Lambone

thats funny, at first it looks like you are headed up some steep gnarly colouir....then you realize it is just the colchuk glacier. funny what weather does to your perception, even on a computer screen. nice pic

My first climbing partner, mentor, and oldest friend is in a coma at a hospital near Sacramento. Over the weekned he suffered serious brian trauma in a wake-boarding accident. Tahoe local Ryan Shreve is the most inspirational person I have ever known. A friend to all, allways pushing himself and others to go faster, bigger, and be better people. He inspired me to start climbing, and taught me skills passed down from his father. My best early climbing memories all involve being out there with Ryan at Lovers Leap and areas around Lake Tahoe. He climbed El Cap as his senior high school project, and since then has done may stout climbs from 5.13 at Cave Rock, to A5 nail ups on El Cap and Half Dome. In the last few years his focus has turned from climbing to saving lives as an EMT and winning wake-boarding competitions. Ryan is also the toughest dude I have ever know and I'm confident that he will pull through this. But he needs support from his fellow climbers, so take a second to send Ryan your thoughts, prayers, and energy. Thanks

Twin Falls, in Hyalite

thats not a nice thing to say...

Matt, I don't know the exact length, I bought it used at 2nd Wind. But it is about the same as that Red Grivel thing. about 3/4 the length of a regular ice tool. I use the bulldog as my third tool on waterfall ice and as a second tool on more serious glacier stuff. It has enough weight that you can actualy get good sticks in solid blue ice, and pound a picket in dense stuff. I used to carry that Grivel thing as a third tool, until I broke a pick and actually had to use it mid pitch (soloing). I opted to use the broken pick instead of the Grivel third tool, it was that bad...I sold it after that trip...

Bulldog...It comes in a short version. It's heavy...I like it, you can actually use it for something besides picking your nose.

I believe so, he has done my approach shoes...

John Ramuta picks up shoes at the locla climbing gyms. VW and SG. He does the best job I have ever seen.

we know that it is your first set of Camolots... but yeah, camolots rock no doubt. Aliens are better then the smallest camolots though.

who judges the TR?

ooops, your right. Dryskin is the tough stuff Patagonia uses in Guide Pants.

It is. Scholler is a company, like Gore. REI uses Scholler Dryskin in those pants. It is the lighterweight/less durable kind.

I like them, bought mine for $100. I have had them for about a year and they are starting to "pill," but that doesn't bother me much. The little velco tab on the ankle came part....

dude, why are you such a hater? get over yourself dps...we may not all be as cool as you, but you seem to be the only one who cares about that...

ummm what does that mean? are you too cool for us now colin? Don't forget your roots...we may not be worthy, but we are people too... nice climb dude

That'd be cool to see that photo cavey. i've been thinking of heading back to do that route sometime in October.

Yum...that looks fun...

Hey, my buddy Eric needs a lift back to Seattle on Sunday, can anybody help him out?

Cool, Yeah, wait till spring on Mcloughlin. It'd be more fun as a snow climb/glissade or ski. Thielson or Jefferson might be a good link up. Have fun!

For me, it was before I understood the benefits of cheap insurance...infact I didn't have any insurance at all, so I figured the hell with it. Or maybe it just wasn't cool to leave gear behind... Sorta like kids who wear helmets with the buckle undone... go figure...

Yosemite- '96 or so...tried an old route up above Commitment, it was crap, and we rapped off an old tat sling around a loose flake. Those were my young and reckless days. Bozeman 97 or 98 rapped of some sorry excuse for a dead pine sappling tring to get down from one of the Climbs Below Winterdance. It was stupid, but just about the only way off, sans downclimbing.

This should be in the Gear Critic forum... I've got a short Bulldog that I use as a third tool, and extra glacier tool. It hammers in Pickets much better then my Camp aluminum glacier axe, and I wouldn't be afraid to use it on a hard ice pitch. I even top rope with it for practice just in case I break a pick someday. Bulldogs rock, I got mine at Second Wind.

Big 4 ice caves are fun, way better than fake foam ice. Even fun in the rain...and a quick approach.

Non-Technical climb from the south side. About 8 miles from trailhead to summit. Dry scree trail now, would be more fun as an early climb/ski. It's a good work out, once the weather cools, in mid summer it's just hot. I haven't heard about any other routes, but the North side looks like it has some killer ski terrain. Are you from southern Oregon? I'm in Ashland and looking for a partner.

I'll see yall there...