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gasworks is also a good place to set them up. i tried the 6 footer in vain while my friend strolled across the 40 ft.

i think raw material is definitely needed. i think the majority of climbers, myself included, could never climb one no matter how much they trained. it is more likely that young climbers, i.e. teenagers, could train/climb tons and get to that level. even a one move wonder has one hellish move.

if you don't ski go for snowshoes. if you can ski at all or are interested in learning go for skis. as a skier i hate snowshoes, they are slow and limited in use.

Amazing all this discussion on a sunday But seriously, all you have to do is look around this site for a couple minutes to see exactly how many people spend their workday. It seems like while computers have increased productivity they have also increased diversions. i know i have wasted plenty of time looking around the internet, posting on cc.com is it possible that people just worked all day without distraction back in the pre-computer days?

nice, i have always wanted to ski that. how far up before you hit snow?

something about groomers, or grommers as you call them.

This is just another way to screw us. It is guaranteed that if you buy this thing you will go somewhere that is will not work and you will have still have to pay for parking. just park down the road. fight the power.

actually Vancouver, or Squamish would fit your criteria perfectly. have you thought about bellingham, wa? it's a cool town, not too much rock though. or leavenworth might be good, lots of rock and alpine

i'll be there friday through sunday. anyone throwing a party at the grasslands?

Cascade pass area had good terrain for a ski traverse, see the snoqualmie pass ski guide book, not sure of the exact name, about the forbidden tour. Plent of other skiing/climbing up there. Plenty around baker to keep you busy.

last spring he told us it would be out by late summer, we though he ment '03 but maybe he was talking about '04. But seriously i have heard that new route development has caused him to delay the printing. also i don't know how the vantage guide book is selling, costs them a lot of $ up front to print the books.

seems like there is a huge jump from S5- to S5. 45 degrees is steep, yes, but the difference between 45 and 55 is huge. at 45 you can actually carve small turns, given the space, while 55 is full on jump turn and much more pontential for getting out of control. of course if you straight line it the difference is negligible

for the slideshow, it was killer. Great pics from baffin island, tetons, utah and AK. also an incredible picture of what it is like to try to bootpack in 7ft of fresh powder in NV. Baffin island looked incredible, aparently there is great kite skiing up there too.

great pics, looks like a killer trip!

The pictures are excellent, the little dots on the cams are not exactly a huge innovation. Check out the pic in the bouldering crash pad section. it looks like some dude is taking a super highball fall and the caption is something about a crash pad, but under closer inspection the guy is on a rope.

looks crazy. if it works well it could be awesome.

I have had fun other there, it does have pretty decent terrain. the only downside is that you have to do lots of traversing, plus hiking or sidestepping, to get the good fall line runs. that combined with the long slow lift means that you don't get that runs in. I went to crystal yesterday and it rocked. it was a little warm but the snow up high was deep it filled everything in, even got a few airs in with some super soft landings

Friday February 20th at REI @ 7pm Black Diamond sponsored - Chad Kellog and Roger Strong. for people who saw chad's slideshow at Feathered Friends in the fall it was cool, speed climbing in the Tien Shan, plus other places this time. and for all you sprayers who had negative things to say about mixed climbing and the rap wall in particular come and meet the man behind the whole thing, roger. and i did not make the "local heroes" line, that was REI

Word is that vertical world is building a new gym in that area, not sure where exactly or when it will be open.

i skied the easton a couple years ago. it is pretty low angle except for the headwall at the top. not too many crevasses, you should be ok as long as the weather is good.

thanks for the info, keep it coming.

for the mythos. taking care and placing each foot jam carefully has definitely lessen foot pain for me. that is why great climbers can climb cracks all day, not because they are masochists but because excellent technique= not painful. or so i have been told by great climbers.

I skied it two years ago in mid-may and it was great and there was snow all the way to the marblemount parking lot, probably will be lots of snow around all into the spring this year.

Dave, read the subject line. K and i took two runs on the south side, towards white pine creek. there were a couple other groups skiing down there two, unfortunately i had to be the one to break the trail coming back out.

after trauma of seeing k's ski almost meet their maker there were plenty of great turns to be had