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Another one star post from Mr. Nolse.

It looked dry on Sunday from Pearly Gates. It's certainly more awkward (chimney moves at beginning of p1) and more runout (changing corners pitch). A pink tricam is nice for that section. You'll see where to put it. Correction. I believe most people bypass the thin crack by climbing to the RIGHT of the crack for a few moves (there is a nice big knob to stand on) and then heading back left into the crack. It's well protected, but you are above a ledge, so you gotta think about that.

For anyone else whose knows him and whose heart took a jump reading the title of this thread, Brook Alongi and his team are fine. EverestNews Alongi link Condolences to the O'Brien family.

In Da Club Go, go, go, go Go, go, go Olympia-Climber It's your birthday We gon' party like it's yo birthday We gon' sip Fat Tire like it's your birthday And you know we don't give a fuck It's not your birthday!

Any of you huskies wanna meet at Agua Verde? I'll be there sippin' a margarita in 10 minutes.

That topo is from the Cummins guide circa '91 I think. Yeah, I don't remember those last two bolts either, just the A0 bolt. But I didn't lead that pitch, so I could be The last pitch IS poorly protected, but it's FUN FUN FUN! Feldspar edges & jugs on a STEEP face. Many people, including myself, consider this to be one of the best 5.10 rock climbs in the state. ENJOY!

Dimethylide? "Don't take the brown acid!" Facts Hoffman and Burroughs:

Spec-freakin'-tacular. You have just created a great resource - a masterpiece of Klenkitude.

Nice work Klenke. So the dip just north of Mt. Phelps ("F" in my second pic) is the South Fork of Tolt River? According to my topo program, McClain Pk is North of Phelps. Maybe you have those two backwards?* *edit: Duh. I should have read your note about Phelps being mislabelled on maps.

Happy Birthday!!!! for Fern: for Dave:

Another one:

...or anyone else: D = Black Tusk I = Baring

Hey Mike, Where the fuck are you? I did Triassic Sands today. Some old guy here says you should clean up yer act and you'd have better luck with the lizzzzadys. Pillow biter. Campsite #52, leavin' tomorrow.

I climbed "Johnny Vegas" with 7 people!

Yes. I conferred with my colleagues and analyzed recordings from the secret Infinite Bliss webcam (www.infinitebliss.com) and we have decided it has been chopped. Any evidence that anyone might find in the future, like, say.... lots of bolts in the rock, is mere fantasy. It has definitely been chopped. Although there may exist parallel universes in which it has NOT been chopped. We can't rule that out. Yet. Thank you for allow CIT to post. p.s. But seriously, why are there crowbars up there? Did the authors of IB forget to take their tools home with them? Is someone working on a new route? Is someone chopping?

This is a very interesting discussion. My initial reaction to the question was, "hell ya, Al pons would be fine", so I was surprised to hear so many people say "bad idea". I climbed the west butt in crappy boots (old style everest one sports) with Grivel G10 pons (steel). The boots weren't very stiff so they didn't frontpoint well. This was no big deal except on the headwall (between 14K-16K) which was steep and icy because a windstorm the previous three days had blown all of the snow off. Fortunately this wasn't a big deal because of the fixed lines. Other than that section, there is nowhere on the WB that is steeper than 35 degrees and nothing was very icy and I think Al Pons would have done fine. Obviously, conditions change from year to year. Erewhon makes a good case for the benefits of Al and I think if I did the WB again, I'd take Al pons. My $.02. p.s. Aren't the guide companies fixing the Denali Pass section these days? I think I heard something about that...

I wonder if whoever is chopping IB will take public responsibility for their actions?

When I'm asking; "Should I take crampons or not?", alluminum crampons are a great compromise. I know they won't get me up everything that steel pons would, but I think they have saved my bacon once or twice because I had them when I wouldn't have taken steel pons. Descending from dragontail last Aug/Sept across a very hard snowfield with big exposure for example. Any time one is rock climbing but needs to carry pons for the descent or approach, I'd be likely to carry Al pons, except maybe girth pillar or something where you have steep ice to climb to get to the rock, then I'd go with steel. I also like Al pons on mellow snow slogs (SF Hood, SS Adams, Emmons on Rainier, etc). And, I'm not the climber that Jim Nelson is, but he did the NW Coulior on Eldo in Al pons. Iain, I'm curious about the accidents in which you suspect Al pons being the cause. Could you elaborate? No names necessary of course. Just the facts man.

This winter climb has pretty low avalanche potential and I'm gonna be there tomorrow:

This is good advice. I was up in the Alpental Basin last August and there was no snow around, but I said to myself, "SELF!, Don't let your guard down, 'cause that's when an avalanche will gitcha!" And due to my mindfulness, I was able to avoid being killed by an avalanche. Thank you for allow sarcastic fox to post. p.s. Skykilo said, "hirsuite3.14159"

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Damn BP, you've scored a lot of booty at Index!