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This is very cool mixed. http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2010/11/ghost.html

Funny, I have been on the Internet for awhile. Only three posters I ignore. Two of them were here on cc.com Kevin was one that I just recently unblocked after he noticed it. Not a bad guy just too much of an annoying buzz at times like Colin. Less static would be good..but sometimes it is funny...no so much in a serious conversation about being a total tool. This place is what YOU make of it.

Withering Heights, the Ghost, 11/14/10 and Daniel pulling the bulge on the left at half height, 30m+ off the deck.

Fat enough in the Ghost already 11/14/10. Tiny helmet head on the rope line from 60m off the ground on a nice plumb line of soft water ice.

details here: http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2010/11/scarpa-phantom-ultra-and-scarpa-phantom.html

You shit'in me right? My birthday lasts a month..give or take. You never know when you'll have another. Or if. Make the most of it. Sobo is good for at least that. Besides ya gotta have a little hair of the dog after the multi day party winds down. Sobo you still breathing?

http://www.colinbartholomew.com/ Such a nice presentation. Good looking kid...even Sobo would like you Colin. We'd have to watch that. How does it go from that reality and some nice pictures and climbs to your CC.com persona And me on the other hand so nice, gentele and helpful here and such a knuckle dragger thug in real life? Hard to fathom how the internet changes someone.

Speaking of Leto...can you believe Carlos Buhler has never read Dune.... I was shocked. Appauled really. Must be one of the many reasons why I never climbed anything hard.

For full disclosure...it is my understanding this specific topic was a fairly long private message that was passed around several weeks ago between moderators. I don't think the moderators have any reason to apologize. But if people don't listen..some times it just takes more voices. It that didn't work....not a lot of recourse left in a civil society if you want to stay civil. No doubt and if he was 17 I'd cut him a bunch more slack but he's in his mid 20s at least. Or if the level of spray had lessened in the last year..it hasn't. But gotten worse. I have sox that have climbed more and they talk less. Time to grow up a bit on the Internet. Obviously by the last post it isn't happening very quickly fro such a "sharp" guy. BTW I thought Josh's duct tape sox brilliant. Smart kid and he writes well. Photo skills are way above average. Hard not to like Josh even as a goof ball kid. Reminds me of...me..though likely smarter, stronger and tougher, sunburned face and all Josh rocks!

Happy BD! Couldn't live without you bro

Jeezus Ivan I am a simple guy. Every thing goes over my head. I had to look up "interlocutor". Guess we shoud be gentle to our delicate little snow flakes Revisions? Been easier to simply quote from the Machine, "with Alex it isn't a lot of bla, bla, bla," Stay excited. Stay alive. Spray less, climb more.

all 45s Phantom Guide (orange and black) like new $400 Spantik new $550 Trango Extreme Evo GTX (silver) used $300 Trango Evo GTX (red) used $225

After Doug asked I got curious and have been climbing in a pair of BD Seracs some this fall. They do weight in around a half .oz per crampon more than the Sabertooth. Here are my comments for what they are worth: http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2010/11/black-diamond-serac-crampon.html

I heard that there is a new bale coming out from BD in the near future. But till then the Petzl bail solves most of it on the Scarpas. Bending might make it work on the Guides as they have a lot thicker sole to work with than the Ultra or 6000. Sitting here myself thinking I'll need to some serious bending work on the Petzl bails for the Ultras. Fit as is is funky. Boots move to the outside of the pon. Chrome Fusions? I think most love the Fusion so much they get wood just rubbing against them. Once the green is gone I think they are chrome underneath Must be hundreds of chrome Fusions out there after just one winter.

Here is my 2 cents. I actually do use the ignore button. And I know I can personally annoy just about anyone and generally do. The forum rules are in part: "that you will not use this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate.." Everyone has their own use for this forum. I have several. I am not mad nor do I have any sort of personal agenda against any member. I have no desire to see anyone get banned. But intentionally adding bad info.....isn't a good thing for anyone here and seemingly against the forum rules as well. You can easily judge "defamatory" by simply asking yourself would you say that to Mike Tyson's face When many usefull threads get hijacked into a spray fest and a good percentage of the posts in the same thread end up being by one poster patting himself on the back or answering his own questions, it makes the forum less useful, imo. But I could be way off base on that as well. We are all busy. My apologies, as the intent was to help not make things worse. There have been any number of very skilled and gracious climbers on cc.com in the few years I have been here. Many leave or even worse, never post again. I think we all loose because of that lack of involvement. Everyone here has something useful to share. Forums (most forums) are a great place to learn, gather and more importantly share communal information. Obviously not my call, just found the level of same old static exceptionally annoying here today.

Going to Bozeman for the fest? I'll loan you some sticks. Try some (all?) before you drop the coin...no real sense in buying stuff you end up not using. On the bright side I did just get back from Canada and found the Neve heels worked well even on hard water ice. Worthwhile piece of kit I think if the price stays as low as you had posted earlier.

In all seriousness. Then why don't you sit down and SHUT the FUCK up since your opinion, skill and climbing experience is useless in this thread.

You are kidding me right? You could ask this ds how many pitches he has climbed while in crampons and he'd have an answer for you. R and X rated? I quess, if you had to be bothered to actually rope up on third class.

Two boots pictured in this thread.. La Spotiva Nuptse on both House and Anderson climbing Nanga Parbat. The other pictures is a new Scarpa 6000 and a pair of Dartwins. Billy in the orange BD helmet, red jacket and chromed Fusions is using La Sportiva Nepal Evos...but you can't see them

Likely there are more than a few here who get tired of my posts. But I get so tired of one forum poster here that I am about ready to puke. There is a never ending dump of bragging, thread hijacks and bull shit with the odd really distasteful insult tossed in for good measure all from a single poster. Generally half the comments of any thread that entices him. The first to my knowledge here to blurt "you are talking out your ass", when in effect the poster clearly was and continues to do so out of his. Other's have followed and seem to think repeating the insult is some kind of badge of courage. It is annoying and REALLY lowers the over all content and level of discussion on cc.com imo. I suspect I am not the only one here that can find other things to do than be annoyed on cc.com by a single internet jerk. So in the kindest and most polite manner posible...moderators.."what the fuck are you thinking?"

X monster isn't a bad mixed tool and some actually like the flex shaft on hard mixed. Not a great water ice tool. But it is not suppose to be. Would I buy a pair? No. But have friends that own and use them. They were designed to be a tool for climbing hard mixed, hence the thick pick. I find them too specialized for my own use and the head attachment problematic. How good are they? Good enough to get up the C/M which is like 100x longer than the N face of Chair and just a tiny bit harder http://www.tvmountain.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=117&video_id=1718

We can only pray sc would get off the grid and actually climb something

We were at the Icefields on Friday morning. Astroid Alley got done on Thursday the 11th in a good wind storm. Wind and new snow made the snow conditions unreliable by Friday morning. Likely the best sources for up to date reliable condition reports. Felt like springtime in the Ghost yesterday with the ice building fast there amd a few things in decent conditon. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/psb/index_e.asp?oqava_park_id=2 http://www.gravsports-ice.com/icethreads/ http://climbingconditions.com/author/mcr/

Great addition here. Thanks Matt!

Easy mod and worth the effort Swaging wire is one way. Or you can decide how much weight load you require by cord size and be able to check and replace it easily. Almost any other method is better than the two factory versions (old or new) imo. linky below