Great news indeed Rod..... Try to come up to the portal when Gary is up there. He attracts hikers from the board like crazy!!!!! That's the reason I hang with him. I hear Barb could drag both of us up Whitney after her 28 mile hike last weekend to help fight cancer!!! We could possibly talk wazzu into going up there for a beer. I heard Gary is buying.
Let's do a "shorty" soon, possibly a partial Baldy or even something up near you. I don't get there often, but I do have some friends up in your neck of the woods.

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