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DFA climbed Bunny Face on TRAD GEAR! Whoa! Holy ethics, Batman! Did he chop the bolts too?

The kitchen is separate from the bunks at Rampart too.

looks like he's a she there knelson

buy chains and use them having a 4wd SUV will not help you when there are 4" of freshiez on the road and you start sliding.

todd do you mean the west ridge of knight, like the one to the col with Lady?

BUMPass Who's got more silly mountain names?

Its much more fun with snow - 10 minutes from summit back down to car.

Hey Bill was there any snow when you did Cheam? Sounds like No.

http://gravsports.com/Ice%20Pages%20Folder/04_05_Ice_conditions/04_05_Ice_conditions.htm Summary as of 3 days ago: will says, no ice yet, conditions are right for it to explode very soon though.

Its the limiting it to 5 that makes the challenge. I had to drop quite a few to get the Murrin Roof Crack boulder on there!

Hauling a crowbar up to remove bolts next to a crack will be hard work. I will pledge some for the restoration effort.

Of course something with Dru in the name would be swank!

Field doesn't come in till late Dec/early Jan. I bet the high Kananaskis, R&D, Marshall Arts, Lemonade Springs etc are all in in the rockies. Probably a good weekend for Sidestreet or Asteroid Alley too, unless it's snowing.

What were the 5 worst routes you've done in the PNW? Don't just make a list, tell us why they were bad. Mine: 1) South slopes of Silvertip. This is an unredeemed slog. At least we got to glissade the top half. The bottom consists of steep sidehill bushwacking with a canyon below and rotten cliffs above. I think we got stung by wasps too. 2) Echelon, Squamish Chief. More vegetation per pitch on this than any other Chief route I have done. all the good pitches are now clean and part of Ultimate verything anyways. 3) Salmon Stakes. Ford creek, slog up frozen talus, all for 190m of low angle WI2 with one short WI3 blip. 4) BS, Domestic Dome. A pitch of sand covered slab. Even Peshastin isnt this bad! 5) Whatever chimney used to be behind Positive Vibrations at Vantage. The only route I have ever climbed where you could feel the chimney changing size when the wind blew. I think half the holds on the back wall I used fell or were pulled off. Nearly killed 3 sport climbers and one dog passing underneath with all the bombs I was dropping.

Wow, you've only done 2 trad routes, and they're both on your top 5!

today is official flashbacks to CC.com in 2001 day!

5 not 11 Pax! which ones are the best 5? You guys with your 3 page lists of "% best routes" are making those of us who only posted 5 look like meanies cause we have so few favorites.

Also the outhouse is not heated... prepare to scrape frozen pee chunks off the toilet seat

Yeah that's Plinth but from May 2002.

Yeah Rampart Creek is cool. $17 a night and you get a sauna. Actually I haven't even stayed in the Canmore Hostel. But I heard it attracts a certain crowd....drunken Japanese snowboarders, drunken British snowboarders... I'd rather stay at the ACC cabin, cheap motel or make illegal bivi in the woods.

Even though the main Muir on Saturday thread is locked it is still 48 pages long, twice the length of the famous _Nodder thread.

Whatever happened to Scot'tainHardwear? Did his guiding company get sued or something? Noone wanted to be guided up Si because of cougars?

stoke for real. someone got ice already http://climbing.com/news/nicegrandnf/