thelawgoddess

walking around with snowshoes on is a hell of a lot of work! "walking" around with skins on your skis is bliss.

spectacular pic!

i can't make it down for the show this time, but skiing in utah soon is pretty tempting. i need to get the taste of aspen out of my mouth!

yeah; that was already posted.

it is way fun. have done it down the length of condorphamine to escape the impending darkness. used carabiner brake belay to keep the speed manageable.

and it you choose to "ride the cow" you might as well get some straight 205's too!

kick timl in the ass and come on down. i'd definitely be up for meeting you guys in the desert. climb some gnarly nubbins for me this weekend, will ya? (i'll be "partying" in aspen the next two or three days ... LOL.)

i have to work. and it's a little too long of a drive. how about a midweek trip to indian creek?

i love my plastic tele boots. they're the most comfortable plastic or leather boots i've ever had (including downhill ski boots and hiking boots). i've never tried leather tele boots, but i can't imagine you'd be able to get the same performance out of them. you should be able to learn all the technique you want no matter what boots you get ... as long as you get good boots!

i took the telluride avalanche school's level 1 course and it rocked too! super-qualified, knowledgeable, and fun-loving instructors.

thanks, fern! and what a super tr, alpinek - sounds like a great trip to do!

ooh; nice ice!

i'm looking for something to do this spring. has anybody done this in recent years or is anybody planning to do it this year? i'd be grateful for more info - online links or books, etc. thanks!

i'm not jealous. i have skied almost every day since the third week of november. but i will definitely be getting out into the backcountry more now! still need to try that xc thing, though ...

i went on my first backcountry tour today. it was a really short one since i had other things to take care of before work, but it was awesome anyway!

who you callin' a beeyotch? please send some freshies my way!

aspen ... x-games ... hmm. i think i need a little vacation up south of here in about a week.

geez you guys are mean!

hey, kiss - i hope you're talking just about the nw corner because it definitely ain't like that in the sw. i mean, c'mon now! we do have a bunch of texans rolling around here on the weekends, though.

we got out early this morning (by 7am or so) and were able to snag some fun wi4/4+ lines in south park before the bulk of the climbing masses descended upon virtually every piece of ice in the vicinity. i tried to demo some new warmer boots to no avail ... one place didn't have any small enough; the other only had one - as in one boot out of the two normally found in a pair. oh, well. watched some of the comp but didn't see anybody finish the route. good times, good food, good people all around.

100m ropes would be overkill. nice to see that the caveman's back in action.

SWEET pic!

checking out the goings-on in ouray ... and working ... and skiing. and what's wrong with the weather? it's not so suck here.

stephen, regarding ames i meant the hose; not the entire area (which last i heard is technically "closed" to climbing anyway). from what i hear the first pitch of the hose gets beat to hell pretty quick and becomes too thin. michael, i hope to get on the whorehouse hoses in a couple of weeks or so. led, i don't want twins; i want halfs (also known as doubles). either way, i would most certainly buy two. listening to this discussion (and thinking about where and what i want to use them for) i'm pretty tempted to go with 75's ...

that *is* SWEET!