wayne

Felt like I should spend the last few nights out sleeping in a tree! Now, Just relieved as all get-out . Oh and Steph is already a film star

The weather looks much improved, Heres to seeing this done today!

One of the many Erics to the left.

Dru, How did you hear the "Recent Story"?

People are letting their red badge of pride show. Dont tape if you know how to climb. I only do when I know it is going to be a complete meat grinder.

Nice tr Tazz and Co.

With my hand, I need to get a helmet cam already....

Wow. Just incredible guys! You guys are turning the Stuart Range into an alpine Yosemite.

So everyone else on that trip is ok? Crap, I think a friend of mine was on that trip.

Phat, what was the grade again?

Ah, Jeez.

Yes the mac is sooo easy.

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[video:youtube] If you watch it on youtoob , it can go full-screen.

One of the all-time link ups, Guys!

I just secured permission to do an interesting project that I would love to share with all interested. I realize that I need to borrow a helmet cam for the project though. I have to use my hands. As some of you know I build high-rises and am hoping to do a tr from the urban heights. It totally translates to climbing as I do it many times per day on our own kind of fall-arrest devices. Too bad I just finished a 42 story before I got this idea, but I am on a pretty interesting 19 story hospital right now. If anyone has a line on a rig I can take responsibility for a couple of weeks for, I would greatly appreciate it, Wayne

Great question and poll Darrin. I have often wondered about the weird demographic of the sport. It is always in flux, but I picked lower down the poll. I think there a bunch of em. Or maybe it just seems so when I see 30 parties on SE butt of Cathedral in Toulome.

Thanks to all of you inspired by this great tr from Steph! It is great to see it and again enjoy the trip myself. I'll share a few bits of the different trips and stories from my view and then be on the lookout for the coming trs from this next weekend to come! The N. Butt. attempt in 2007: Mike and I were shocked to be so dead-ended on a route when we tried the rock buttress to the left of the gully. A deep and rotten fault running across it from left to right forbid the 2 cocky aspirants further progress. I was totally put off before our high-point, by the chaotic and unnatural climbing, for the 4 pitches leading up to the fault itself. Too bad, you cant get them all.. I had the Thread of Ice route in the far back of my mind, but the chance to climb with one of my favorite photographers was not tot be missed! Ah and a new route possibility too, well-heck-of-course-yeah! Looking for true adventure? It can be nice to not have the topo and trip report beta all laid out. I did have a hunch it would be a nice line, and it was- the topping off of a great season of ice climbing. We had perfect snow-ice conditions for ease of travel. An easy to swing-into surface was so safe feeling, we put in very little pro, and all of it rock along the side. We coulda put in a sport line of pickets but a screw was not to be had. It curved around a lot so it makes you wonder what is ahead. It narrows nicely at mid height and stays tight all the way up to the top. It starts at 40 then gets gradually steeper and a the top it pushes 60 degrees. We simoed with the occasional lead switch to give the calves a break. The summit horn offered a surprisingly stiff crux for its grade, but climbing it in gloves because the ice coated both side of the hand-jams prolly made it seem worse. Crazy summit, go see for yourself---!!! Dont be fooled by the sweet smile, Steph is as tough as they come and such a great attitude towards life too. We truly enjoyed the whole weekend except for the complicated descent stress and the rain showers on saturday night (after the route ). We also padded our summit counts by bagging both of the Twin Needles. Rockin good time in the mountains! Thanks to Steph, Mike, John Scurlock, and John Roper for the infinite beta-base, W On Page 2 of this thread, I just loaded the movie from the trip!

Crap ,Pullman?? The suck

Some nice looking granite up there! Good work. What is the line on the wall to the left of the spire there?

Shout to Holly, Hope you have a solid and fast recovery!

What link-up are you going after that goes from Challenger to O-H Col? Or is that a different trip? A little tease here.. there should be a tr soon about an fa done on the N face of the Southern Pickets up soon!

O-H col is in great shape in both directions right now..

Nice achievement!

GO Pope. I thought it ws ballsy and a tiny bit funny. Something good could come from it. The "Other Trip Reports Forum" is a great idea.It would be cool to see other interests that people here are into. I would do a whitewater rafting tr for sure.Replace the pirates forum w/it?