kurthicks

if anyone's going to be in the banff/canmore area this weekend and wants to booze or climb, give me a call. 2 oh 8, 3 oh 1, 4 1 8 1 Kurt

why not put on the Horn?

Some more obscure, but good shops: Redpoint (Terrebonne, OR) Hyperspud Sports (Moscow, ID & Yakima, WA) Mountain Goat Outfitters (Spokane, WA)

Granite Point on Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho. It's just a few miles south of Sandpoint, ID. Single pitch granite trad routes. It's in Randall Green's old Idaho Rock book.

I want a beacon that functions as a beacon, GPS, and iPod. come on people!

Global warming/Climate Change doesn't exist. Bush says so.

the show was sweet. I got to demo ski gear at Brighton, saw tons of new gear, won lots of schwag, drank more free beer than I should have, met lots of cool peeps, etc. good times!

The best belay device is the one having the most fun.

I got the new issue at the OR Show this weekend. it's got a photo too.

I heard the same thing, but i bet you could sling some cord through it to be a little more usable.

hip belay. Actually the ATC-guide would get my vote. There are also some new devices coming out from CAMP and a few other companies that are similar in design.

that's right folks. Layton's and MisterE's ascent of Mox is in the back of the forthcoming issue of Alpinist. Expect it whenever you get the Spring 2006 issue, which should be soon...

thank you for spraying on my thread.

Ok, got the word that there is some ice around SLC. anyone going to the show and want to climb some ice in the evenings? PM me tonight as I'm leaving at 5AM. Kurt

i remember 4x 60-70m pitches when I did it. did the route get substantially longer? or is my memory fading already?

IMO Fernie is not the best estimation of rockies conditions. for Bull River maybe, but not for anything in the banff/louise/canmore area.

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/538650/page/0/vc/1

beat you to the punch http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/539388/Main/496768#Post539388

that's the only thing it's good for. 4 hours is nothing anymore. Pullman is within driving distance to everything. far from anything, but close to everything. for example: Tetons - 10 hours Banff/Bozeman - 7.5 hours Smith - 6 hours Sawtooths - 6 hours (I think, it's been a while) Devil's Tower - 18 hours Cody - 12 hours Needles, SD - 20ish hours Wallowas, OR - 2.5 hours (a saving grace!) the fact that there is no cragging of mention within 1.5 hours kind of cancels all of that out.

Props to Ken4ord for making the most recent issue (Winter 2006) of the American Alpine Club newsletter for their climb of the Ice Window.

send it back to BD if it gets destroyed. they replaced a megalite that got hammered by wind on Hood for me at no charge.

ah, it's not that far of a drive. 6 hours from Spokane + whatever it takes you to get there.

not on the newest version that I saw (maybe the x-monsters). it's bolted on...now they have to just sell replacement picks. go consumerism!

have you been taking complaining lessons from Heinrich or Juan recently? - Juan during our Stuart Glacier trip

or Grivel.