jshamster

North side Baker trailhead, Heliotrope Ridge, will be hard to get to on Memorial Day. See link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/conditions/road_conditions_report.shtml Scroll down to FSR #39, Glacier Creek Rd. South side should be good by then. Cheers. Jimbo

Wayne, I'm down if you still need a partner. Weather looks hopeful. PM me. Cheers. Jimbo

Be aware that the road is washed out 1 mile in. This adds approx. 7 miles of additional hiking, on a paved road. August is the estimated time of repair. Cheers. Jimbo

Fun times had by all. Glad I could represent the snowboard faction. All we were missing was a monoboarder! Good meeting everyone, and great skiing. Cheers. Jimbo

to Chris Olson. My brother-in-law. thanks for the write up Mike. Cheers. Jimbo

Obsession?

I'll be there Friday night. Looking to skin and shred Sat. & Sun. Only a couple of days shy of 100 this year! I'm good for some firewood for supplies. Cheers. Jimbo

Call me crazy, but dat don't look like a splitboard to me. Werd. Jimbo

Jeez...that was like 3 1/2 months ago. All I can recall at this point is that we had a great time on a really fun route. Shit ton of snow climbing to some cool rock climbing with sharp pointy things on our hands and feet. Oh yeah, it was really windy. Especially in the rappel notch. Sorry I can't be of more help. Cheers. Jimbo

I have it on good authority that the Town Walls are dry for the most part. I know nothing of the approaches, and it sounds as though parking may be an issue. Go get some! Cheers. Jimbo

Great day out! Nice to meet you guys too. That lower right hand line was super fun. Cheers. Jimbo

Yo Wayne. I'd be down for some ice on Friday or Saturday if your available. Index, or maybe this... PM to get ahold. Cheers. Jimbo

Pyramid looking peak in your pic is Larabee.

Definitely not Alpental. Mtn. Loop Hwy area.

Found this today about an hour drive from Seattle. Not climbable yet, but by Friday should be good to go if it doesn't get too much more snow dumped on it. Cheers. Jimbo

Freakin' sweetness!

On Saturday we placed exactly two cams on lead. A few other cams were nice for the two belays we set up. Took blades, didn't use. Not enough ice for screws.

No prob. FWIW, I always carry a hammer when aiding just to clean nuts. It makes it easier, and prolongs the life of the nuts. Cheers. Jimbo

Hey Dan. I watched someone clean at least one with a simple yank. I think the other two were still there as of Wed. Not anyone I knew. Sorry. Jimbo

Bryan, TX Encinitas, CA Bellingham, WA

yep. Photoshop. Actually my brother-in-law's work. I just wanted to finally figure out how to post pics. We hiked up to Poodle Dog Pass, above Monte Cristo that day, and got a bunch of good pics of mountains and snow while it lasted. Cheers. Jimbo

bump. added some pics for yer viewing pleasure.

I figure I will finally learn how to post pics. From the Mtn. Loop yesterday:

'Tis true that the device is rated for 10-11mm ropes. I'm sure that the Petzl catalog has some kind of skullncrossbones pic for using with smaller ropes. That being said, it does work with slightly smaller diameter ropes, and I don't remember it being scary at all. As far as using it with a 9.1, no thanks, not for me. Cheers. Jimbo

I've used it with a 9.7 no problem. Probably wouldn't go smaller than that though. Cheers. Jimbo