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saw this posted on FB. thought it was somewhere in SW BC. Oregon? damn fine climb!

same thoughts. saw a satellite photo on the news of the area and it looks like the slide was to the north and far east or west of his house. Could not see the side road that his house is on which is to the south of the hwy. hope that he will chime in soon.

Name-calling + Ad hominem attacks + Responding to a post’s tone instead of its actual content + Knee-jerk contradiction + Trolling for a reaction = spray can we have a no rules forum? maybe a sign a waiver to verify your mental toughness to handle the name calling, attacks and trolls? A "let the reader beware" forum?

Agreed........no wait. nix that.

-20F FF wide bag. tight bags are irritating especially if you are a stomach sleeper. MH tends to overbuild their tents. looks like they put extra crap into their sleeping bags too?

I keep things real simple. 1.snowboarding in my major winter thing. started boarding 24 years ago but mostly now it is with my 6yo kid. 2.pick things up and put them down. 3.entertain my kid and appease my wife. if I get a couple days a month of climbing, that is a full calendar.

http://www.iciclevillage.com/leavenworth-weather-webcams/ the cam with SW in the label points towards Tumwater canyon and towards the icicle. still snow in the put put course.

damn I missed out on a math problem. I think that both of you are right it is just that you both are talking different cirumstances. predicting the future outcome over a set number of experiments (Pat) vs the prob of one event (rob)

tie middle of rope into anchor. one strand coming down you attach some kind of ascender or other device to grab the rope if you fall. some devices may need a chest harness to keep it upright and flowing smoothly. other devices flow up well without. you may need to experiment to figure out how to make it flow well. other strand tie fig 8 knots that you can clip into the harness as you go up in case the mechanical device fails. maybe every 20feet or however much you need to feel comfortable.

I miss the "clownpuncher" insults. that shite was funny.

I know that some vendors have had demos in the icicle. and if you are willing to drive, they had one that I know of at the redmond VW. Maybe talk to the leavenworth mountain something or other and the vertical world to see if these events are going on soon.

10 answers to your question http://theoatmeal.com/comics/phone

no idea of where you live or your needed time frame, but many rock gyms (and some outside venues) have small impromptu get togethers where rock shoe companies bring in demos. there is your chance to try on many different sizes and types. where do you live bird bird?

right on, something worth reading in spray.

a goat works much better than a drone.

Since I am regularly the recipient of words like idiot, dumbass, dumbfuck, bafoon, etc., etc.--not to mention the constant attacks on my intellect and things like "you should move to Alabama"--it shouldn't surprise anyone that I return the favor from time to time. As for the more hateful and vulgar words that your friend TTK seems so fond of, yes, he crosses the line way too often--and it's not a line that's all that hard to see, Ivan. Again, I really don't mind most of the words you & yours call me or put in my mouth--and I'll give them right back--but there are a handful that cross the line. They aren't words I say or think, so yes, I do get upset when someone uses them to caricature me this way. You should tell him, as his friend, to exercise more self-control and to knock it off. point 1 Be the change you want to see in the world. if you don't like it, don't do it. simple. point 2 If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. If the nature of spray offends you, don't frequent spray. simple also. these points are probably irrelevant as I suspect that you like these verbal attacks and rebuttals. I also suspect that you don't really care about "community" and care more about self serving ego boosting. just my theory as I have never met you. feel free to call me names though. see point 2 above.

I think the standard option for fisher chimneys is to camp at lake anne and do the entire climb from there. this has the first day being rather short and the second day very long and increases the need to camp at lake anne for another night. another option is for the first day to keep going past lake anne and climb up the chimneys with light bivy gear. climb up to just below the winnies slide where there are small sleeping bag bivy sites up against a cliff. this makes the second day shorter. The bigger benefit is that the views are stunning and you get to enjoy them for a long time, not just a glimpse as you hustle up and down. Sometimes BE-ing there is much better than scurrying through.

my old wildthings rock sack could be hauled a bit and be fine with it. it has some sewn loops for making a 4 point haul point like haul bags have. very durable material. not sure if they still mnake it that way. Dane had some posting on his blog about something you are asking about. I think it was something custom made from CCW? (cold cold world packs...possibly ozone?)

looks good!

to many people are dieing when I am starting to learn these lines from Ivan's posting. stay safe brothers.

damn that is a skinny scary looking pillar!

damn it. another great one lost. damn it.

I could speed solo the chief faster. but it would be via the trail up the backside.

Layton was talking about that thing way back when he lived in the 'ham. also just a passing comment in "rumors" section of the WA ice guidebook.

heard something in the grapevine about the ski patrollers no longer allowing the walk around to get to the top to set up a TR. Sack up for the lead! not that the walk around did not require some sacking up also.