skykilo

Oly have my baby too. Maybe we can have a threesome.

Were they wearing rockshoes or boots? BOOTS but how does that affect technique? I've soloed that in both directions in both tennis shoes and rock shoes. WHY anyone would be wearing big leather boots there is far beyond me.

HOLY SHIT man I took my dad up that route for his first-ever climb in the mountains last summer. We got stuck right behind this mounties party. Seriously, I'm no footwork expert, but those guys really could have used some slab technique pointers. Best wishes to the guy recovering from Yellowjacket Tower though!

Is that how you and E bivied so light at the lake on Logan???

South Face of Klawatti is a great little descent; way to go get it Scott! <edit>OOPS wrong thread. Way to get the Forbidden Traverse too, fheimerd!</edit>

--->I SHIT you NOT. Sorry 'bout your sunburn, J. It sure seems like you do this every year, but it sounds like you may have outdone yourself this time.

Depending on whether there's enough snow left, it may be a good idea to leave the trail and follow the drainage when the trail begins to ascend. We descended that way very conveniently in April 2004.

Congratulations on your recovery man, that's really awesome.

Sounds like a job for the Hummels.

Mike, I think he's talking about this one. It definitely messed with my head for a minute. Then the offwidth. YEAH!

Go do super hardcore shit. If you can hack it, you'll be badass. If you get yourself killed, obviously you're just not badass material, but you have a chance of being reincarnated as a badass. Just $0.02. (Arguing about whose birthplace is more badass on the internet definitely isn't badass.)

We didn't see any rockfall last Wednesday. It was certainly in the best shape I've ever seen it though. Oh yeah.

Tahoma Creek Trail is in good condition for hiking with loafers on feet and skis on back.

Looks like a helluva $ki route, E!

I'm supposed to read all that? Reading makes my head hurt. Well there you have it.

Says 'posted by Mike Gauthier' but didn't see any contact info anywhere on the blog? (I guess it's pretty obvious that I could pm him here, but I doubt everyone who reads the blog knows that.) To the skiers headed to the Kautz:

Hey man, you got up and down alive and in one piece, good job! But next time, don't leave the tracks toward the crazy ice cliff for the stupid skiers to follow... Where's my fawking chairlift?

I've done it in a day, sans meth. Go get it!

We went to the base of the arrow on the horizon. I don't think the climbing would have ever been much past 60 degrees there, but it might have required more than a 30m rope of distance on the ice. We climbed between the two red dots, which included a couple 75 degree-ish steps. That's just way too much beta. Hopefully esugi's already gone.

I'd still recommend screws. There did look to be an easy ramp over there, but it requires a significant amount of time on blue ice and it's very exposed to the Roosevelt Glacier.

There's more than enough ice on the ice cliff. I'd recommend taking four to six screws at the very least, having had an interesting experience climbing it with two screws last Thursday. Have fun and hit it before the snow slopes get too sloppy.

Whatever, skiers rule the planet. Way to represent, Lix!

Right on, that's a classic. I'll let you know if I get wood for Hood or something else down that way...

Nice man. Thanks for taking the torch, I was beginning to get tired. It's time to cut the hardman bullshit, get in touch with my sensitive side and develop a taste for stinky cheeses.