Jeff

selling feathered friends front point pants. never used. size medium. brand new, 800+ down fill, epic outer layer. email me if you want them. jeffpeery@yahoo.com Jeff

selling mountain hardwear gortex pants ultra ftx. size medium, length regular. used twice, they are too big for me. let me know if you want to purchase them. email jeffpeery@yahoo.com Jeff

I have one feathered friends large icefall parka, its in great shape. upgraded to 800+ fill, epic outer layer, also has dummy leashes for gloves/mittens. $320 feathered friends frontpoint pants, never used, bought them last year, size medium. also upgraded to 800+ fill. color charcoal $230 Mountain Hardwear Ultra FTX Gortex Pants size medium, too big for me brand new $220.00 Jeff 425 941 2889 or jeffpeery@yahoo.com

was wondering if anyone could recommend a place in the seattle area to get WFR certified. thanks. Jeff

feathered friends large icefall parka, hasn't seen much use, its in great shape. upgraded to 800+ fill, epic outer layer (water proof), also has dummy leashes for gloves/mittens. $300 or best offer. feathered friends frontpoint pants, never used, bought them last year, size medium. also upgraded to 800+ fill. color charcoal $200 or best offer Jeff 425 941 2889 or jeffpeery@yahoo.com

has anyone been near (or on) the N. Face of shuksan recently... I'm wondering what are the conditions. thanks. Jeff

I have one feathered friends large icefall parka, hasn't seen much use, its in great shape. upgraded to 800+ fill, epic outer layer (water proof), and when it was made the lower baffle was not added so that it fits like a frointpoint jacket. also has dummy leashes for gloves/mittens. $320 feathered friends frontpoint pants, never used, bought them last year, size medium. also upgraded to 800+ fill. color charcoal $230 Jeff 425 941 2889 or jeffpeery@yahoo.com

I was up there last friday, it was very nice, snow is good. I never uncoiled the rope. skiing wouldn't be that great, since it would be a short run. have a good one.

what do you have in mind?

I am looking for an ice hammer something like the BD x-15 or metolius lucKY hammer, straight shaft. email if you have one you'd like to sell. Jeffjtpeery@u.washington.edu

Ok, here's an overview of our Drury Falls "epic." Around 7:30 we nervously placed our small, cheap inflatable raft into the river just upstream from the drainage. Once we were both in and we discovered that it actually floated the crossing was no problem. The slog up the gully to the base of the first ice pitch only took us about 2 hours thanks to some remaining tracks from previous parties. From here on the climbing was pretty straight forward, but quite pumpy and definitely very intimidating for me on my first multi-pitch ice route. I followed the entire route and at times basically let the rope pull me up but still found it to be very challenging and commiting. To our suprise we also ended up climbing about 800 ft. on ice pitches, something we didn't expect from the guide book we had read. We finished the last pitch in the dark and once on top were pretty pesimistic about our descent. Without our headlamps (a poor decision by us) we were unable to find any pre-existing rap stations. Thus we decided it was best to wait out the night and begin the decent in the morning rather than getting stuck somewhere mid-face. We dug a small snowcave and spent the night here occasionally changing positions and doing various aerobic movements to try and stay warm. We both were incredibly cold with no overnight gear so spent the 12 hour night keeping each other awake and constantly asking each other questions to test our minds. Needless to say it was the most miserable night of my life! Finally the long awaited sunrise came and as soon as the sunbeams began to warm our backs we were up orgainzing our gear. In no time we found the nearby rap station and began a series of 7 straightforward raps. Soon we were back in the approach gully reunited with our packs and the food and water within! Suddenly a chopper flies over. We signal a thumbs up and wave them away. They repeat their flight pattern up and down the gully many more times, worrying us about triggered avalanche danger. Once back at the road we are greated by a group of police officers and the pilot. The pilot mentions that we barely missed a good sized avalanche which stopped about 100ft behind us. Hmmm... coincidence? In the end all I can say is that it was a very memorable experience and quite the introduction to commiting winter routes.

Does any know who to contact, or where the new routes are recorded, for Icicle Canyon?