Lambone

perhaps

Yeah it sorta looked like the north side....probl'y was. It just sorta makes me sad to see Hillary sell out Mountaineering like that. he's done some great stuff in Nepal...but this just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I'd argue that steep ice takes little skill and technique to succede on. One can usually get by with balls and muscles. But skill and technique make it more fun, less tiering, and easier (less bashing) on the ice. Putting screws in does'nt take much skill realy. We'll ok, so you have to know what a good spot looks like, but after that you just put the damn thing in and clip it. The rest is a mater of hanging on and not getting freaked out.

Maybe I was a little harsh, nothin personal Scott, hell I don't even know you.

www.nwog.IMGUNNAFUCKINGPUKE is the lamest climbing resource I have every seen. Each lame ass trip report is so skewed by scot'shouldbewearinNorthFace's gaper perception of the real world that it just makes me turn away in disgust.

quote: Originally posted by CraigA: quote:Originally posted by Ropegun2002: Quote - I'm just wanting to know what to add to my climbing resume ! You're worried about a climbing resume? Wait - you keep a climbing resume? Oh my gawd Did I say I was worried? Too much time on my hands I guess! Actually I just like to keep track of what I've done and what I still have to do. Craig yeah and ropegun is sooo much cooler than you...like, oh my gawd

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: That reminds me of back in high school, one buddy of mine had a huge, boat of a car and we'd fly down neighborhoods at night and run into the large green garbage containers on the sides of the road. The resulting explosion of garbage was memorable. Somebody I used to know in highschool used to do that for fun... Until he ran into a garbage can full of bricks and totaled his parents Land Rover Snaffeltrap

just what the doctor ordered

what is that stuff?

hmmm...anybody think some ice might come in? maybe near index?

what a misquote, that should have said "leashless top-roping"

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: Great Northern Slab at Index (wasn't altogether serious but wouldn't that be cool?) Depends if you think WI 2 is cool or not... Personaly I'd prefer to farm ice on the steeper wall. Too bad it will fall down evry afternoon...

sweet, pretty cold here also, freezing temps in Seattle last night!

yup, that pretty much sucks... here is mine, On the dreaded chimney pitch of the NE Butress of Higher Cathedral in Yos, I used every piece of gear and biner I had. Well, except for a few of those tiny nuts you rarely use and the chalk bag biner from who knows where. That was it. My German buddy was quite disturbed halfway up the squeeze when I told him not to fall! Also rapped off some tiny dead branch/stump things in Hyalite...

huh

Oh, well then you would have seen our cloud of smoke...

Thats scary, my buddy is guiding a climb in Nepal right now...

Not really, I was too baked to know what the hell was going on... Didn't see Greg up there, too busy looking for the trail

quote: Originally posted by IceIceBaby: What is the difference between the Charlet Moser Quad Pick to the Charlet Moser Cascade Pick for the Quark, aside then the Cascade being 3 mm and the Quad being 4 mm :-? one sucks more than the other one, I'm not sure which

no no you're right perhaps only 550'

The thin low angle flow coming down off Asgard is plenty fat enough to climb. it'd be about 600ft of grade two ice...have at it mounties! Don't forget to wear your gaiters over your long underwear under your shorts...and bring many pickets! Whats the matter greg, have a hard time following the trail down Asgard? maybe we should all pitch in to make those carins bigger [ 10-29-2002, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

whatever...the ice climbing on the coleman is as hard as you want it to be. You can traverse, go up short faces, top rope, place screws...anything. I went last october and it was great. But be prepared for the cold and wind, i.e. bring a puffy coat for standing around in. Look out for fresh snow drifts that may hide holes/small crevases. Ice climbing is dangerous, have a blast!

everything up in the enchantment lakes area was frozen over the weekend. need more waterfalls up there