali Pass. The hump back to basecamp can be very exhausting. I hope they are all in Talkeetna at the Roadhouse eating breakfast soon.

I wonder how the AMC Highland Center defenders feel after reading Mr. Doolitte's post?

I had great luck weeks ago on with a #12 elk hair caddis. Here is my notes from that trip. I left Lafayette Campground parking lot at 5:30 Sunday morning and reached Lonesome Lake at 6:00. I went around the lake to the dam to gear up and made my first cast near the dam a short time later. The...

Timmus, Great trip, thanks for the report. Interesting, all this talk about the Fisherman’s trail, I've never heard of it before. Coincidently I hiked up LWT to LBT and fly-fished down to the Osseo Trail on Sat. I caught a couple dozen small brookies from where I started until the bridge...

How was the Mckinnley River crossing? I understand that is the crux of the traverse. Again, congratulations.

Congratulations What an awesome accomplishment.