From: seniorr@aracnet.com   
      
   >>>>> "Joyce" == Joyce Reynolds-Ward  writes:   
      
   Joyce> The commentary I've been hearing at work (with friends and   
   Joyce> family who've climbed Hood, some who've climbed Hood in the   
   Joyce> past, and some who have folks up there searching now) runs   
   Joyce> along the lines of "WHAT were they THINKING?!!"   
      
   Novices, and most Hood climbers are, climb in the spring: April to   
   early June.  Novices climb the south side route.  I am a novice, both   
   my climbs were.  From what I hear, the cooper spur route feels hairy   
   as hell, especially descending (which is why lots of climbers descend   
   the south side after climbing it, as this party planned to do).   
      
   There are routes on Hood that can only be done in the winter, because   
   the rock is rotten and needs snow/ice to stabilize it.   
      
      
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