Thanks for the info on Fifth Seasons. I was up there this weekend and stopped by to check them out. Looks like REI and the Fifth Season will be good options...
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Kyle Winslow
kwinslow3
Feb 5, 2003 4:14 pm
One word about the 5th season - they won't rent crampons to you if they decide your boots are "too flexible". I ran into this problem with some lightweight...
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Mujtaba Ghouse
mujtabag
Feb 4, 2003 10:02 pm
Hi Ron, The Fifth Season (in Mount Shasta City) also rents all this stuff (ice axes, crampons, mountaineering boots etc). You can call them to make a...
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davidkiene
Feb 4, 2003 9:51 pm
Hi Ron Have you ruled out renting a pair of crampons and an ice axe at REI? Dave ... in ... am...
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sierraguy98
Feb 2, 2003 5:37 pm
Does anyone have an ice axe and crampons they would be interested in getting rid of for a modest price? I need a 65 to 70cm ice axe. I am doing a climb of...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 24, 2003 11:20 pm
Day 9 of the 2002 Challenge, Aug 25. I was hoping to climb Mt. Irvine as well, but that turned out to be a little too ambitious. Three of us headed the Meysan...
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davidkiene
Jan 23, 2003 10:48 pm
Thanks for the trip report and photos! A priority trip for me next year is to do the Russell/Whitney/Muir (ah hell-why not include Carillon too?) death...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 23, 2003 5:01 pm
Day 8 of the 2002 Challenge, Aug 24. I thought this was going to be a brutal combination, but it turned out to be much easier than it appears. In fact it was...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 22, 2003 4:13 pm
I really enjoy Onion Valley a good deal. This was my second time there, and I've now travelled almost all the trails on the east side of Kearsarge Pass - yet I...
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davidkiene
Jan 21, 2003 5:46 pm
Nice report and pictures Bob! I loved the class 3 climbing on Middle Pal....
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 21, 2003 4:26 am
Day 5 of the 2002 Challenge - Aug 22. This is a tough dayhike. After failing last year on the same hike, I was quite determined to make it this time. Once on...
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rocky4u22000
Jan 21, 2003 4:25 am
... Good advice...but...it gripes to have to buy another set of crampons. I have a beautiful set of 10 pointers here to go with my LaSportiva Trangos for...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 21, 2003 4:24 am
I'm like Dewey and make use of a strap-on 10-point crampon when I need them in the Sierra. No good for ice climbing, but work great for peak-bagging. I've used...
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dad13
Jan 20, 2003 9:41 pm
I've given a lot of thought to this problem because I really dislike hiking in heavy crampon compatible boots. My first experiment was with 6 point instep...
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rocky4u22000 <rock...
rocky4u22000
Jan 20, 2003 8:52 pm
Hello all: At times it seems that shoes like the venerable old 'Lava Domes,' 5- tennys or snazzy new trail runners were made for us. BUT more than few times I...
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rocky4u22000 <rock...
rocky4u22000
Jan 20, 2003 6:06 pm
Did I miss any (successful) trip reports for Middle Palisade, east side class 3 route, with pics? Is one pending? Thanks, great group here....
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davidkiene
Jan 17, 2003 5:45 pm
Bob, I loved reading your T-bolt report! I went up the Southwest Chute over July 4 weekend and was feeling a little sick that day so I made it to the base of...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 17, 2003 6:00 am
Day 5 of 2002 Challenge, Aug 21. The approach from South Lake is much faster than coming from Glacier Lodge - and no axe/crampons needed in late August. The...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 15, 2003 4:11 pm
Day 4 of the 2002 Challenge, Aug 20. This was one of the easier days, time-wise, though we had our share of class 4 climbing on two different routes. A very...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 14, 2003 7:01 am
Day 3 of the 2002 Challenge, Aug 19. Anybody who's skied at Mammoth Mtn can't possibly miss the views of the Minarets, a fantastically jagged set of dark...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 14, 2003 5:17 am
A small group of us are going to attempt to dayhike Ventana Cone from China Camp (east side of Ventana). The full route qualifies for Death March status,...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 12, 2003 10:32 pm
Day 2 of the 2002 Challenge, Aug 18. This was a lot of class 4-5 free soloing, more than any other day. We didn't make it to the top of Echo Peak #9 however -...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 10, 2003 7:50 pm
Day 1 from the 2002 Sierra Challenge. Five of us made it to the top of Whorl, via the very fun class 3 East Face. This was a much more enjoyable climb than the...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 9, 2003 5:41 pm
The following day I climbed a few peaks from the St. Mary's Pass TH, a few miles NW of Sonora Pass. http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/sonora.html I'd...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 8, 2003 6:17 am
From Aug 15, 2002 Located north of SR108 about 10 miles west of Sonora Pass, these were the first two peaks for my acclimatization "warm up". Much of the views...
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bryan_couch
Jan 6, 2003 11:16 pm
Bob, Thanks for the list of peaks, It was an outstanding list and I have made some loose plans on climbing at least three of them and maybe a forth if time...
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bryan_couch
Jan 5, 2003 12:44 pm
Bob, I did both White Mt and Agassie in 2000 had to take last year off due to foot problems. Agassie was a full day for me so I would say any thing around that...
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Joel M. Baldwin
qumqats
Jan 5, 2003 7:52 am
--On Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:48 AM +0000 "Bob Burd ... I thought Dana was rather hard, although I haven't summated enough peaks to have much to compare it...
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Bob Burd <snwbord@...
snwburd
Jan 5, 2003 6:48 am
Bryan, How many miles/elevation gain are looking to do in a dayhike? Just about all the peaks on the Sierra Crest can be done as a dayhike, most of them no...
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bryan_couch
Jan 5, 2003 4:46 am
Ok so in late july I will be heading up to shasta to make the climb and on the way home I will be on 395 and am looking for a list of peaks that can be done in...
