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according to homeboy's photo caption, that's the NE face route on Middle. looks cool.

I'd be pissed. They should eat the cost no questions asked.

FYI: grassi lakes is dry this year due to construction affecting the water table.

check your PMs Kevin.

but why in the hell would one do such a thing? just too see them squirm, I suppose?

total thread drift... I agree that they are a stupid idea...and mislabeled to boot. it should go "red, green, yellow, red" anyways, here's a deal on some decent small size cams. the triggers can be a pain in the ass if you have large fingers or gloves on.

i'll fix that for you Billy. Nice shot of the NE Face. anyone got pictures of the couloirs on South?

I saw one of those old BD shovels on eBay yesterday.

yes. the road closes at Bachelor. you may be able to bribe the sledheads with some to get you out there. There are also some other supposedly good routes. NE Face of Middle, the north couloirs on South Sister, early morning couloir of North, etc... 1000th post.

I have heard something about a new book as well. IIRC, it was going to be put out by the Mounties (or maybe Falcon Press) covering the Chimney Rock area and Eastern WA. No word on the date or author though.

ah, nothing too exciting thus far...plus the other TRs pretty much sum up how awesome the area is. In my last 2 trips up there, we did: Cascade, Grotto (both trips), Hers, Cobra Verde (disappointing), Finishing Hammer Gully (fun rambling solo), Louise Falls (fun pillar, but easy for the grade), Haffner, Guiness Gully, and some other easy stuff. I'll post some pics or something when I get my homework done. I need a partner who leads WI5 to help me break into that grade. Anyone want to ropegun me up Nemesis, Sea of Vapors, or the Upper Weeping Wall?

North Cascades Mountain Guides is doing a Level 1 in Feb and one in March. Good course and good people. http://www.ncmountainguides.com/avalanche.html

we ran into some climbers from western WA on Denali who all took Dex 'preventatively' once they got to 17k. All were hellbent on summitting.

Jens, I've done like 20 days this season and it's just getting rolling with longer days and more friendly temperatures. Sure, a full half of those were in the Rockies...but who's counting? Ah the joys of being a student and only living 7.5 hours from Banff My may give up before the season ends though.

I'll be there. It's my first trip and I will have to see what we (my group) are doing when. I'll PM you later.

yes. do some searching on this board. odds are that there is very little at the moment though.

We stayed at the Bear Country Inn in Canmore this weekend; it's just east of the Rocky Mtn Ski Lodge on the opposite side of the road. $49 CAD/night for 2 people with free continental style breakfast (cereal, waffles, oj, coffee, toast, etc). nicer than the Akai. kind of close to the railroad tracks, but bearable...

Nice work guys. I just got back last night from Banff. We did Louise Falls & Finishing Hammer on Saturday. I fractured a slope while walking off Louise I was roped to Sam fortunately, but wallowing through chest deep powder as it fractures is scary stuff... Then on sunday we did Hers (which is detached and kind of scary) and grotto (easy) a few times along with some mixed stuff. Yesterday we hit Haffner on the way home. too bad about the avy hazard, but there's so much to do there that even in 'bad' conditions things are pretty sweet. It's also too bad we didn't catch up since we had red jackets and black pants too. too funny. if anyone else is heading up there, let me know since I might be there...

it kind of looks like the Youtlekut (sp?) Pillars in the North Umpqua (Glide, OR) area. It's been years since I've been there though.

um, yea, we were leaving Guiness on Thursday evening. right around dusk?

looks like both of your rope teams missed the intermediate bolt belay on cascade. there is one that splits the 75m of WI3 into 2 pitches so you don't have to simul... they are on the left and right sides of the route by the snow ledges.

These crazy hombres on route:

Dan's Fido?

20 hours/week plus grad school. mostly I just climb and spray.