kurthicks

Cool Andrew. You used to work at AAI when I started, i think... Graybeard seems to ring a bell, yea? I'll give you a shout.

Thanks Joseph. I forgot about RC.com, but i've done the other ones with little success so far. Cheers!

Ok, so i'm situated out east for the winter and want to climb lots of ice...but don't have any partners. Anyone coming out and want to climb? I'm in Mass, but will drive to meet up at Willoughby, Smuggs, Conway, Catskills, the Daks, or wherever. Kurt

Relatedly, the White Chuck bridge that connects the two sides of the Mountain Loop road was scheduled to open today.

I've been told that the Owens River Gorge is good in winter.

I'll sell my copy of that book if anyone wants it.

When we did it a couple weeks ago there wasn't a noticeable bee problem. bummer.

that's great! It looks so much fatter than when Dylan and I did it last season around this time. way to get some!

probably a rubble filled mess full of certain death.

ice season is coming up...

the weather looks manageable tomorrow. anyone want to head out from Bham and get in some pitches? I'll be up for a couple hours, so PM me if you're interested.

I did manage to yank out an ancient yellow alien from the chamber itself. from what I saw, there are still 2 fixed nuts on route, and a tricam and an old forged friend in the chamber, and that's it. hope you got down ok.

go top rope some seracs on the Coleman Glacier on Mt. Baker this fall. Then when it freezes head out to Lilloet.

heard firsthand it was snow covered rock on sunday.

Sweet! Finally get that damned thing outta my head. We should see if we can rope some other suckas folks to go with us. i'm a sucka for stuff like that...

yea actually. the guy just got convicted last week on multiple charges including some felonies in alaska. i got the bag back, but not the tent or anything else...but insurance covered that. all in all, not such a bad outcome.

I'll be in leavenworth from this friday-monday. looking to get out a bit on cragging stuff or shorter alpine days. have gear. shoot me a PM. kurt

i'll be there with 2-4 others. looking forward to it!

bought one last year from them. word on the street is that BD will be coming out with one soon that has a swivel built into it. no word on when it's coming out, i'd guess next winter.

there is also some occasional ice around Tahoe. Look in the Emerald Bay area for starters.

Lots of stuff down there freezes in the winter. it's thin. wait for prolonged cold with cloud cover. tons of mixed potential. go explore

I wonder if they'll take their replacement crampons from the recall in exchange for the new Sarkens....

I'm spending some time out east this winter. anyone have any Gunks, cathedral, Rumney, or ice guidebooks lying around that they don't need? New Hampshire, Mass, and Vermont primarily... i'll be gone until the 23rd, but can pick up in Seattle on the 25th... Kurt

that is a great route. nice work Freih. believe the hype, for sure!

trail is mostly melted out to tree line. snow from there. take boots. cutthroat approach is almost totally melted out. approach shoes... snow in the lib bell gully from what i heard.