G-spotter

Same name as the earlier project that would have used nukes for propulsion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29

KEANU WHAT IF WHEN WE MAKE THE ROBOTS AS SMART AS US THEY GET ALL WEIRD AND AUTISTIC LIKE WE DO? /KEANU

Shouldn't this question be posted in the secret forum?

Typically, the snow is at or near valley bottom so you have to ski or walk from Chilliwack River Road or near there. Rexford is much less aldery. The West Lion is a good route, snowy rock climbing with plentiful trees for pro. Bring some bigger hexes or Tricams; it can be difficult to get large cams to seat in icy cracks but hexes can be hammered in, and Tricams' beaks dig into ice and hold.

In winter, you'd be looking at two days via Pierce Lakes minimum. Depending on how high you can drive up, might be faster via Slesse Memorial. The big problem is that the alders get pushed down by snow and you can get forced to crawl. A west side ascent direct bushwack from Slesse Creek isn't out of the question either. If you're leading 5.7 in summer, 5th class in winter might seem much harder. I would suggest something with a shorter approach as a first winter alpine route - say the NE Buttress of the West Lion.

It has been done. Were you thinking of via the Slesse-Crossover descent trail or from Pierce Lake area/Macfarlane?

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No it is not. http://www.mec.ca/product/5008-216/west-coast-ice-the-climbers-guide/

Lots climbable around Hope today, if you have stubbies that is.

what's the deal with the blue square and gray line on the "taken from infinite bliss" photo. climber and rope edited out?

And then eight of Hillary!

We'd do that when they broke up our house parties in high school, but hey, white privilege. They never shot us.

Grand juries not resulting in indictments: Police Officers: 80 of 81 Civilians: 11 of 162,000 fivethirtyeight.com

meat is murder

New study documents that injury rates for climbing teens is nearly identical to injury rate in other (non-climbing) sports. http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/rock-climbing-injury-rates-for-children-and-teens-similar-to-other-sports-1.2844792

How retro. Although at least these guys recognized that they might want to have some engineers on there too. You know, to make sure things worked.

I thought I had heard that Roger Strong had repeated the Polish rte?

If there's doubt, throw it out. That simple.

I bet he didn't even use Fast and Light as an excuse

Seems like Linc was into dudes marrying dudes and sharing beds... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_of_Abraham_Lincoln

Sounds good. Looking forward to hearing more.

GANGNAM STYLE

Not really. What did you get up to Matt? I heard the east ridge of Tricouni got climbed and even had a cornice.

Climbed a 30 m WI3 across the highway from Box Canyon today with a couple dudes I met at the base of the climb. We both were hoping for an FA but there was a sling frozen into the ice at the top - probably from Saturday. Above the pitch we climbed there was probably 400 m of easy rambling all the way to the Flatiron-Portia ridgeline with a couple bodylength steeper steps. But it warmed up to +5C and started melting so we quit after the crux. On the drive home I saw the lower 2/3 of As Seen on TV fall off, literally as I drove by, leaving a nasty hanging curtain of doom. Would have killed anyone on it. Stay safe.

There's no snow at all on the Ramp. You might find stuff up the Duffy to be enjoyable right now. Or Wedge Couloir/N Face. If you have a day and a half the north side of Weart and the Owls should be prime - second ascent of the Edwards Route maybe?