Alpinfox

Aha. Gotcha. Yeah, I think that would be mighty hard. Here is a pic:

Maybe you are talking about "Avenging the Goddess Kring" 10a Great long pitch with some #4 camalot size crack and a thin crack.

I climbed p1 last weekend. I had climbed it once before, but it was a long time ago. What's the problem? Hold broke off or sumfin?

Throwing in my thanks to whomever was involved in the road clearing efforts. Thanks Matt, Mark, and ? I was hoping to "get my slab on" sometime soon, but have been deterred by the road closure. Good work guys! suggestion: Next time advertise the work party in advance. I would have gladly participated in some chainsaw work. So how far do we have to walk the road to get to the 3 O'clock trailhead now?

Not with my skinny little toothpick leg it ain't - I was swimming in that thing. An old style #5 camalot or #6 C4 camalot or a couple big ass hexes/tube chocks (a la MattP) are necessary for that OW in my opinion. I definitely considered it all of 5.9. My TR

I'm curious to hear what your basis for that statement is. I don't think I could have been much clearer. Oh. OK. I'm convinced.

Did you visit PWS before the spill? I did. From what I've heard, the place has NOT "healed itself to become the pristine place it was before the spill". I'm curious to hear what your basis for that statement is. PWS had the most incredible salmon fishing I've ever seen. My family used to catch our limit (5 pinks/person/day) in about 15 minutes. It was nuts. The quantity of wildlife there was stunning. Bears, otters, FLOCKS of bald eagles, blueberries, moose... The oil spill was heartbreaking for me, but I'm sure my pain is nothing compared to the folks whose livelihood and spiritual center was found in those waters. This court decision just twists the knife a bit more. Sad.

Is this your gnome?

they sat there overnight so I grabbed them Describe them and I will get them back to you edit: I'm back in Seattle now, but will be happy to mail them to the owner.

No, it did not belong to GK. It was placed by Mike Gauthier during his testing following GK's accident. Thanks for cleaning up the crack AM.

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Yes, cheers to sobo. Also cheers to bwrts for catching me in the biggest fall of my climbing career. I hope you mend well Dane. Thanks for sharing your story.

REPENT ALL YE SINNERS! The end is near!

Another one I just remembered that might fit the bill as a good first alpine ice climb: NF of Observation Rock on Mt. Rainier. I havent' done it, but it sounds perfect. No crevasse issues, low commitment, within mom's taxi service range (hahaha). Here is Dave's trip report: ALPINEDAVE IS A GOD!

I'd recommend getting a wee bit of mellow ( Anyway, here are some routes that sometimes/usually have alpine ice in the Cascades: NE face of The Tooth NF Chair Peak Stuart Glacier coulior Ice Cliff Glacier Dragontail - Triple Couliors Mt. Adams - Adams Glacier NF Maude NF Shuksan NR Baker Southside Hood. Seriously! I actually placed two screws on it one time in very very late season. Most of those if done early season will be snow climbs. Later season will be more ice. Late, late season could be melted out rock. Don't bite off more than you can chew!

"Pasted" is idiotese for "passed".

Johnson, Thanks for posting. I was leading our group up the trail and Mack walked down the trail towards us. I was surprised to see a dog off leash with no owner around, but figured he was a chill dog. I stopped walking, checked him out trying to gage his manners, put my hand down and let him smell me. He seemed OK with me. Then I walked by and we were all looking over at the right side of the LTW looking for a friend. When we turned to go back to Roger's Corner, Mack started snarling and sort of hopping and nipping at the back of Emily's (person at the back of our group) backpack and the backs of her legs. I started yelling and picked up a couple rocks and got between Mack and the rest of our group. Mack was trying to follow us and still seemed aggressive. In fact, he followed us all the way over to the trail that goes up to RC. Your other two dogs were tied up and the smaller one (border collie?) was barking a lot. The big husky one seemed totally chill. Had Mack actually bitten Emily, yes, I would have smashed him. I also would have called the cops and I imagine you would have been fined or cited or arrested. I dunno. I love dogs, but obviously not dogs that attack people. I encourage you to leave the dogs at home if they can't be attended at the base of the crag. Being barked at (even by a dog that is tied up) is no fun and being nipped and snarled at by a dog that is off-leash and unattended is totally unacceptable.

Sweet! So it sounds like you went to the top of the col of the east couloir on Chackachamna (the couloir to the right as looking at it from camp)? That is indeed a beautiful area. I enjoyed the TR; thanks for posting!

To Cman or Bldr, Hey, you weren't the owner of the aggressive brown dog that was roaming around unleashed and snarled and nipped at my friend were you? To whomever the owner of that dog is: I almost killed your dog - came pretty close to smashing its head in with a rock.

BUMP Howdy folks. Some good shots of Index. It would be nice to have a better picture of the East Butt on SEWS. I think Fred wants one from the base or the approach looking up at the buttress. Anybody have anything like that? He also wants a good picture of "the west side of Mt. Hood". Not sure if he means a long-range shot (like from PDX?) or something a little closer.

CC, that is a repost. Jeez, you should pay more attention. I think this is a better way to approach climbs: Picket Range Approach Vehicle?

Is this legal?

I would be very leary of that gully approaching/descending from Liberty Bell this weekend. http://www.nwac.us/products/av_fx_page.htm edit: Whoops. Just saw this part: Anyway, I'll leave the caveat about the avy danger here for other looky lous possibly considering this route in the near future.

This picture was taken about 4pm today.

Sale starts tomorrow Items that will be on sale This link shows what items will be on sale, but doesn't list the sales prices yet. Members use ANNV20 for 20% off 1 itm during the sale (not good on Outlet) Buy an item tomorrow, use it for 12 years, return it to REI, tear it in half in front of the clerk, get angry, get new gear.