Lambone

My wife and I are flying into Punta Arenas and will have about 2 weeks to do a cool hike through some big peaks. Any recomendations? Looking for all types of info from where to go - logistics. Also, we'd be keen on a short sea kayaking trip if anyone knows a good outfit to hook up with. Thanks!

Nice? West Face of Beehive?

whoa jordo...take a chill pill bro! after living in Montana for five years, and Seattle for five years I can say for sure that the whole "wilderness climbing scene" in Montana is much different than in Washington. The attitude is different, and there are less local climbers that have been there for a while, so their is a tight(er) knit community of guys who put up FA's. They are not allways willing to share route information with visitors. Montana is just old school like that, and true Montanan's want to keep it that way. They become more bitter each year as they see their state turning into the next Colorado. Did you see Ron Bronkhorst's book, Montana Alpine Climbing or something like that? As much as it sucks...it does have a bit of good info. This is not true... either they were college kids from out of state, kayakers, or they just didn't like you. Anyway, did you climb anything? I can give you some good beta for routes closer to the Bozeman area...never had much money to drive up to the Missula area...so it goes living in Montana washing dishes and flipping burgers...

cool...yeah, just thinking of last resort desperation opportunities.

if you wanna drive down south shoot me an emaail. I'm in ashland. would like to check out Calahands, Rattlesnake, Rabbit Ears, Wolf Mt...etc....

whatevr you do...just stay tied into the rope...this shouldn't have happened.

that shit ain't retro bolted yet? damn I thought that Infinate Bliss guy would be all over that...

shouldn't you be on top of Helen by now? or is it not that time of the month yet...

I was up at Crater Lake NP a week ago hiking with the family. There has got to be some ice climbing up there in the winter. The road is plowed up to the rim in the winter, and there are a couple of roadside low volume falls within around 3 miles from the Visitors Center. Any info, or just a pipe dream?

are there any winter routes on this face?

that's too bad. I'm planning to try again a bit earliet next year also. not-so steep ice sucks to travel across. hope you guys had fun anyway!

after your best friend dies from a heady injury...I garuantee most people would think twice about not using a helmet. RIP Ryan

did you try it?

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?m=42681&f=0&b=0 RIP

I have carried 2 Mallards on my rack for a couple years now and never used them...kinda waiting for the last resort I guess. I have only used BD Peckers...but they have worked pretty well for me, much better then some sketch tied off knifeblade.

ryhang, try the La Sportiva Extreme Ice or Extreme S. I had the same problem with the Freney and I curently climb in the Extreme S. The Lhotse looked to clunky for me...

To be more specific... I want to leave Ashland at 4 or 5pm on Friday, drive down ariving around 1-2am, start and climb through the day /night on Saturday. Sleep some on Sunday then drive home. Anyone for this weekend?

Camp 4 used to be a real special place for me...I felt at home talking with any stranger around there....I could sorta relate it to being at a Phish show. People all there for the same reason, with lots of acceptance and kindness. But lately, for like the last 5 or 6 years...going there is like going to a climbing gym where everyone is so jaked up on ego pills. It's like ya gota know who's who and who's doing what and be climbing this or that to sit at this fire and if youre slow then go away... whatever. I never stay there...well actualy I did 2 years ago in mArch, but there was 6 inches of snow on the ground and we were the only ones. That was kinda cool.

Need a partner for a weekend climb of either Leaning Tower or Washington's Column in Yosemite. Sometime in the next month, leave friday night, return by Monday am in time for work. No bivies, unless it's by the side of the road. I will be leaving from Ashland, Or. you are welcom to crash at my place the night proir to departure or upon return, or we can meet there, but would prefer to carpool. Must have solid and recent wall experince, sorry no nOObs. Lemme know. Not sure if I'm fast enough to pull it off solo... Matt

dosiewallups (sp?) and Da Toof.....of course!

Ok, maybe this thread has been done before... but, I keep this one book by my toilet and each time I sit down to take a crap I'm amazed about how much it sucks ass! Ever read any of: "Royal Robins- Spirit of the Age" by Pat Ament ??? Only if you pick up this piece of garbage for more than 30 seconds can you realize and appreciate how much it actually sucks. Like not only pitiful elementry school writting, but also blatant missinformation and lies. For instance, that Royal "devised" the use of hooks to climb over blank rock. What a crock of shit. I don't know who used the first hook, but I'd bet hard earned money that it was some old school Euro...not Robbins. The entire length of the book Pat Amets lips are so brown from sucking the dingleberries of Royals ass that it's almost humiliating. Anyway, just venting. The only thing that saves this book are the awesome black and white photos of the pioneers of Yosemite climbing, the reason it sits by my toilet and not in it... Sure Pat Ament was/is probly 100x tougher than I will ever be, but damn put down the pen fellow, before you hurt somebody!

NolsE, When i was living in Bozeman Mt my only means of transportation was a longboard. long story short, the winters are very long and cold there and they don't plow the roads...they just let the snow and ice pack down, so I ended up doing alot of winter riding. When my griptape on my deck got all snowy it had no stick to it. It would get very slippery infact, and just be coated in snowy/ice. So now you know. If you do it, probly gotta try and keep the tools out of the snow.

if your talikng plastic I'd go with Lowa's

wow....20% lighter is huge. i'd wait for the inevitable BD recall before buying into them though...

I bought a pair, but after wearing them around the house decided they were too wide for my narrow feet. So I retruned them. They look and feel slick though...i'd chose them over Sportiva if the fit was right for me.