sketchfest

Just ate a Snickers Marathon bar. Side by side to say a Cliff bar the nutrition measures out fairly close, a few items are a little skewed, but nothing too outrageous. I give it 2 thumbs up for the initial "behind the desk test" I'll see how it fares on the next "on the bike" test. damn...wish I had another one...yummmmmy

I'm sooo there!

Maybe but doubtful, these guys are construction workers, not rocket scientists

Hey Will, If you can get over to Ft. Wainwright my project manager says that they have a two story ice curtain that has formed on some scaffolding that you can climb. Prolly only rated WI2 cause if you get tired or sketched you can always step off into the scaffolding. Apparently the scaffolding sits right next to some type of steam plant and over the course of the winter it has just continued to build up on this thing. He says it's solid from top to bottom...what would you call that? Ice-buildering?

Someones got a foot fetish Damn it, you guy's saw right through me! I was hoping for pictures of some nasty ole corn ridden, nail fungused tooties that I could print out and hang on my wall. Darn, you guy's won't let me get away with anything.

Jarred, What exactly would you call narrow, how wide are your feet? Got any digitals of em?

I want an energy bar that doesn't taste like sawdust during a long day out. I believe that I have tried most if not all that are currently on the market: Cliff bar, Power bar, Odwalla...etc. Some of the flavors are OK, but none of them are moist enough. When I am out on a day trip, whether it be climbing or biking, I can eat them fine, but when I'm doing a huge single day push or 100 mile ride I just can't choke those damn things down. My body is already dehydrated from the exertion and needs all the help it can get and no matter how much water I drink with the thing it just doesn't go down any easier. Anybody have any ideas that work (gels only work for so long before my body needs a solid source) Maybe I should just stick to &

Turkey sandwhich with spicy hot mustard on whole wheat with x-sharp white cheddar small bag Tim's Cascade jalepeno chips 3 fig newtons 1 apple 2 qts water....so far

Just bringing this back up to the top, anybody been recently?

At least you made it out. The avy danger was too high to even make it out of my backyard.

prices??

Don't suppose anybody has been back to check out the North face of chair recently?

They're having an open house on Saturday for all of us who helped in the construction. I'm gonna go and flash all the routes and leave my grimy prints all over the new holds before DFA gets a chance to even look at em. here's to ya DFA!!

Familiar experience? Maybe...What's it to ya??

Funguy and I were up on the south side this Saturday during the first wave of this storm system. By the time we reached Silcox (7:30-ish) a light breeze was blowing and it was starting to snow. Most of the rock we encountered below Palmer was fairly clean, but as soon as we were above the lifts everything was covered with a fairly thin coating of rime. Anyway, by the time we reached 9,8k the wind was howling and it was snowing hard. Some of the drifts we encountered were knee deep, so we decided to turn around and navigate back to the top of Palmer. We couldn't see much more than 20 feet or so ahead of us until we got back to the top of Palmer and the clouds broke to reveal some pretty strong winds on the summit. It looked to us like most of the snow that had fallen on the summit and west side was being blown to Idaho. The Pearly Gates also looked like they had 50 to 100 feet of vertical blue ice right in the middle. Then the clouds came back and we called it a day.

get your hand outa your pants and learn to read dumbass!

Who's got the best selection of climbing boots in Portland?

With the exception of last year, I have normally headed to Rainier either on the first or second weekend of May. Over the last four years I have generally experienced good weather (clear and sunny) but have been turned around twice do to high winds, once when we had just topped out on Gib rock from Ingram headwall and the other at Muir when the winds were so strong you could barely keep your feet on the ground, and we were turned once by a storm that came in during the night and dumped an additional 8" on the upper mountain. Every time I've gone there are always a few other people around and usually some kind of boot track to up to Muir, although wind swept at times. Its hard to say how many others would be there, it would all depend on what kind of weather the mtns been having prior to your trip. Ingram is a longer route, but really straight forward and if you go in April most of the crevasses should be good and filled in around the ice fall and up to the lower portions of the headwall. If you have the time, take the full two or three days to do it and enjoy the mountain.

Just a thought, but I would be pretty apprehensive about taking an inexperienced climber up Gib ledges and I also wouldn't rope up through the ledges. There isn't any place for pro and if you or your inexperienced partner slipped, theres probably not a very high likelihood that you will have enough time or space to arrest the fall. I think the start of the ledge system has the most immediate exposure, but it is also has the widest portion of the ledges. Skis would be great all the way up to Muir and as long as it wasnt to icy you could probably go all the way to the Bee Hive and leave them there, From the Hive back down to Muir would be a nice little ski after coming back down from the summit. my .02

Anybody done Early Morning Coulior within the last year or so? It looks like a nice route, what is the best time of year for this one?

I'm only trying to divert attention away from myself because they went out and did something, while I stayed home with my "honey-do" list. Don't hate me cause I suck!

Well duh! my guess is you should have kept it out of your pants and just tried a pocket instead. I trust they weren't size D batteries that were a pain? I heard rumor that they might have been double D!...Ouch

Well duh! my guess is you should have kept it out of your pants and just tried a pocket instead.

Let's wait for a little more snow, then we can pull in more beer.