kurthicks

thanks. mouse, do you know if the NF has been climbed? it seems like winter would be the only time to do it.

show 'em a topo.

i went into the Hurricane Creek drainage last week. There wasn't a lot of snow on the trail, probably about 18"?, but there are lots of loaded spots (read "waist deep w/o snowshoes). Trees were down across the trail already too...and there's been lots of high winds this week also. you might ask mr. Terminal Gravity for more beta. check the winter possibilities...

closeout from Northern Mountain Supply... they still have standard ropes, but they're out of dry coated ones online. maybe you could call them and see if there are any lying around? they've got a 30m rope too...

i just picked up a Bluewater 8.6x50m for glacier/alpine. it was $60... and it's super light.

apparently we aren't equipped buy a "rock climbing nut sack"

I saw a guy take a 30 footer a couple weeks ago onto a medium screw clipped with a quickdraw. he lowered off and walked away. i also met a guy in Banff who said he took a 25 footer onto a spectre clipped with a screamer and it held fine. go figure.

seems like wednesday's the night for everyone. i'm in too. but back to the ice... anyone been to the southern areas by recently? bull river or the climbs just north of Radium especially?

the guy on the left has a sweet Cassin bike helmet...

i met Conrad Anker and Will Gadd at the Bozeman Ice Fest. nice guys. last january we gave beta to Kim Csizmazia on Cascade...we felt pretty dumb later. in February, Abby Watkins told us that we were going to get killed if we continued to stand where we were in Johnston Canyon. (we were right under the pillar that Barry Blanchard had broken off). we felt dumb once again.

"i'd love to go 'epic', but i've got homework."

from the sound of it, thanksgiving prevented mass communism in america.

I don't think this has been posted before...but if it has, here it is again. The NOAA surface weather observations page. temp, snow depth, wind, etc...it's a great resource for current/past few days conditions. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/nwsomso.sfcrgl.html

here's some current weather info from Bull River. it's kind of hard to decode at first, but the temp and snowfall are there. it looks plenty cold enough. I haven't been to that area yet, so i don't know where the weather station is in relation to the climbing.... NOAA Weather

there's a good thread in the ice conditions about this. check out gravsports.com, wickedgravity.com and live-the-vision.com for current conditions. just a note--haffner is closed for the season because of a fire there this summer.

one more thing... go somewhere new and don't take a watch. that way you'll have no idea how far or how long you've been running until after the workout. it sounds kind of wierd, but i've done some incredible workouts this way. you don't think about how bad you feel or how much longer/further you have to go. just go until you feel reasonably tired and turn around. one note about stairs, be careful with those. they alter your stride because they're uniform and "real" ground isn't. not really a concern for you probably, but just a thought. also, walk down them because you can really screw up an ankle if you trip on the way back down. my last $.02

i have a friend who got hit by a piece of ice bigger than a microwave there last year. it could easily have killed her, but she walked away just fine. i'm not saying it's a bad place to go, but just be careful because it's a bowling alley. i'd rather take my chances with avys than be there on a busy day.

"From Will Gadd <gadd@gravsports.com> Sent Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:21 pm To 'Kurt ' Cc Bcc Subject RE: pics Hi Kurt, I'm having an issue with my server, posts Ok, will sort photos out shortly, thanks! wg" you're not the only one.

Paul Sisters RD Wilderness Manager 541-549-7711 he'll know.

mile repeats at 5k pace. 3 of them w/2.5 minutes rest between. then do hill repeats until you puke... i miss that workout...

i've been running competitively for 10 years and still get this motivation problem, but i find one of these to usually work. run in new places, do a trail run with , go run at night, find a partner who's motivated, sign up for a race, look for hot and chase them, hill repeats, listen to music, listen to the rain, stomp through puddles like you're a kid...the list goes on and on. do anything to make it fun and different. seriously though, one of the best things you can do is sign up for a short road race. it'll make you want to train out of the shear fear of coming in last.

Has anyone been close to the Sisters in a while? I'm looking specifically at the Silver and NF Couloirs on South Sister,the NE face direct on Middle, and the SE couloir of TFJ. Is it too early? too late? anyone have personal beta? Oregon High isn't too specific...

grotto is about 10 minutes east of Canmore on hwy 1A. there are three nice mixed lines to get pumped on. the routes are not that long though since you can TR all of them. as for PC, i remember thinking that you could see the debris below it since you can see it on Lady Wilson's quite easily and they're basically neighbors...

Balfour Wall. Weeping Wall. Grotto Canyon. That's all i've got w/o the book handy.

hey bronco, thanks for some info. I know they're going to ski like crap, but that's ok. I'm thinking about cutting the shell off of some old alpine boots and slipping them over my boots and crankin' them down for stabibility. any thoughts?