Rad

Sorry to hear of your injury, but an x-ray image is required for verification purposes.

. I think you're sugar coating that pill! . What would RumR say?!?

Send a pm to Triggerhappy. His SO is a graphic designer.

Sadly, everybody loses in these situations. I remember an incident at Echo Summit near Tahoe where some teens trundled a huge boulder that flattened a hiker. I believe one or both were eventually convicted of manslaughter or negligent homicide or something.

Plenty of free sites way up the valley, but they are not close to the climbing areas.

Pythagoras to the rescue!

What's the point of putting up routes if you won't let others climb them?

That red van is a pimpin ride. Needs a custom paintjob of eagles and lakes, though. I know a place in Darrington...

Amen! More TRs, regardless or quality and content, is a good thing IMHO.

Gear review without links to buy the gear? That would be silly. I am glad to hear Colin is getting some $ for this. He clearly worked hard to put that piece together and it's very professional. Way to go CC for helping support our local hero!

I look forward to the answer. It would probably be helpful to know their history and have a hammer to test them. When I clip pitons I only mentally count them as half a piece or less.

Goddard and Neumann's "Performance Rock Climbing" is an excellent book IMHO. It spends a lot of time on mental and psychological aspects of climbing, but also talks about technique and training. You can get it used off Amazon pretty cheap.

Great pics and TR. I'll put that on the list for next year. Still hoping to get to Slesse in a few weeks...

I've watched the Sharma video several times. I find it inspiring on several levels. Couldn't get the Graham video link to work. There is no substitute for hard work and perseverance.

I agree with Lizard. The first time I descended Stuart we went down those upper slabs farther down the ridge line. We ended up downclimbing past rap stations and scrambling down dirty 4th class to snow. I will not do that again. Last time we dropped off the shoulder/false summit very high and that was much better. Creek crossing is a non-issue. You will welcome the water at that point!

2 years ago Gene and I walked in via the Sharkfin col. The Boston glacier might be easy to traverse in early season, but by now it will be a gigantic maze of crevasses.

Has the french lab cleared you of any doping concerns? If not, Floyd may have a lawyer for you...

Baptized by the Pickets! One can only imagine the mental state when the decision was made to ditch the pack...I am glad you both made it out safely. My Pickets trip of 03 is still the most amazing and challenging climbing trip I've done. Suffering is underrated.

Hey Boss, Can you tell us why the diet thread isn't in fitness?

January 19th, 2009 (when the admin changes over).

Now picking jaw up off floor...

Does Burdo post on this site? Why not ask him directly?

My question is about the Pocket Glacier. Still hanging in there?

Nice pics. The ambience makes up for the mediocre rock climbing quality on this one. I don't have my map handy, but we drove on an old logging road up the canyon to the East for the approach. From the car you have about 20-30 minutes of easy off trail travel to reach the PCT on the crest of the ridge. This shaves off about 2.5 miles and possibly 1500 feet of elevation on either end of your day, saving the knees. Perhaps somebody more handy than me can post a map with lines to illustrate. My Topo disc #3 is AWOL Definitely doable as a day trip.

Nice work CBS. Sounds like a fun trip. The lower NR is worth putting on your list as it has some excellent climbing too. Cheers, Rad