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ok well this is my opinion as an 18 year old who on one given weekend will be skinning up the side of some mountain (on my twin tip seth pistols) to ski freshiez and on the next weekend be at the resort in the park wearing "baggy" pants and helmet working on tricks. skiing is a sport that has progressed an enormous amount in the last 10 years. with the introduction of the twin tip ski new things have become possible on skis. i mean two years ago i never thought i be skiing "switch" in powder, or landing backwards off a 35+ foot jump. what i am trying to say is the way i look at the terrain park is a way to progress my individual style and bring it to the backcountry and competition. nothing feels better to me than going off a cliff and landing backwards in powder and making it look good. thats just me, its an individual thing thats why i love it. others has different goals but they are doing it to better themselves in their area of skiing. park exclusive skiers want to be doing that and more power to em. its just a different new form of skiing not many people are used too. why do people hate on jibbin? i dont know. persoanlly jibbing has so much more style, beauty, individuality than other older forms of skiing. i mean look at downhill....everyone can race down an icey slope, they all look the same...just their times are different, not their style. that form of skiing makes it a number. thats what we should be hating on. i am not taking anything anyway from downhill racers its just a thought. anyway got carried away. just random thoughts. Aidan

i was worried sick dan and peter.....glad that story was pretty anti climactic, michael and i were ready to come help look for you guys! anyway glad everything is fine! Aidan

ill believe it when i ski it.........

where?!

where the hell is that second pic from?!!

talk to Colin...hes been doing it for the past twp winters....he now climbs in just a pair of BD windstopper gloves...he has built up a hesistance to cold. he would always approach his climbs in the winter without wearing his gloves...anyway i am sure he has alot of information on the subject. give him a PM Aidan

well theron and michael both have their TR's up. theron has a written one as of now...michael's i am sure will come later...check em out.

this trailer is sick too......it should be a good movie and Sage killed it last year....his segment will be the one to watch

i already have my tickets for the seattle show....go watch the trailer.... www.skimovie.com it is ridiculously sick ass...i have been watching it since june and am going crazy to see the movie

interesting.....depending on if you can make it up access creek in a day...your second day with be alot of elevation loss and gain but doable if you get an early start. and then your third day if you keep moving would be ok....anyone else have an opinion?

we started hiking around noon and got to camp one at about 645. we also had big packs. that would be a killer day. wiley ridge took ALL day for us. with route finding problems and such. we left camp one at like 8 and got to camp on challanger at around 645. but if your fast and willing give it a shot. but it will be a ridiculusly long day with a shit load of elevation gain. 1600 to like 6800 or somehting like that. i personnally wouldnt recommend it but am not gunna say its impossible. another option is to make it to say eiley of wiley lake the first day and then camp and climb challanger the next day...making the summit day alot longer but you wont have to carry so much stuff in and out. thats another idea. but again thats a hell of a day and wouldnt recommend it.

whiplash, its better the higher you go. about half way up is a big huge chock stone that we had to rap over. i think that would be the crux of going up as well as down the gulley. its more sandy the higher you go. but still shitty.

those pics are awsome theron! i got mine yesterday....was freaking out...they kick ass! i will mail them up to you so you can scan them and put them on a cd. our middle finger pictures kick ass! they totally convey the emotion of that fucking terror col gully piece of shit asshole bitch fucking chossy....ok sorry got carried away. it was fun but i thought hard (ichael is the eternal optomist) mental and physical exhaustion set in on fury. after that i found we had to relay on each other every day to get to the next checkpoint. michaels third to last comment is the most important one. its all about your buddies in the mountains

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i guess it was an enchainment of those three routes in one trip, but we traversed (not always climbing) the range from its northern aspect to the southern part of the pickets. but much of the traverse is on technical ground above treeline.

I'd write something but we are repairing to Der Wanderer's house for an infusion of charred protein products. I'll just say this traverse rocked our heads completely off.

