Sol

I declare this post to be ridiculous. Agreed. Poor form wetslide. When I climbed the N Ridge years ago with 4 screws I would have been psyched to have 10. Lots of different conditions for that route depending on snowpack and time of year. With 4 tied up for anchors and 6 left for the pitch it seems just about perfect for folks uping their alpine ice game. Well done gentlemen.

Way to go Shaun and party! Shaun called me a "dream crusher" when I told him a few days before his trip that it was too early and to wait a few weeks. Good job on not listening to me, following your heart, and getting er done. Impressive first alpine rock trip fellas! Any idea who was on Der Sportsmen and if they topped out?

Wowza!

I heard from the rumor mill that the accident occurred at Private Idaho and involved an unfinished rewoven figure 8 knot.

Cool modification. You should email Graham at Cilogear and show him your mod.

Coach

I've always been impressed how Cedar Wright took our crappy digi cam footage and turned it into this excellent short video. He does a phenomenal job of capturing the ups and downs of Blake, Jens's and myself's FA of Gorillas in the Mist on Mt. Stuart. I'll never forget that sunny topout, one of my best summits ever:

you haters are bozos

Awesome video guys!

I bet they climb great.

I got my application in, anyone else apply?

Way to go you guys, thanks for the hardwork!

St.Vitus Dance/Return to the Womb Old Grey Mare to Crack of Doom (easy to do in one pitch w/runners) The Nose MF Overhang Satanic Verses

What an awesome route! New anchors up there, never seen a soul on it. 11b ALL DAY!! So inspiring to know Cal Folsom sent that beast in '78...

Someone needs to devise a 5.10 version of the L-Town 15. FWIW, the new list: 1. Tubbing in Der Ritterfhof 2. Rock and Rattle 3. Toothless 4. MF Direct 5. No Such Thing as a Free Lunge 6. Rainbow Connection 7. Hangdog 8. Daz Muzak 9. Mastadon Roof 10. Gilligan 11. Lazy Boy 12. Guillotine 13. Pumpline 14. Giant Steps 15. Air Roof

Yeah, the ticks are pretty bad this year. I dont usually get too bothered by em but they are out in full force this season.

Year long climbing... ColoRADo.

Then don't buy it.

That only took 8 mins to sell.

I assume your talking full sagg? Back the pin up with some yellow/red alien size in a crack under the roof, it does occasionally come out. Climb through the roof (crux) and you can get a BD .75 (an orange alien fits better) in to protect the mantle to the anchor stance. It' on the right and is pretty dang bomber.

Awesome Kevino, looks like you had one killer winter! Thanks for the TR and good luck in PA school.

Bouldering with street shoes: slick-footing. Roped climbing with street shoes: clobbering.

I havent eaten non-expired gu's and bars for years. When the random and decent expired powercrap hits the Grocery Outlet I buy 5-10 cases of each. I like to keep 3-4 types of bars going for variety and always buy as much of the gu's, shotblok type stuff as I can as I usually run out of these faster than they expire and hit the shelves (geuss I should check ebay.. thx Dan). Though eating those damn strawberry/bannana power gels for 2 years got pretty damn rough by the end.