TimL

JJA a friggin animal Great peps and great routes in Lillooet this weekend!

You punk. Back climibng ice in Colorado I see! Shoot me an email at lucky14956@aol.com. I have a lot of free time on my hands now to climb.

BTW - Thanks for the refreshing wave of snow that so gently washed over me on the way up!

JJA - Thanks for a fun day on der mighty toof. Its really a winter playground back there. I think there are many possibilities for fun mixed climbs in the vicinity of the toof, let alone the Snoqualmie Pass area.

Anybody know how/if Drury has formed this year and maybe some insight to its current conditions? Has there been much snow on the east side this year? I have not been climbing locally at all this winter so I have no idea of what type of conditions to expect. Thanks for any and all information!

I might have an interest. Lets talk later.

The mushrooms on Loose Lady were amazing. Anyone know what causes these to form and how/if it affects the stability of the frozen waterfall? For the Tube, bring flippers and a snorkel in addition to standard ice gear. The top out involves little to no ice, slabs and flowing water. It should form nicely as the temps get colder. Synchro, from the road, looked to be in early season conditions. We decided to wait until it gets a bit phatter. - T

Just to humor myself, but how is Shreddie approached? Someone told me it was mixed.

Cramps sold. Somebody....buy the boots.

For sale: Koflach Artic Expedition Boot Size 10: $180 Barely used, in good shape. http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?productId=83699&storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&langId=-1 Trango Harpoon Crampons: $50 Used but still has plenty of life. Crampons include dual and mono point kit. PM me if interested.

Ya'll (big hint, I'm in the Midwest right now) sound like a bunch of little children pissing on each other at the playground. I mean really, its all fun and games. Its good that a group of folks have taken upon themselves to introduce a new type of climbing in the NW. This will hopefully up the standards and some interesting shit will be developed. You guys are taking this shit way to serious. Really, go out and climb something. I would be if I were in the area.

You have a sister? Is she hot?

A fine line exists between Snoop in crampons and pooping on crampons

Yes, at Alpental on the way up to the Tooth. I should add photos are courtesy of Frank H and the BD Fusions were rented from Feathered Friends.

Not a circus...it was a good time with awesome folks! That place is really cool. Cheers to the folks who put the routes up, they are really good and well protected. The area provides a good opportunity to learn this type of climbing. Also, it seems like the NW would be a great place to open up more mixed climbing both trad and bolted. Really, ice is so scarce, why not open fun mixed lines to maximize what we have? http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=2744&password=&sort=1&cat=503&page=1

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=2745

Yikes…so this weekend at Smith with Fred Rogers I think I totally screwed up a tendon while crimping on the crux holds of Darkness at Noon. This is my deal. I have about a 4 inch section of my tendon that starts hurting just below my wrist and continues into my forearm. It’s definitely my pointer and middle finger tendon. Its not horrible pain but it doesn’t feel like anything I should climb on. Has anyone had this problem? Is there anyway to tape? If I need to stop climbing on it, typically how long should I stop rock climbing? What have people done in the past to help an injury like this heal? Thanks for any and all info and thank God ice season is just around the corner.

i vote ricardo hero and lil willy zero. guess the internet is not a safe place to talk shit anymore......this site is great.

Was up there on Sunday at the Rap Wall. Probably want to give these routes some more snow and freeze/thaw action. It seemed like it was a foot of snow over rocks. Most ice that we saw was extremely thin and I’d have a hard time saying anything looked “in”. With these temps it shouldn’t be long. The rap wall is a cool place. After leading the M7- I couldn’t find chains at the top of the pitch. My guess if there was more/any ice then you could climb ice instead of slab and anchor off a tree. I decided not to slab climb in cramps and tools. The Rap Wall is a fun place, but would have been better with more ice. The folks who put it up did a good job.

I saw this piece of stone that Dberdinka is describing. Its friggin huge and left a sizable scare. I've seen rock fall come off the LTW and UTW during intense freeze thaw periods several times. Be careful and wear a helmet if you feel necessary.

What a great route. Thanks to bobbyperu for cranking with me and the folks who put the route up. It’s a must do route with short hard cruxes and fun moderate terrain spaced in between. The first bolted pitch is a full on rope stretcher. I was wondering if it would ever end. I think it’s important that people do this route so it’s not reclaimed. It was good seeing all the Index bros and to bad we missed you Specialed. That route we tr’d was friggin hard.

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Radio Sex Scholar with a Dollar Lazy Boy...... Nice job

See ya down there!

sweet!