tomtom

Yo Bo, What's the word on the Strobach approach? I was up there today, and both 1202 and 1203 were groomed and labeled "Snowmobiles only". 570 was also groomed for 'biles but not posted. Didn't have the nads to try it in the Subaru. It was cold enough for ice to be forming, though. Thnx.

I contacted Grivel North America. Mike Makely was cool enough to send me a replacement heel half of my crampon. Grivel s.

And these experienced folks continue to die in the backcountry. How many were listed in Twight's slide show?

It didn't bend, it snapped off. Brittle failure.

I was looking at my gear this morning and noticed that one of the rear-most teeth on my right Grivel G-12 crampons had broken off. The break was at the bend to the horizontal plate. I bought the crampons new in the spring of '00, so they are less than four years old. I've used them for a few glacier slogs, several alpine ice trips, practice sessions at Big Four and such, and one mixed climbing session at Black Ice. Is this failure common?

quote: Originally posted by Figger Eight: Grivel makes a Top wing, Tech wing, Alp wing, and Light wing. This is the Light wing. I have a pair of Alp wings, which differ by having a rubber grip and a steel spike. I'm a beginner at ice climbing, and they work for me. The Tech wing and Top wing are more radically curved.

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: cool, i am just thinking of hiking the loop (colchuck to snow creek pk lot)soon. We hiked the loop this time last year as a day trip and bagged Dragontail and Witches Tower along the way. We also hit Prusik Pass and contoured around the north side of Prusik Peak, emerging on the Snow Creek Trail at Nada Lake before heading out. Great fun.

One alternative is good tools cheap... Barrabes

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quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Anyway I can ask then how does the pull go when removing a gloved hand on ice? Does it pull sideways or have any motion that might want to remove your pick out of the ice? Is there enough room to easily remove a gloved hand or mittened one? To remove a gloved hand, plant the pick, slide your hand up the shaft a bit, and pull out (away from the ice and tool) to loosen the strap and remove hand. One could pull your tool out of the ice on this last step. No sideways motion involved. To get back in, put your hand through the loop and pull down. Your mileage may vary. [ 09-11-2002, 12:20 PM: Message edited by: tomtom ]

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Right on. You guys crack me up. I saw that myself. But did anyone use it on waterfall ice yet? Guess not. Like I said everyone raved about many other leashes in summer and found out all the flaws on the ice. I am just a skeptic and these guys want to be shit talkers. If they want to talk shit then let's do it. Gosh...

I went in there a couple weeks ago to return some rental equipment for a friend. The woman behind the counter was rather perturbed because I didn't remember his last name, which means she had to go get the reservation notebook to find his name. Gosh, made her do a little extra work. Although I occasionally pass through to look at gear, I don't buy from Feathered Friends.

quote: Originally posted by mneagle: Last time I was up in Canada, MEC was carrying Biblers at a considerable exchange rate discount. Don't forget to get your receipt stamped at the border to get your tax back. Hmmm... I ran through this exercise in the spring. MEC sells the I-tent for 835 cdn plus 15% tax, where you only get half back (GST). The current exchange rate is 0.65 US/cdn, so your cost is about $584 US. You can get the I-tent from Northern Mountain for $595 minus 10% (Mountain Club discount) and pay no tax for a cost of $535 plus shipping. Your choice.

quote: Originally posted by James: quote:Originally posted by eric8: Marmot Mountian Works was them. I',m thinking of buying them from www.barrabes.com though did you get a chance to work their new leash? if so how did you like it? anyone else out their have an opinion about the easy-g leash? The Alp Wings are 128.02 Eur each plus 30 Eur shipping from Barrabes. I ordered a pair Sunday morning and they arrived today. I'm not a leash expert so I won't comment, but I'll try them out tomorrow. Cool.

quote: Originally posted by sk: gutter snipe. what I can't think another woman is pretty with out wanting to get in her pants You can, but the visuals are less interesting...

I have arthritic big toes w/ bone spurs (just like Shaq) if anyone knows a good doctor for that. It really, really sucks.

Trad climbing: Yes Sport climbing: Yes Ice climbing: Yes Bouldering @ UWRock: No Yes, I'm a gumby. I have my name on both the front AND back of my helmet. Helps with body identification. No advertising stickers, though.

quote: Originally posted by TimL: This has nothing to do with Lexington, but are the bugs still really bad at the pass? They were only annoying this weekend, down from really bad.

Hoodoo is a moderate scramble. The summit is a big pile of boulders. Haven't done Libby.

Those sound like nice training rides. In France, every 4 years they have a cyclotourist event called Paris-Brest-Paris. 750 miles and 90 hrs to complete. The first finishers are typically back in about 43 hrs. That's a lot of Gu.

quote: Originally posted by plexus: If you had wands, would you have felt confident to try to get off the mountain? Phffftt! Real climber only use hunks of shaped colored plastic for routefinding. Either that or colored tape.

Climbed Concord Tower and Liberty Bell Saturday under sunny skies. Saw only two other rope teams on the two the whole day.

We watched the rescue from Liberty Bell. The guy was lucky, as they lifted him out by helicopter right at dusk. The military helicopter spent a long time that evening hovering near the summit.

Shuksan Sulphide - sweatin' on the glacier.