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you speed ballin again? Why play on the swings when you can play in the tree

I found the solution. I picked up a Kelty Alpine for 65$ at cost-co. Took it to a local outdoor taloring place, and am having them sow crampon patch, shoc cord, and self attaching velcro on for crampons and tools. They are charging me 40 dollars for this. So for 105 dollars i am getting a customized pack, that suits all the problems i had before. The hardest part was resigning myself to eating chili,beans and noodles for another month and a half to pay for it.

Conditions are perfect. Snow is amazing. Avy is low. Winds were low(60mph), and the sun was out. Now is the time for the ridge routes on this mountian. I would suggest either casaval or green butte/sargents. not long for sargents though. YEAH!

hell yeah! Just got back from the casaval ridge on shasta. Ready to climb again. PM me.

Damn, innovation,innovation,innovation.

If its the pack posted above i best shoot myself in the fucking head before i go, or just don't take crampons at all cause with a pack like that i am bound to eat shit anyways.

The pack that is posted is not the pack i have. My version is about 6-7 years old. However your responses do answer my questions. Firstly the idea of a bleach bottle or something of the like is great. Secondly i have realized that with my old hinged crampons it would be far to wobbly to attach them to the outside. So i will continue to pack them carefully inside. Also a cloth is a good idea, but i hate to take any extra weight. Although it is not much it hurts me mentally. The nice thing about hinged is when not in use they fold on themselves, so the points when matched up closely aren't to big a threat. Scary with that life saving down sitting right under them though!!

check out the climber written guide CITY OF ROCKS IDAHO by Dave Bingham. There are some great routes such as Delay of Game 5.8, Too much fun 5.8 175 ft. Rain Dance 5.7 170 ft, and of course the fucking shit Cruel Shoes 3 pitch 5.6/5.7. Have a great trip!!

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I find while mountaineering when i have depleted all my reserves, and am running on nothing my mind rehashes things that make me angry to keep moving. This is the "motivation" that fuels my fire when nothing is left. I don't conciously do it, but this is my bodies natural response. However when rock climbing for me the essence is to be loose, and very free. When angry you trap your mind, and can't break frames. This for me is the sole fo rock-climbing. I don't climb when angry cause i just worsen the situation, and am wasting my time.

gregory crux.

Never really figured out how to fasten hinged crampons to the patch. Don't have bag for crampons, and have gotten very sick of packing them gently into the pack all the time. Any help would be much appreciated.

very true. Pistatio's are the shit, and have tons of energy in them, however the real problem is getting the shells of without removing your gloves.

oh yeah, body belay, under the leg, over the shoulder, down to the waist!! Complete self-reliance.

climbed a few routes with an old schooler from yos. who used a bowline around the waist as a harness. You can also throw in two leg loops using the good ole' pretzle technique. Climb ON!!!

Any beta would be great.

Good reminder of trips in the past. Sometimes retreat is highly overrated! However on the trips that i didn't complete, the burning urge inside to go back is so strong i won't feel complete till i finish what i have started. Area south of Banff last fall. Got socked in in the middle of september in shorts and a t-shirt 15-20km back near mt. joffre. Waited the storm out for 4 days hoping for a clearing to climb northover ridge. To no avail had to head back the way i came. Always next year!

Hell yeah!! When in that area you can just imagine in the old days when Broken Top was the king of the group. Jagged, and huge. Quite a powerful place.

That sounds really cool. I wonder where i can get one of those things?

I Like Almonds and Cashews! When i read the nutrition facts behind these, there really is none. So do nuts have nutritional value?

Heading to the CITY OF ROCKS this weekend. Leaving thursday night! Climbing Friday, saturday, sunday morning. Then driving back for school on Monday. Should be fucking sick.

Ah shit! i sent buble head some crazy fucking message. LoL. Good to see you around. Spencer was fucking stoked. Nothing like popping a cherry on a day like that eh! Heading to the city of rocks this weekend, but next weekend planning on shasta,adams, or baker. Waz up.

N E one like dog biscuts for long hot climbs?

I beg your pardon, you haven't found a good partner? Weren't you up climbing hood saturday morning? Maybe I am not the sanest person in the world, but r u? .