Joe_Poulton

Now that's Humorous

This is strange...I would never rest my life with another's decision as to if I could solo or not....Sure I have soloed routes here and there from rock faces to alpine mountains. However, I never asked other people in a forum such as this. I knew my limits and abilities from climbing for awhile. Then when I felt the urge to solo I did. Though, I'd never solo on a regular basis, since it's more fun to share the outdoor experience with others.

Let's do that anyway...a great present to myself since my B-Day is May 10th....

I spot really cool climbing and skiing lines. One more key in my view is that art is not meant to be perfect...art represents life's imperfections. It is a mirror in which to paint the imperfect lives we live...

I use a Canon 30D so I stay in full on manual mode and stick with a given color balance that way there's little to no variation.

I use a French made Autopano program bought for $150 and downloaded.....really fast and automatically corrects hues.

However, I've seen some families out there with young children around 5-6...the parents showing them the ropes...do you think the added trek would dampen this activity.???

I've used the Chugach pants and the Voodoo Belay parka with my legs in my backpack at 13,000ft on Grizzly Peak in Colorado during Feb...the next day we found out the temp was -15 F...we were fairly warm with that set up.

I went there in 2002ish. I enjoyed it a lot. However, on a recent trip...I forgot where the damn thing was...so I looked for it over by Smith. Utterly confused I say.

That's why I climb the other mountains more than Rainier...

He's free. Timmy's just free.

First Mount Erie, now Bulo Point...I'm going to be busy writing more people.

As far as being organized I like the idea of the last post to have maps and direction...but the reason I truly enjoy Erie is for the reason that their are no signs and no set trails. It adds to the adventure. My favorite climb their in my memory is the Snag Buttress primarly due to the fact that getting there is part of the fun. It's like bananna peel at Squamish. However, since the palce does get a lot of traffic control of the erosion is necessary.

I can't be there, but i'm going to do some serious writing!

Did he show any pics of his Siula Grande variation/repeat? I wish I could have gone. Or his Ama Dablam climb?

That's plain wrong. The Olympics is about unity and freedom, a coming together? Or so I thought.

Yeah...I climbed Leuthold in May 99 so those couloirs you climbed. I could say would have been rock gullies. Therefore, they were not in my mind at the time to climb...this year's snowfall has made a lot possible!

Capitol/Snowmass Colorado Mount Massive Colorado (3 or 4 major summits; 11 total with minor summits; 3 miles long) Twin Sisters Range Washington Pfiffner Traverse Colorado Mohling Traverse Colorado

Took this shot yesterday.

I know that Leuthold has 3 base couloirs. The middle chute leading to a cliff that the outer chutes merge above and then higher up the couloir splits into two couloirs. The left leading to the top of Yokum and all Sandy headwall routes and the right...well haven't climb that but I would think to goes to the top of the castle crags. As for the photo, if indeed it was taken from the reid glacier...well. When I climbed Leuthold in 99 I traversed along the Castle Crags until the first break and went up. I stayed to the left at all forks and ended on top of Yokum and then the summit ridge. During the whole climb I could see Yokum. Those chutes in the photo look too narrow to be Leuthold. How difficult did the Green route become and how narrow?

I think this "new transplant" technique is perfect for safely descending the Cooper Spur route...but imagine the Willis Wall...do you think you could fly to Olympia, Tacoma or even Seattle...maybe Vancouver BC. What the record flight is something like 276 miles with the glider chutes???

Anyone have any beta on the SE Islands i.e. Baranof Island? I flew in between some amazing glaciated spires on a flight from Warm Springs Bay to Sitka. Has anyone here been on the Chedolothna glacier beside the first ascent team of Russell?

Think of this way, know the basics first. i.e. the "descent route" than spice it up. Like on Mount Hood it's easier to find the pearly gates in a white out if you've walked it before...I agree with Dinomyte....

I see a nice ice route in that last photo

Aw...that's where the Y2Y Banff Photo segment came from....good.