Dude, I think I'm more afraid of the talus/scree than the actual climb/scramble. I was absolutely miserable with my head hung on the Mountaineer's Chute.
I was actually thinking of going up next week, but I'm heading out of town this weekend for work-related stuff and will be on my ass the whole week. Probably would still be able to make it up Russell, but would be drained and miserable.
Just afraid Oct will bring bad weather and I won't be able to do Russell this year. It would be interesting to try it next year with well consolidated snow...
A friend also wants to do the 9 Peaks next week which would be interesting too...
Saw your post about the Palisades on another forum. Good luck there. Man, you're on a roll.