Climb: N-S Traverse of the Picket Range-Challanger, Fury,Terror Date of Climb: 8/14/2004 Trip Report: mvs, Der WAnderer and I traversed the pickets this past week. here is a rough sketch of what we did. Day one; water taxi into big beaver hike 14 miles to camp. Day two; Wiley Ridge to Challanger glacier camp. Day three; Climb Challanger glacier route and descend into Luna creek cirque and camp below Fury. Day four; Climb North Buttress of Fury and bivi on summit! Day five; descend southwest glacier on fury, up over Outrigger peak and down to picket pass. Day six; descend to mustard glacier and climb North Buttress of Terror, camp in Cresent Creek Basin. Day Seven; hike out via barrier. Conditions: Challanger: the glacier is in fine shape so no problems to report. Fury: We gained the buttress from the west side via 5th class climbing on glacial slabs/cliffs to gain the snow slope that puts you close to the buttress. objective danger is very high. rock fall in constant, but it seemed like the best way to get on the Butt. Terror: no problems getting on the buttress. but found the climbing to be alot harder than "exposed 3rd class". we might have gained the crest to early but found some hard moves "5.8ish witha big pack". lots of loose rock in the middle of the route. upper pitches are awsome i am sure mvs will post a more extensive TR just updating on conditions. he will post pics i am sure as soon as he has them. Approach Notes: Wiley ridge; there is a orange flag on the steep bushwacking part to gain the ridge....this is a warning flag there is a bees nest right there, mvs got stung about 8 times. and a gy in a different party got stung twice. advise is to stay high on the ridge until you come to above eiley lake or else you will get cliffed out.

just saw the film....its almost as good as reading the book. the documentary style gives a really nice touch to it. highly recommended if you havent already seen it! and the climbing scenes where pretty cool too. Aidan

i have both BD Skins and G3 skins for different skis. the new G3's are pretty sweet. i think i would prefer the G3's tail connection over the clip fix. also you can use the g3's on numerous sized skis, where as witht he clipfix you set them for one ski only.

Climb: Red Mountain-southwest face Date of Climb: 2/22/2004 Trip Report: danielpatricksmith and i climbed and skied red mountain today. great weather and great views. the snow on the other hand was pretty crappy. the whole face had avy debris and it hasnt snowed for awhile so until it does i would not head up there to ski the face. would be pretty sweet in the right conditions. Aidan Gear Notes: skins, skis etc.....

Dan, i have also thought about the same thing a couple times this winter. Could triple couloirs be skied? i think it would be pretty impressive/sweet. the snow in those couloirs arnt so condusive to icing up, i know when i did it the snow would have been prefect for skiing. ski the third couloir, rappell into second or maybe you could manage getting into the second couloir without to much difficulty. then ski the second and rappel into the first. oh man....i would be very interested to know if it has in fact been skied.....gets you thinking Aidan

i havent found a leather climbing boot that hasnt given me blisters. so i bought some liner socks....worked great....dont get blisters anymore..not even sore spots. my boots are my best friends now. i got some silk liners and rei...lightweight and warm....cause light is right my friends. my $.02 Aidan

I am also considering getting the freerides. i am mostly an inbounds skiier but want the versitility of being able to hike when i want to. i have heard that the freerides work fine with alpine boot and am thinking about putting them on a new pair of K2's this season. i am also curious as to how a set up of alpine skis and boots with the freerides will preform in all conditions. Aidan

horrible news. Although i did not know him, his trip reports where amazing + inspirational and made me want to be in the outdoors everytime i read one. everytime i logged on to his site my mouth would drop in astonishment at what he had accomplished. Aidan

My dad taught me to climb when i seven. i hated climbing when i was seven and never did it until i turned 12. anyway enough of the backround. today i love craggin with my dad i have introduced him to some alpine climbing like ingalls and da tooth he enjoys it but mostly craggin for him. When we climb he makes me nevervous sometimes when he runs it out and stuff. i am always the one telling him never to unclip from this and never to tie off like that etc. and etc. but i love climbing with him. and i think he does too Aidan