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I should mention for all you desperate FA hounds Fern and I went back this w/e and climbed that left hand "unclimbed ice" that Steve and I were misled on last weekend. Turns out it is a 25m WI2 despite what it looks like from the road. And you only have to hike an hour plus to find that out.

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oh yeah trust to cbs to bring down the good ship thread drift with the iceberg of back on topic

personally, i wasn't talking fingers or fist. i meant FIVE! "Drop and give me five of your best"

well shit if you say 5 do you mean hand or fist?

many have tried to bribe me in the past

they can get by with one one

if i had made the same joke it wouldnt be hidden. i guess your height isnt the only short thing about you?

feb 27, 28, 29 (the main deal nights) if you see some skinny bald headed dude running around at intermission trying to sell raffle-tickets for a dream date with Reinhold Messner or whatever it is we're raffling this year - buy me a beer

packin' a nut

im'a always pack my first aid kit but no one ever gets injured.

being cold is a sign your body is burning fat. being warm is a sign you aren't cold enough, or that you are exerting. you can tell the difference by seeing if you are also sweating. if you are both cold, and sweating, you might be in shock. YOURE GONNA DIE SUCKA!

She would have been SOOOO surprised when she saw all the igloos, polar bears, etc. and realized she was in Canada!

Don on the lead.

I wanna see a pic of neck-beard boy slapping for an ice bulge with spotters!

In this here thread http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/310283/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1#Post310353 Distel asks about WI4/5 on rock. Brings up a question that was also discussed this weekend. We did some bouldering on the walk out from an ice climb. See attach. So obviously alpine and mixed/ice climbers can boulder with the gear they have...but can boulderers ice climb with their equipment IE pads, toothbrush, chalk vat and slippers? Distel, huh? Huh?

snugglebunny

i don't think you are going to find any WI4/5 on either route. more like AI2/3.

Scientific American article here : http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=00045F1A-4A15-102D-8A1583414B7F0000

Flukes and/or pickets might have been useful on the ramp pitch of Synchronicity this past weekend. Talk about rotten....

Maybe - will show up to challenge Chad K about that 4:20 reference in the summit register

Ya the Snugtop story arc is pretty limited as yet. Once Layton goes on a climb, I mean gym date, there should be some more dramatic tension.

4x wider creekbed = no bushwhacking?

What would you say is the worst part of climbing outdoors? yer just hoping she says trees so you can tell her how you kill them