slaphappy
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It is a cool spot but...
As of last Nov. the road sucks, doable in a truck, SUV, or probably a Sub but it still sucks.
Local kids do party up there frequently.
Not big enough for the masses.
No place to crap.
-There is a handful of 50'-85' routes on the "Pearly Gates like rock" a few hundred feet from the lot. A few good cracks, a couple face routes, and a top-rope or two.
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A hammer drill and a roto-hammer are two completely different drills. When the hammer drill doesn't work as expected go rent a roto-hammer from HD and it will cut your work time to nothing.
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You mean shotgunning PBRs and yelling "SHOW US YOUR TITS!!" doesn't work?
Actually, sometimes it does.
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Mt Home Rd.
in Spray
It's private. Owner wants to put in a golf course and some sorta amusement park thing accessed by a gondola from near the sleeping bitch... Harriet won't hear of it as long as she is still around. There is public land up there as well but I don't know where the boundaries lie. Good skiing on the east side of Wedge. Were you actually able to drive all the way up there this early in the year? It was snomo access a month ago.
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My buddy bout shat his pants on your mixed route right of the bolted one I led (shown in the post), the funky pro after the 2nd bolt cought him off guard, which was a worthless #1 camalot. Still, a cool route! Nice work up there so far!
It's not super obvious, but an easy arms reach to the left there is a big flake that takes a bomber 3/4" SLCD, a sling keeps the rope in a straight line. It's a fun route. The steep sport route to the right was done by the guys from LMS...
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Nice!
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Then reallized the way...sold it and went to tele. Not been back since.
Dork
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some ski-doo thingie...I bought it used so I don't know much about it. It goes where I want it too and I haven't had any probs with it yet.
-right on!
Hmm...I've been using my mtner boots snowboarding all year and love it!! not sure I want to switch boots just yet!
The flow bindings...not sure if they're heavy or not...I just like how easy they are to kick on and off...I'm sure there are lighter bindings out there..but I'll play around with these for a little bit longer.
-I used to swear by mountain boots but tried a few super stiff soft boots and was impressed with their performance. Try as many different options as you possibly can until you dial in what you like.
I did set my bindings back one notch already..and it was MUCH easier...wondering if I should leave it or go back farther?
-Again, try many stances until you find what works best. I would reccomend tryin it as far back as they go, and work backwards from there. Try changing stance width and binding angles as well, I found that my BC stance and my resort stance are quite different.
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Time to go climbing in the 75+ degree sun! 
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To solve the weight issue in skin mode go to a local stadium, office building, or QueenAnne - anywhere you can run stairs till you puke. Once during the week run those stairs til you can't lift your legs anymore. Bump that up to twice a week and soon your skier friends will be lagging behind you on the skin up.
you might consider a bit of your own advice cause my old ass can crush you with joint in one hand and PBR headbuster in the other...
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Rolf wanted to look for the bodies
everyone needs a little lovin once in awhile...
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Hard boot setups are suck. Light, yes, versatile, no. You might try adjusting your stance (back?) and it might help w/ a few of the issues you had at snowcruddy. I like metal base plates because I bend the sliders or break the plastic ones but they are heavy and bending stuff shouldn't be a problem for you, at least for awhile... Flows are good, Drake Podiums IMO are even better, Eerie's Burtons seem alright as well.
Now about that sled...
HIGH MARK!!!!!!
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Yeah slap I probably don't need to have poles in my hands for anything steep enough to be fun,
Exactly.
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My, my, aren't we defensive...
I stick with my original blanket statement, completely dork...
*nice lookin line!
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Poles in hand while riding is completely dork, I guess if you're merely side-slipping.
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It did in fact snow a bit last Mon. The wind was kickin as well, creating some deposits, but there wasn't any "wading" as of last Tues... course I was a mile or two away from the Cannon Couloir.
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You mighta jumped the gun a bit, a 166 is a tad long, not undoable just long compared to your 54, assuming your not a "bigger" lady. (I don't mean fat just tall and strong...
) Two of my buds have 66's and they're both in the 6' 170ish range, I have a 73 and like it fine. If your're an aggresive rider you won't be disappointed. Set your stance back from your normal setup, it will help. Home jobs suck and still cost a fortune. The $150 split kit does not include the $100+ skins.
Priors are hot but cost $930.
Have fun out there, splitting rocks! Now buy a snowmachine and we might let you into our "club"
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Thought I recognized your face from here, wasn't sure though. I was one of the PBR swilling snomo-boarders listening to lousy new age punk rock at the snopark in the AM.
We had an awesome day on the short albeit steep N facing flanks of Table.
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...the madness dissapeared! And back country ROCKED!! Powder up to my CHEST!! MY CHEST!!! It was freak'in INCREDIBLE!!!
Chest huh, good thing you brought a couple of them built in flotation bags...
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John
Save yourself some grief and pick up a "working" sled... I picked up a "friend sled" off Craig's List earlier in the fall for $300 that runs great and starts easier than my 2005 RMK
. I put another $300 into it (much of it wouldn't have been 100% necessary) but it's pretty reliable now and for $600 was well worth it, at least that's what my low rent friends say... 
-If you need adivice let me know or PM Eerie, he knows some shit...
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How's the skiing/riding? coverage? terror/avy levels? Hart's? Thinkin about headin over w/sleds middle of next week when it cools down a bit.
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Nice!
Prolly not enough snow yet but the NE aspect has super fun turns...
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snowshoes are so 20th century, use a mountain sled, much faster...
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Good additions! P3 of Bale Kramar is the money, P4 is good too. P1/2, well...
Is Ramblin Man worth the hike for a workshop?
I climbed a few of the other routes there but not it.I left Pearly Gates off the list cause of the cheater bolt but edited it in. Same with P1 of the Reg. Route.
Damnation was already on the list, a must do.
Have you done Crack du Jour? it might be a good addition... how about Sunrise Crack?
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Split Boards...
in the *freshiezone*
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-If your rear binding isn't all the way back, move it there. Most likely you will want your front binding either back as far as it will go or one hole forward, it depends on how wide you like your stance.
-Be sure your board is waxed. Make sure you scrape ALL the frozen ice particles on the base of your board every time you remove your skins, they act like cleats and will make your run miserable. (Voile should have included a little plastic scrapper, bring it with you always you will need it!)
-Before you start to initiate turns, pick up enough speed to where your board "planes out", leaning back more than on hardpack should get you there. Remember, speed is your friend. After you plane out shift your weight back forward slightly to initiate your turns but not so much your nose dives. Keep your speed up!
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