kurthicks

yea, give up the details. we can include it in the "guide" when others submit stuff... tell your friends to do the same.

so what's everybody doing this weekend considering the weather is so suck?

it also helps to distinguish between static and dynamic ropes. if both were measured in mm, it could lead to people leading with statics.

timmy, are you humping you dawg in that photo?

toolz are sold pending $. maybe i'll look into selling plasma next time.

I was thinking of selling them on livethevision too, but i thought i'd give them up here first. come on, someone must want them...

timmy, what you going to the strawberries for? when? take photos of any ice you see, man. i can probably swing some time away, but i bet that's a long drive from Pullman. pm me.

i was trying for that a few weeks ago in the Oregon Ice thread. not a lot came in. i've got some more trolling e-mails out at the moment for more beta and climbs. perhaps wayne1112 could help us out with the I-Rock stuff. Vert's got stuff from the Strawberries, Terminal Gravity must have stuff from the Wallowas, and i bet skyclimb's got some of Da Ice Hose from last year. anyways, here's one of some ice (a few pitches, i'd guess) on the NE side of N. Sister in December (it's a photo of a photo, no scanner), there was visible ice from 5 miles away on Middle too... oh,and the ladies in pink.

i've still got one pair of steep ice tools. i can always buy new alpine tools when the summer comes around and i have cash. sometimes it's good to do a little closet cleaning and make others happy while you do it...

i've got a pair of straight shaft Prophets that i'll part with for $125 obo. they aren't the carbon fiber ones. they come with your choice of Grivel Free or BD twist leashes. i've climbed on them for 3 short days, something like 8 pitches total. i need the cash for school books. pm or post...

you drivin? last i looked, it was a)full and b) about 1100 miles from Spokane. that's a ton of driving. i have to be back tuesday morning for class. alternately, banff is only about 350 miles... i think it's calling me.

TG, how's the ice coming along down there? you could convince me to come down for this three day weekend if it's good. otherwise it's Banff... the weather looks as timmay said...oh, so ghey

i've never actually toured there, but i was a ranger there this past summer. it really depends on how many trees burned and have fallen. some of it was pretty thick beforehand. i'd approach from the Santiam Pass area via Square Lake and the PCT trail -- it's by Hoodoo. there could also be some stuff in the Canyon Creek Meadow area, but access is an issue (via Jack Lake RD.). either way, it could be worth exploring, but i can't guarantee anything. it has the potential to be a great snow camping weekend with some turns, IMO

another thing...the pain in your arch could be increased by having tense tendons/muscles/ligaments in the bottom of your foot. take those golf balls and roll them under your arches for a few minutes a few times a day (lightly at first) and stretch your tendons and muscles. it should help a bit.

south of tfj might be better now since it burned this summer.

i'm taking a WFR course right now and today we talked about frostnip/bite. i had a similar experience from Hyalite earlier this season...once the fingers warmed up, the outer layer was hard and white (like a calous) it then peeled in about a week later and the underlying tissue was super sensitive. this is defined as first degree frostbite. it works like burns actually, with 2nd degree getting blisters and such once it thaws. third degree are when it turns black, mummifies and falls off

take and post some photos when you go...

no way man. i think there is way too much volume pouring out of that one for it to ever form up. perhaps something could come in on the sides of it, but it would be dead vertical on shitty basalt. on the other side, there are some other climbs in the area which have been pretty climbable...but bulletproof. it's about -2 in Pullman right now.

i'm in for some 7 devils action too. winter access to that area is a bitch unless you've got a 'bile or the desire to ski a long long ways uphill...

too bad you're going this week, i'm stuck in WFR training until next Monday or i'd be in too. don't take all the freshiez, leave some for me.

my nose hair froze today as i was wandering outside. it's -5 here now.

something more useful in the alpine. oh, i didn't mean to steal this thread

take lots of photos and post 'em...perhaps it will continue to inspire the notion of an Oregon ice guide.

my goal is to do anything that will make me a more complete climber. yea, it will involve working out, but the is staying. it includes getting into aid climbing, becoming faster on the sharp end, skiing harder, falling further, gym training, bouldering, reading, being tent bound, more 1000 mile driving weekends, less bitching, long approaches, and graduating and having more time to climb... And, of course, spending more time in the muir hut

i'll take them if someone wants to buy my grivel machines...