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I left my favorite green fleece(18 year old) coat at little si on Monday. I'll be going back there to do some climbing today, so if it's still there, I'll see it. Thanks guys!

I'd post this on Supertopo.com or Rockclimbing.com in the "Aid Climbing" forum. You'll locate more people who've been on that route by doing this.

If the weather forecast doesn't change, this will be the place to be this week. Who's in??? PM me.

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Who wants to go to Index right now and get the last of it before the rains begin. Call me anytime at four two five. 736. seven eight one eight

I'm gonna be there in a week and know this guy has a real quick turn around. A phone number, email address, or website would perfect. Thanks in advance.

I could not find the Canmore guys info on Gadd's website. Does anyone have a link to this screw sharpener's website?

Is that the HARDing Slot above?

You are very very lucky. If you'd arrived one hour earlier, or later in the day, you might have been toast. May I ask what date this occurred on? Was there a really cold or warm weather pattern hitting the rockies on that day?

Pan Dome is always a February outing for me. It gets fat in mid to late Feb. with the freeze-thaw cycles during the day and night.

Jmace....our high point was the slung horn. The short step above that had a huge hole in it and wasn't safe at all to try. Although another day or two it'd probably be passable. Glad you guys made it all the way!

Thanks for all the great photo's!

Does anyone have any info on Vantage and or Banks Lake?

Climbed "Mousetrap" today. We ran into an impassable section 4 pitches up with too much running water. Should be pretty solid by the weekend though.

Don't waste the gas. It rained quite hard on the eastside yesterday evening. Index should be rather wet today.

I third that notion. For cams in the fingers sizes or smaller, Metolius TCU's and Aliens are best. Anyone out there had any positive experiences with those offset TCU's???

I have to agree with the .75, 1, and 2 to start off doubles. Stoppers will always help take care of the fingers sized cracks, and cowbells(hexes) are what I consider to be old technology and way too time consuming to place when pushing your limits. I don't carry hexes or tri-cams. To really push your physical ability while leading, you'll want double cams of each size in the end. Hemp22 is right, take your time to find good deals and you might get as many as 4 cams for the money. But stick with the big brand names like Camalot, Metolius, and Alien. Their gear is much more versatile and durable over time. Maybe watch the yard sale for low milage gear too. I bought a #2 camalot that appeared as though it had never been placed in real rock. AMAZING! The seller had just decided climbing wasn't for him and had alot of cams to get rid of.

Colin. The mountainiers is a great place to start off for learning about any aspect of climbing that you're not pro-efficient at yet. It will help you be very confident in your safety, skills, and abilities. Beware that ice climbing is incredibly addicting and expensive. LOL. You'll have a blast at the class!! Oh...and don't let Kozak discourage you from posting on this site. It's an invaluable tool for alpine and ice conditions, good used gear, partners, and much more. He obviously didn't realize your brand new to the site or he wouldn't have improperly called you a troll. The more you read and the more you post, the easier it is to ignore people who don't have anything positive to say. Climb-on...and climb hard!

I'm terribly sorry to hear about this! Howeowners or Renters insurance should help ease "some" of the pain. Make note that when filing your claim, they'll ask you how old all of your gear is because they say that all sporting goods depreciate in value over time. Hence, the newer you tell them your gear is, the closer you will get to recouperating the actual replacement cost. Having been through this fiasco once, I'd also tell them I lost more than I actually did to try and get them to pay up closer to the actual replacement cost of the gear. It really sucked when I got my check, minus the depreciation, minus the deductable, and could only replace 50% of what was stolen. One thing I always do these days after having had this happen is coordinate all of the rack details with any partner well in advance. Now, I never end up leaving more than a handful of cams, biners, and shoes in the car, or at the base at any given time. I sleep better at night thinking that meth heads and non-climbers are the only kind of people that would do something like this. But that's probably not always the case.

My partner bailed at the last minute. I'd like to get out cragging for the day??? Send me a PM with some contact info and we can discuss options. Will be checking PM's periodically till 10 pm. Pat

Nice TR! I won't carry the jelly GU anymore either. That stuff is a mess! Cliff Bar has come out with "Shot Blocks" that are the same as GU, but solid and chewable. They're the bomb!!!

Thank you for the info gentlemen. If history is any indicator here, Pan Dome has traditionally been a late former and usually gets really good towards Feb.

How is Pan Dome shaping up to date? Any recent photo's?

Nice work Jeff. You are definetly ready for Town Crier or Green Dragon. I haven't done the Narrrow Arrow, but have looked at it from the ground, and it looks long and sustained. Town Crier was very easy, the first two pitches are free, the second two pitches are 35-60 feet in length and are just short C1+ pitches. The "crux" pitch through the triple roofs is easy 100% fixed pins and goes very fast. After the crux pitch there one more 100 foot pitch or so of more C1-C2. After doing two sustained very long pitches of C2, your totally ready for Town Crier or Green Dragon. Don't let the C3 rating of Green Dragon in the guidebook intimidate you, it's only C2.

I climbed this route the first weekend of April after warming up on Outerspace. I was quite glad to have this topo in my pocket on the crux pitch, or else the routefinding wouldn't have been as straight forward as I would've liked. So I did take the "detour" route too. The crux pitch, and pitch right before it were great. The rest of the route was mediocre. After pulling the roofs I plugged in the belay and looked over to my right at two gals starting out on the first 10c crux pitch of Iconoclast. When we got to the base of Snow Creek Wall in the morning, there were three parties at the base, two groups of two heading up Outerspace, and one party of two gals heading up Orbit. I found it a little odd that these two girls would eventually change their minds to climb a much harder route in hang dog style. Gal yelled to me, "What route you on?" My reply "MJ Dihedral" Although I've climbed Iconoclast and knew exactly what route they were on, it only seemed appropriate to ask and reply. Me "What route are you on???????????" Gal replied "Orbit" Me "No you're not.....you're on Iconoclast....5.10c....." Gal "We thought this seemed to hard" To make a long story short, we straightened them out and they began to rapp. They were still rapping when we scrambled along the base of the climb heading home for the day. They were very thankfull and offered us beer and dinner as we yelled our goodbye's, but my friend and I both had to work early in the morning.