Pika,
Hi Dude,
You old desert horned toad. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I want you to know that I do have the greatest respect for your wisdom. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> I wish to grouped with you also. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> although I am not quite as tough as you.

Especially when we leave home and enter the other guys domain, it pays to get local wisdom. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> I hope if I ever get to Tucson again that I get to meet you. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Besides that I'm a California granite climber and I know the north Cascades are way different. I've hiked up some trails into spots above the north cascades park, but to me its strange territory. Like theoretically how different can the Cascades and the Sierras be? Yet I am completely at home in the Sierras and I don't even know how to travel in the steeper cascades.

So come on. don't be shy, tell us some smart things toth consider before heading into the north Cascades backcountry.

Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />