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Hello, I'm not sure if this is an appropriate place for this but I am trying to find a way to inform the rock climbing community that my dad and Flagstone founder Mark Ashworth passed away last Thursday January 20th. He died due to heart failure complications, at home with family. He was talking about Flagstone and climbing just a week or so before passing. He helped develop routes for Hydrotube and many others. I want to thank the climbing community for giving my dad many many years of joy. He told me that mountaineering made him feel free. His health complications made climbing impossible in his later years so while I am heartbroken I hope he's in a mountain range or on a big slab of rock, feeling that freedom once again. Thank you, Cara Ashworth

If it gets La Nina fat later this season, is anyone going for a ski of West Mac?

1/14: Looks like Cooper’s been hitting the gym and surprisingly isn’t fat right now… Still fun climbing, thin and brittle. NF gullies looked decent. Many shorter and fat blue WI3 ish flows between Cooper 30 and the shrund.

I have been watching conditions for the last few weeks so I decided to give a early season run a chance. We were able to find a little bit up 410 and had a great day Friday temps in the teens and sunshine we enjoyed a easy day to start the season. Saturday we made a trek into the Pickhandle area to check out some high flows I had in mind, It wasn't as wet as I expected but I enjoyed taking lead on these 80 footers and having a great partner to belay. The last 15ft of the bigger flow was not stable enough for me to lead so we did a few runs on the lower 2/3. It was a decent 7-8 hike round trip with the last 1/2 being rough breaking trail in 2-3ft of snow. After 2 days enjoying the area we left to civilization and find another location. Thanks to The Yakima trio Sunday was a nice finish at Vantage for a few pitches. Thanks to Steve, great job on your pitches, the perfect belays and excellent company. The Yakima trio it was great to meet and I look forward to getting out there with you guys! To Joe for the belays and allowing me to introduce you to your first Ice climbs.