Joe_Poulton

a fine warmup for st peters (the dome that is, i doubt the pearly gates are in my future if the Shaved Men are correct ) It will be sweet. I'll bring the lawn chair.

Ivan, I want to climb Shiprock....

Ivan....dirt is cool.

Nice photos....

Nice! I know that spot, from the summer though. I'll have to get out there again!

My Dad climbed it back in his day. To date I have only climbed the Cooper Spur on that side of Hood. Looking to climb it in the not so far future.

The fourth photo is awesome!

Nice shots !

Sweet spot!

I use those on every ice climb I do. I have about 14 of'em (bought at REI in the 90's for $12 each) and 4 BD screws complete my Ice screws. The great thing is they don't rust like BD screws. I've put them in by hand in every ice that I climb. There was one post on a forum about 4 years ago of a team in Alaska and an avalanche almost took them out but the Russian Titanium screw kept them attached to the mountain. On Vertical Water Ice you just place them in accordance with an old Rock & Ice article the holding strength is in the shaft so they require a 45 degree upward placement as opposed to BD screws. I've used them in the past to bail off Ice climbs instead of V-threads and went back in the Spring to fish them out of the pools at the base and no rust after a few months of total submersion.

Nice site.

Condensation is only concern going cold to warm. I take my 30D or 40D on my climbs. I don't worry about condensation until I get back home. I pack in my pack after the climb and leave it to gradually warm up. I like to have 3 batteries two stay warm and one stays in the camera....and then I just take my 4GB card.

It's sucks...good thing I'm quiting my lame job at the Airport and not deal with the 205 for the summer....!

Hope you didn't go....I'd wait a month....or better yet....wait for next winter...say Jan/Feb during the standard 2 weeks of solid weather.

I hope that soloist told someone he was soloing Rainier....but since he didn't register most likely he told no one....sad if he has a family. Crappy thing.....

Also, make sure you can function on sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and a fine assortment of other lethal gaseous elements possibly methane too from other climbers. This stuff can shut your system down....that is if you linger in the south bowl too long...be quick about it or take the West Crater Rim or the Wy'East if the snow is good and you know what you're doing...the vents are pumping out more gas now then in previous years.

You had to do it....my Great Grandparents were the McCoys...and my Great Grandpa started McCoy Plumbing in Portland....don't bring my family into this petty online forum....

Oh, right then...

Didn't mean to sound like an idiot here...falling is not good and not fun. Dane, yes falling is serious plan and simple. sorry for sounding like I was trying to make it funny. Not my intention. I was just stating my experience. I fell on a rock climb once, hit a ledge and blew all the ligaments in my left ankle. I was out for 2 years....1 due to the injury and 1 due to the psych factor. I fell on an ice climb in Colorado once...luckily a few moves above a bolt and not an ice screw...

I fell on ice once and didn't get hurt....and once I didn't fall but my tool popped out and my face got hurt. Falling doesn't grant injury all the time. I've injuried myself more falling on rock climbs.

May 13-14 I'm planning on it??

Dustin and Bill, here's my little write up.

I liked the blue collar approach to the climb....didn't read much on here in '08 but cool TR...That's the peak above your house where you danced with the bear on your solo trip right, Marc? I started climbing in warm-ups for $10 from Fred Meyer....did so until 2005.