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Very nice.

The SW Butt of Flathead has several variations too. On our first attempt on MHE, we got baked and had to retreat. We had saved one gallon of water at the base of a tree about 100 feet down from the route. At about 5 pitches up Bruce dislodged a fist sized rock that bounced left, right, left, right, right, right Blewy. The water was gone. I almost got in on the 1st ascent of Marvin's wall too. But there were already three and it sounded like a waiting game.

I came up to do the route about 11. The party of three was still working on the second pitch. I elected to check the base of the N Face for booty rather than risk eating rockfall. Found 1 screw, 1 ancient, soft iron piton, a sling, one full package of dental floss, an OR overmitt and liner, and several energy bar wrappers. Continued over to the N ridge. It looks interesting. What a day.

Nothing says "No Mormons here." like a chick with a whip.

OOOOOOUch! My girls hated that part.

Yeah but she gives good thread drift.

And a right arm.

OMG! You changed your avatar pic. I am, well, rethinking things... Tell us those Mormon missionaries didn't get to you.

If only I would have had access to this information prior to my first encounter. She will probably never speek to me again. Oh. And climbers beware. That rough part of your fingertips that allow you to do heinous crimpers is a handicap in the unlighted regions. Do not attempt crimpers with your tongue and you will have a backup.

She looks horny.

Not from the Ingalls side. water will be scarce. There will probably be some snow/ice in the gully at the bottom of the rap from the base of the gendarme. Bring prussiks. You do not want to miss the gendarme.

You must meet Icegirl.

What route were you doing? SW Butt? When I was doing 'A Modern Home Environment' I kept looking over there at a beautiful hands to offwidth crack that just kept going. Must have been 4 pitches. At the top was a refrigerator sized block that looked like a stiff breeze would knock over. That crack is east of the standard route. Probably never been done.....

I wear glasses and use prescription glacier glasses but I also have a pair of sunglasses that work in a pinch. I just put duct-tape side panels on them. They do have to have max UV protection and be pretty dark. Photo-grays are not enough. She could also get a pair of those drugstore inserts that curve around the face. Or she could go without and permanently damage her night vision.

Voyager used retouched Hubble Pics. How can you beat that?

"Caution! I brake for hallucinations."

Oh for a wireless, remote access laptop. Don't worry Chuck. I'd tie you off.

Who would Jesus bomb?

Looking at the photos of bolts next to protectable cracks pisses me off. Whoever placed those bolts should go remove them. Why don't you just go bolt a ladder to the wall?

In the hills of Montana where few people go, I found a small promentory on which to sit and gaze into the hills before me. After I had sat there for a few minutes, I started to think about how nice it would be to have a little smoke. I adjusted my butt on the rock and looked down. There between my feet was a tiny glass jar like a blistex jar only clear and in it was a stinky bud. To this day, I am assuming it was pot but I do not remember anything else about that day.......................

My joints are over 40 but there are other parts of me that are still 16.

Simplify. Free-solo naked. Many of us started this way. My first rock climbing experience was at an alpine lake. We stripped to swim and then decided to jump off a cliff. We climbed too high and didn't want to reverse the moves so we climbed to the top and hiked back around. Had some nasty mosquito bites. Otherwise, just buy some super tape or sewn blue water slings and a couple biners. Make a quick-draw to use as an anchor. Also, If YOU are going to be the one threading the rope through the anchors, be sure to pull up a few meters and tie a loop to clip to yourself so you don't drop the rope. That's much more ambarassing than being discovered climbing naked by a large froup of mounties. Especially if they have to rescue you. We will shun you.

If you have any inclination to follow trad, you will need a cleaning tool.

Were you right above 2 fixed pins under a little bulge.. I took a big whipper there when my foot got stuck in the crack. Nope. Off to the right a ways. Clean widening offwidth up to a fixed 10 or 11 hex.

Yes. Not to rehash, but I really would not have done that if I didn't think he was seriously pushing the limits of his survival.