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I have climbed down that before trying to get off Wy'east, it is not bad when it is fully rimed. You still have to go up the chimney so hopefully that is in condition. It is a bit annoying to walk through devil's kitchen, as it rusts out all your crampons, axes, etc. It has corroded the metal contacts on radios as well.

that route sucked anyway. what a squeeze job.

Their skis aren't that great

Invasion! Is everyone in this photo roped up? It looks that way. Wow.

is this at vantage?

I'm also a little concerned about the other guy in red who does not have a helmet on while he engages in idle chit-chat with the mutant guy

that one dude in the red in the middle looks like he has some mutant head growing out of his left arm.

USGS CVO has photo releases when they do flyovers on clear days. Last one was on 12/11/2004 http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/

exactly.

what day is this playing? tonight?

I didn't think this topic could get any worse, yet behold...

nice work Dru I was about to dust off the rappelling in chimney with pack material.

cbs appears to be impossible to troll.

but there are all those complicated chatroom laws to dance around these days.

yeah flowers and jewelry are nice but as catbirdseat implies, you can get a quality date experience with a decent telescope, a bag of cheetos, and a police scanner

if you're not on America's Most Wanted you're not trying hard enough

what's wrong with a little good ol'fashioned stalking?

GiJoe's Seize the Weekend

and then offer her a wild evening of titrating practice and show her your erlenmeyer flask!

what do you mean? the only thing missing in that joint is the long fold-up tables. maybe they have spruced it up since the last time I was there (few years ago).

Why the hell does it matter, unless you want to tell other people you climbed something in winter? if the weather is good, just go climb something. if not, don't. This "technically winter" stuff is pure b.s. Good luck with your quest to get into the guidebooks.

the mexican joint in terrebonne reminds me of eating in my middle school cafeteria and I don't even get any chocolate milk

I would second that recommendation for Beacon rock, as it is far better than what is available in the metro area in my opinion. However, if it is the first time outdoors for someone you might be limited in what you can climb there. The SE corner is a fine choice and a beautiful introduction to outdoor multi-pitch climbing. Little Wing is another fine crack right next to it too.

The Alpine trail can be a BLAST especially once the kickers go in. Problem is, I'm always running it at the end of a long day of skiing so my thighs get absolutely thrashed. It's a great run and you're guaranteed to get a hitch back up the t-line road if you do it during the day. Really popular with the young boarders who don't want to lay down a lot of cash for a lift ticket.

Smith was in fine shape this weekend. I, however, was not in fine shape.