Lambone

to say the least

as if a gumby is anymore likely to take the big plunge than you are....get over yourself.

In my opinion, the ratings are about the same, but yosemite pitches are often more sustained. Imagine a 200ft Gozilla...

practice! looks like they need to start practicing over snow!

uhhh...disturbing I wonder if Real Video would show that on TV... Reminds me of the rescue accident that happened in the Valley this summer, they day before we arrived. The helo raked the litter thour some pine trees with a rescuer and victim in it. The victim did not make it...very sad.

Yeah Pine creek is usualy accesible all season. Watch out forr the snow above the Blue+Green. Hydromonster in Cooke City is a great climb (WI 4) with low avy hazard. It's in the book. Have fun!

My dad-in-law has one of these, got it from PMS....he likes it alot. You havta be pretty carefull with the fabric, but I think it'd be a good camp coat, or belay coat. I'd wear it under the shell if it was snowing.

I wouldn't gamble on driving a vehicle up into Hyalite now. I was in Bozeman (not climbing or skiing unfortunately) this last weekend and it snowed a bunch. When there is a good amount of snow on the road it actually gets much more difficult to drive up there if it warms up, think mashed potatoes. Without a sled you'd probably have more fun skiing.

i have allways wanted one of those huge yellow tri-cams! you know..to dangle off my backpack at school

They expanded their bouldering area and it's much better now. Except they need some more ventilation.

Thanks for the info. I just found out about these plans to move this past week. I'm pretty sad to leave the WA cascades, but I'm trying to stay positive about that area. I'll probly start doing some other stuff like mt. biking and boating more, plus our family has horses down there. At least Yosemite is closer!

There is a good chance I will be moving to Ashland soon. I'll be looking for partners and the closest quality places to climb. Any suggestions or recomendations would be awsome... thanks, send me a PM if your looking for a partner this summer!

nice ones dude!

How far is Mission Falls from Missoula?

good luck man, be safe...wish i could come!

Unfortunately you are probably lookin at driving back to Missoula! On a normal year Lilooet is pretty fun...

great story dale!

Why do you say that demand for pins is getting smaller? There are more people alpine climbing in the mountains, aid climbing is more popular, and more people doing the harder lines on El Cap. Seems to me that they should be selling more pins than ever...or at least since the 90's.

Dale, Why is'nt that truck a proper vehicle? Did you need studded tiers on the icy road or somethin?

Nice report dude thanks! Sounds like a good plan for a first timer up there... Canadians are sure a bunch of whimps huh!

hay man, don't blame people for dreaming...

Sounds like rough going, I hope he gets some good weather. It's kinda funny cause he once criticized one of us for spelling Gorans name wrong! Good luck Erden!

I partialy agree with you...but to be fair we must also consider that 95% of the stuff made to day is a copy of something that was designed at least 10 years ago. Especialy in the tent sector of the industry. Check out that cam hook that is designed specificaly for pin scars. It has a bend in it that seats perfectly in 1/2-1 inch Angle scars, way more solid than the leeper design. The mallard is kind of like a beak, but seats nicely in the tiny crevases that you find in the bottom of pin scars, you know...the ones that won't quite hold a small HB off because they slope downward too much. Ifound both peices at Marmot in Bellvue last year.

rigth-on