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GPS on icefield traverses in BC=essential (got my ass off of Columbia) GPS on most weekend tours=marginal utility as valleys on Coast are narrow enough to always have a terrain sixth sense and below treeline aint worth sqwat GPS for mountaineering=forget it

I do believe you are correct sir. Can anyone confirm or refute?

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This would be to replace the sack of sauce in the preexisting can of meat?

Boysnow: Anybody ever done a winter ascent of the south ridge ya figure? Saw a picture of it once caked in rime and the upper bits looked cool all glazed over like a frosty cake MMmmmm

Pub Club tomorrow night if anyone's around at the Pub. Could be a decent day of craggin seen as how the hills look quite murderous right now

I prodealed a Mtn Hardware Conduit job and it totally sucks for vapour dispersion as the bottom, like most bivy sacks, is PU coated nylon. THE BEST WAY TO GO is with MEC's emperor Penguin overbag as the whole thing is Dryloft and the synthetic layer will wick most H2O out of a down bag. Mind you, it can't stand in for a tent like the Integral Designs unishelter, which I have found is actually quite useful here and there.

I was worried there for a while, my tradition of Diamond Head on Xmas eve with stout and scotch was looking like a non event! I'll be passed out in the Red Heather hut on the 24th if anyone's looking for trouble

"Beckey says it's the most obvious line up the Grand Wall but statistics indicate a popularity nosedive." GS 1975 Viking helmets mandatory:

Good point. When climbing Seasoned in the Sun, just try to think of all those pockmarked scars in the rock as attempt to establish a solo face climb on either side of the crack

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Good thing the real meat is out of picture right

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BC mountainqueering club always does Se face/E ridge combo as it is quicker. Descending the full S ridge would be a total pain in the ass and you'd miss kick ass glissading stuff. Colin had the glissade of the year down the S gullies, linking snowpatches between boulderfields, carving diagonally without losing the turn

After scoping out non-existing ice lines on Slesse that were more like icing sugar thrown against the rock, Colin and I decided to do the S ridge of Welch, mainly because it's one of those moderate routes I've always wanted to do but never end up doing in lieu of obscure bush battles. Horseshoe-up-the-ass part one: forgetting that the spur off Welch is both 4WD and a long way from the lake, just as we were packing up, along comes "Mark" from Abottsford in the full-on Durango offering us the five minute version up to the lake! (Can I still bash Durango drivers now??) So anyhoo, we bivied at about 4 pm and got about 15 hours sleep in the almost Alaskan light and we get going up hard crampon stuff to the ridge at its very bottom. Most people either do the SE face or only duck into the S ridge at the top cause its pretty monotonous, but I had always wanted to do the full ridge, mainly cause the word "solid" is included in Beckey, a novelty for the region! The route was pretty straightforward except for one detour to the east and an icy downclimb from the false summit. Horseshoe-up-the-ass #2: just as we're approaching the summit, we see two guys coming up the SE face. HHmmmm, methinks, a ride down? Thanks to Dell and Simon for saving us from a brutal walk back down to Foley Lake. Cool route, day trip with 4WD. Go do it.

Pay the extra $20 for the Epic, it rox . Stretch panels, no frills stuff. the jacket is perfect for climbing, too short for skiing. The parka looks like a frick dress it's so long

Allright, who's up for some shit this weekend up in BC?Snow/ice/mixed lines on the agenda. Give me a PM, I've got some ideas. Don't make me go on a solo death mission

Yeah, i would have to say that Needles, CA has the best atmosphere in terms of cool people chillin way the hell out there. the place just feels like Pynchon's Vineland, if you know what I mean.