OlympicMtnBoy

Cool, looks like fun!

I'm not sure how these are really an improvement over the Rossignol Free Trek Venture approach skis I bought in the early 2000's. Actually the binding is identical, but the Freetreks were just a normal 99cm fat snowblade with a standard skin with glue. They really work quite well although are difficult to ski in anything but corn with a pack on (with my leather ice boots anyways). I haven't really used them since I made the switch to real skis with dynafits. I'd probably sell em if someone is interested.

I'd love to hear if you get a response as I agree about communications. My only experience was 6 or 7 years ago coming down after a January climb. We had crappy ski conditions and made it down 45 mins late or so. We walked to the hotel and they recorded our names and gave us the code to get out, no problems. It sucks that it has changed so much. Olympic National Park for example (at least several years ago) used to just close half the gate to Hurricane Ridge. You couldn't drive up but you could drive down (although they did ticket me once up top for overnight parking in the wrong place, my fault).

This thread was so much fun I had to bump it. I am offended that I only have an ad for sunglasses and home insurance, damn this site is boring (or I am). Hehe.

I find in those sorts of situations I'm using the piolet 90% of the time and the tool+piolet much less, so I use a wrist leash for each. If I expect to have any benefit from a leashless ice tool setup, I'm probably carrying both tools and using tethers anyways. I guess you could also use tethers on both like you would with your leashless tools, but that seems more awkward with a piolet to me.

I find in those sorts of situations I'm using the piolet 90% of the time and the tool+piolet much less, so I use a wrist leash for each. If I expect to have any benefit from a leashless ice tool setup, I'm probably carrying both tools and using tethers anyways. I guess you could also use tethers on both like you would with your leashless tools, but that seems more awkward with a piolet to me.

Your ruler is measuring the wrong dimension. ;-) I have some russian titanium screws that short.

Yep, that makes me wanna travel, although sounds a bit nerve wracking through there. Kind of like when we were the first Americans in the Kara Su in Kyrgyzstan after Tommy and Beth were kidnapped. At least I knew some of the language and stuff there. Did you know to move on before the word spread at the village market, or was it just a prudent hunch?

Darn, I think mine are a 43ish but I'd sell em.

Nice, I've looked up at that while hiking to CBR and thought it looked fun!

Damn, looks fun!

Someday, I will again come to a pub club! I'll wave at you all from my plane to Belgium this time though.

Good story! I'd say just go out of your way to pass it on. The opportunity will present itself.

Nice TR, I've wanted to get up on that ridge but haven't gotten around to it yet! I think the best time to be up Crystal Creek is late spring when there is still a bit of snow and/or water in the tarn. Then it is pleasant camping. It faces sort of south so the rock dries out earlier in the season. It's a bit of a hike in though, if you find it there is a reasonable climber path with only a tiny bit of bushwhacking near Ingalls Creek. The creek bed has always been wet and slippery when I've been there!

Nice pics, looks lind of fun to be up there with less snow, plenty of water up there at least to drink!

Hehe, sounds a bit like the Disappearing Floor on Mt. Hardy next door. Good adventure!

Nice work and good pics! I need to get back in there and finish the ridge from Terror where we stopped a couple years ago.

Thanks for the TR Josh! Dammit Tom, now how am I gonna follow you up this if you are done with it. With all the darn weekend weddings, a honeymoon, and not enough climbing I'm in great tender shape for some alpine thuggery!

Looks like you had a good day out! Thanks for cleaning out some rap trash. That's one of my favorite Olympic rock climbs, although maybe I took the harder more solid lines (it is the Olympics though).

Nice one, that's a great climb and you had some great weather for it! You are going to have to redo your shirt to have Olympus in it!

I'm up in Anchorage for work and I get the weekend off! I don't know any climbers up here anymore but i wanna get out and do something at least one day. Sunday looks like the best weather. I couldn't bring much gear but I have my harness and shoes and helmet and some boots if it's alpine. I don't know the area at all but am happy on most anything up to 5.10 or easy 11. Some people think I like bush whacking and chose Open to any other adventures or beer as well. Cheers, Stewart

Trees are on route, climb them with the rock. They make great pro too!

Cool, thanks for sharing!

I haven't been to the top of Thin Fingers lately but I like those trees up there, they are part of the Index experience. Please don't cut them down!

Pobst, did you go up there again? I think the OP was referring to May 16th, the week after our climb. I remember you pointing the flake out to me though when I climbed up. It sounds like if no one was hurt then a service may have been inadvertently done. Keep an eye on your anchors though folks, just because it's been used before or it "seems" solid, doesn't mean it doesn't warrant thought and inspection of the surrounding rock. Just my thoughts from on high having pleasantly not had to lead that pitch.