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Yeah, I would be totally down to go, but I have other plans. Looks like an amzing place. Have fun

Dragos from TEAM 1337.ro, biatch! you best respekt...err...or something. Well, shit, I guess they need to have thier fun somehow, since they aren't having it by getting laid.

I was assuming he was asking about an alpine axe. For the tech tools it's androids fer me

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Yup, you guys are correct, thanks for the clarificaiton. i had always been under the mistaken impression that water knot simply described a flat overhand knot of one form or another tied in webbing.

Yeah, it sounds like a lot, but it isn't. LB #3 is the name of one of the big avy chutes coming of the side of LB mountain. During normal years that's more like 50 or 60 feet. I think it was 85+ feet after the large la nina year.

Dale, maybe I have my terminology screwed up... Here is what I was referring to as a water knot: http://brmrg.med.virginia.edu/knots/water.html As they describe "essentially an overhand follow-through". I've also used water knot to describe the act of tying webbing back into itself (to loop and knot through an anchor hole in an axe for example), but I guess that is what you mean when you say re-woven overhand?

I've only ever used alphas once, and while they are a great boot, I just didn't find them to be super warm. Friends who climb in Alpahs have also told me of similar exerpiences. As Jason mentions, it's all about the individual. My toes definitely seem to feel cold a lot, so when I go to Denali, I am definitely going to optimize for warmth, not weight.

Yeah, it's why I expect little or nothing from lift skiing any more. If I want good turns I go backcountry.

Interestingly enough, Scarpa Alphas, while a good hybrid are *not* very warm. Other "standard" plastic boots are generally quite a bit warmer.

Not all us knuckledraggers pull this shit, but newbies will be newbies. I've definately seen newbie skiiers snowplow/sideslip their share of hills they're not ready for (like me at 11 ) And Wayne, what about the missing link from snowboarding to the backcountry and adventure?? Jeesh True true...but the one thing that I have noticed is that beginning skiers are more limited in the terrain they can ride/ruin. Beginning snowboarders can pretty much tear up steep and deep on their second day using the patented falling leaf technique

whahappun?

holy fucking shit is right! anybody up for a trip in there!?!?

depends on what you are using for a leash. on my alpine axes I have some webbing, so I used water knots.

WOW...that's all I can say about those.

traversing across the whole run is always a favorite of mine, but it doesn't hold a candle to the "falling leaf" technique of placing your board sideways and plowing down a steep slope taking all the snow with ya.

Yeah, you've missed the various sub forms of snowboarding such as "sitting on ass in middle of runs" and "ruining all the fresh powder in one fell swoop"

Any pics of said water ice, kind sir?

Was it warm in the sun? just a few K feet up in the canyon where there was no sun and an annoyiing wind, it was actually pretty damn chilly.

Yes, the fact that Audi sent and paid for a tow truck to pull us out of a snowbank after I attmpeted to jump it, and instead just buried the car in it was pretty impresive. I figured road side assistance was for breakdowns, etc., but not for moron owners. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the leavenworth cops suck. Hearing the dispatch call for the towtruck, they quickly drove down the icicle road to find and harass us. For some reason I thought "to protect and serve" meant they would offer a hand or at least make sure everything was ok. In reality, I think it means to harass and belittle and pray they'll find something to give us a ticket for...

fuggin' beautiful. looks awesome guys!

Yeah, we were looking over to the south facing rock with envy. We ended up trying yellowjacket tower, which is just a moderate rock climb in the summer. In the winter conditions, however, it was quite fun and gave some spicy mixed climbing for the few pitches we did. We ended up stopping about 30 feet short of the summit, which, in rock shoes in summer, would have been a very easy climb. With snow and verglas however it sent us packing despite or attmpets to aid it. As you said, it was good excercise, so it was certainly better than sitting at home.

That was us...damn fools!!! Oh man, Greg, don't leave me hanging... What was the outcome? We were originally there to try triple Cs too, but the weather made us move to less ambitous backup plans.

Here, I'll give my stock weekend skiing report... "good turns for 2 runs, then all the other people tracked up the snow. Jee, I wish I have saved my $40 and earned my turns"

So were part of the crew that was heading up the bridge creek road at about 3:00 or so this morning? I was passed out in a car up there and it looked like a team of 4 or so were heading up to try a climb.