fenderfour

There's a ton of shows, but... Pollstar

FA used pins, pins are ok.

I recently bought a DSLR and was shopping online. Preferred and a few others had really good prices, but I had never heard of them. One google search convinced me to go elsewhere. I'm all for googling any online retailer I haven't done business with. The internet makes it easier to take advantage of people, but it also makes it easier to bitch about people who have screwed you over.

The weather will be excellent since I can't go climbing.

On the other hand, we have had a lot of snow this year. The epic bushwhack could be covered. I recommend taking skis and checking out the scene from the side of the resort. You can see all the way to the sadlle and still walk back to you car to change gear. If it isn't covered, be prepared for an old-fashioned sufferfest. Bring some leather gloves for the devil's club belays.

Upper ridge: Come in via Ingalls and over Goat Pass. Bring approach shoes and aluminum crampons. You may gaiters to descend the Cascadian Couloir. Ice axe if you aren't comfortable on steepish snow Complete ridge: Stuart Lake IF the bergschrund on the Sherpa glacier is "passable". I don't know what passable means for you. After doing the complete N Ridge, I would want it to be pretty casual. Ice axe and crampons to descend. FYI - It can snow up there at any time. I was on the W Ridge in mid-July and encountered a storm that left 1/2 of rime on the rocks. I was on the North Ridge in August and it snowed over night and early morning. Bivy at the notch. It's one of the best bivy sites I've used. There probably won't eb any water. The complete North Ridge in a day is a bit of work. It's not for your average climber, but you don't have to be superman either. Route finding is pretty easy once you find the first pitches.

I couldn't let this go:

It's like two highschool kids getting together for a post-prom romp: Kind of awkward, neither side quite knowing what to do.

FYI - "Good Food" is a misnomer. At best, it's passable.

I will be purchasing one of those mofos as soon as they are available.

206 bitches I will post again after I've had a shit

Holy crap! Dave Schuldt climbs?

Now I can't sling the stuck cam like a chockstone. /sob/

That sounds like "south" to me.

I haven't been to the spires, but I was just up at the pass. There were patches of snow on the North Face of Burgundy Spire. Most were easy to avoid. I would bet that some of the flatter shady bits still have snow in them. Some of the routes may have wet spots.

He's been goin down south longer than I've been alive.

This was pretty funny the first time it was posted. It might have been funny again with some different pictures. Honestly, what did you expect from a Raindawg post in spray? Being tired and work out isn't a crime you know.

Bob Wall above R&D/Icicle Buttress is another fun destination. It doesn't see as much traffic as the lower crags.

Playground point, Arnica Glen

Sherpa glacier was cake. The schrund had a few ways around, at least one should still be good. I looked through the pics and couldn't find anything that showed the Arete. Based on what the pillar looked like, I would say there is some snow, but it woud be feasible as a rock climb.

My first real lead fall was on Strawberry Jam at J-tree. I placed a #1 DMM and tried to step across. I blew the flaring jam and fell.

"us" as in cc.com.

Some pics from madeInMontana The Ice Cliff on Saturday Fenderfour and Argus in the morning MadeInMontana leading In the icefall Steep MadeInMontana (Blue Helmet) and Argus Topping out on the ridge The way to the summit I managed to fall on my crampons and break both extender bars just before the descent. Good times... I had to rappel some of the steeper bits. I totally n00bed it up. The Descent

CONTENT: Don't go all Raindawg and Pope on us Pink. Get a new gag. At least spell the name correctly.

We were the team of 3, Argus, myself and MadeInMontana. It was a great route. Nice to see you guys up there. Good job to team three. That would be a lot to get done in a day.