to turn back after the first cliff you'd have to build a rap station - topping out and descending the sherpa glacier is preferable
not all ice yet - plenty of snow left between the upper and lower icy parts
a fair bit of glacier between the lower wall and upper coulior, but nothing unusual for the nw - look for cracks
welcome to the coolest state in the lower 48
the longer drive keeps me away - it'll be nice when they put in parking and that oughta please the locals
doesn't appear to be any shortage of kids still screwing aroudn in there...
bold (for me) = free soloing young warriors
reckless = free soloing free for some
bold = free soloing complete n ridge of stuart
reckless = free soloing girth pillar (w/o windshirt or nuetrinoes)
Bill....why to you have your shoes on? Street shoes that is?
Man....Jimmy takes nice pics....
notice the large chunk missing out of the lower right pillar? that was fun to set off!
when i was a kid and living in germany the cold war was still on - my boy scout troop went to berlin - we went through checkpoint charlie to check out the brandenberg gate - while attempting to passback through the checkpoint into the freedom-loving side of the city a few hours later the goons said we were 1 person short of what we'd entered w/ - the scout master shit himself and we spent the next hour searching behind the iron curtain for the missing 9 year old
this threads needs 2 priests - one young - one old
"the power of christ compells you!"
"the power of christ compells you!"
"the power of christ compells you!"
nice - the guide shack in mazama has a folder out front w/ xeroxed copies of topies for that and other goat wall climbs too and is worth stopping by before hitting the wall - an excellent place to know about for when wa pass gets crappy
the wife rented it last night
can i have that hour and a half of my life back again? is the 10th insight that the preceeding 9 were some stupid, fucked-up hippie shit?
jeebus...
"our vibrations were turning nasty - but why? was there no communication in this car? had we descended to the level of mere beasts?"
-hunter s thompson
the best possible way to make a martini is to drown a few horse turds in vodka or gin (your choice), strain out the booze, then eat the turd - i suppose you could throw in as much vermouth as you wanted too...