Joe_Poulton

Erie is awesome in my mind...I've led some quality routes and some chossy routes...all great climbing in my mind. There's even a few good spots to free solo at a moderate level. But then again, as mentioned earlier...if you have the whole day a trip to Granite would be more fun...Squamish or Darrington.

I'm there....!!! =

and patrick delany blew a V-thread on (IIRC) moonlight falls in the kananaskis. the whole block the thread was in sheared - luckily, he was first on rappel, and had a back-up screw in. it was cold, but not extreme, and the ice was not sun-rotted, just fine winter ice... i always have screw as a back-up for the 1st rapper, and if i'm 1st, i tend to tie the bottom ends of the rope together thru the bottom rappel on a multipitch climb to protect the 2nd. i remember chris bonnigton (again IIRC) saying he'd personally seen two lives saved when upper rap anchors failed but the victum didn't go all the way cuz of the ropes being tied to the bottom anchor. yup, you'd fall a hell of a long way, but you might well survive... cheers, That's some really good info....thanks for writing this down on here.

Great writing....er an article with a deserved quality for a magazine...just need to get Ansel Adams to come back and take a photo of the Gorge to augment the writing...though I can already see it.

Yeah, elevate and ice....mostly likely just torn ligaments....but then again...you hit your heel...if you have insurance go for an xray to be sure.

Peak Bagging.... ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ Well, I could have been a peak bagger briefly when I lived in B'ham. I would run around the Baker hwy peaks everyday possible after work. Then I moved to Colorado and went for ice routes and winter climbs and had a few good solo journeys...then I moved back to Portland and blew my ACL...just got back on. Lately, I've been hiking with my wife more then climbing mountains though together we try. We just always seem to run into bears now...the last 5 trips out we have ran into a bear. Can't really climb the mountain behind the bear if the bear won't move out of your way. I do have to say I like going light a lot better then heavy. As mentioned earlier it is the "Freedom of the Hills" that provokes all of us the reach for the journey long or short. The difficulty of the journey is all perspective...Quality counts for my journeys to last. A winter week in Lone Eagle Cirque Colorado hitting ice that was fresh and climbing Thunderbolt mtn via an unprescribed route just reaching the summit after a bolt struck down from a fast moving cloud. Or a solo journey on the south side of Hood intent to climb but I just wandered and counted shooting stars...that night I counted 8. My Grandfather had just passed away that week and he with my Grandmother had 8 children between them...my Aunts and Uncles.

Just had an excellent trip to Lake Louise with my wife and got this panoramic..just want to share. www.poultonimaging.com Joe Poulton Imaging

I'm a thurs/fri climber and an occasional Sat night dasher up something quick inbetween my 0600 - 1500 shift.

Good show.

Just started writing gear reviews of sorts and other climbing related topics: http://www.examiner.com/x-18581-Portland-Climbing-Gear-Examiner Then my photography that includes climbing but is not limited to climbing... http://www.poultonimaging.com As for the gear reviews. Any one with meaningful insight is welcome to shoot me a line with info that adds or worse, corrects something mentioned in a review. Thanks

The Glacier recession comparison is brutal...I love climbing ice and it's all melting. Cool shots.

I heard about a case where a woman spilled freshly brewed coffee on herself and suffered thermal injuries. Who saw that coming? Then She Sued McD's and won...lame.

Thanks for the post...Climbing the Northside the 16/17 through the night...I suppose now, nearly a month after your trip up and down the glacier would be a good bet since the North ridge sounds devoid of snow....any snowbridges that you crossed that might be gone now?

I heard of that lady....she did it back in the 40's or 50's.

That makes sense....

That looks fun...let me know when you think you're going?

Thanks for drawing out the lines...looks like I need to circumnavigate the mountain to get to know it better...so is the ?Langullie? (spelling) Glacier one more step to picture right from the green area? Anyway...apart from geographical hysteria great ski run..nice fat skis too...I just got my first pair of fat skis I hope to put to good use this next season as soon as I get some dukes on'em..

Really...damn, I thought I knew the mountain. So where's the Coe...further around the corner?? I always thought, the Northface was the Elliot HW...so the finger of a glacier around the Cleaver is still the Elliot and not the Coe...I've been confused for 20 years.

Were you dodging anything? I'm a little confused...the top of the Snowdome is the Coe Glacier Headwall..so did you climb this or the Elliot Headwall which is closer to Cooper Spur and separated from the Coe by the North Rib? Just wondering....

Specifically...gorge choss on the Oregon side....but the washington side could have something worthy...I've eyed a few walls near Cascade Locks.

Looking for aid climbers to photograph in the gorge?? www.poultonimaging.com

Nice one....I went up that side for the Cooper Spur on Wed afternoon only to get to treeline and realize I left my headlamp and compass in the car....hiked back out drove around to the southside to try that...got to Silcox only to realize my lamp didn't work, even with new batteries. so I drove back to P-town in disgust...

Nope...doesn't sound good. Hope it turns out better then it sounds at the moment...

It's the telliphony game...starts somewhere and goes completely elsewhere...I can't wait to get back climbing and fully recovered from my ACL surgery so I can choose to climb more then choose to read through a plethora of posts to find something worthy... Seattle, you could also hang at the UW rock by Husky Stadium. I learned a few good things there and meet a few good people too back in 2000...when I lived up there.

I skied Timberline yesterday....snow was fast iced slush below lodge....above lodge snow was fast with new snow falling...didn't dig a pit as I was inbounds...will be venturing onto the north side next Thursday/Friday to hit some ice and ski....maybe.