John Frieh

Did you girl accidentally mistake your twin brother for you at any point during the trip? Just kidding! Way to get it done Dan! Sweet ice pics for sure! Did you tackle the M7 leashed or leashless?

Mine got chopped Lucky for us we found some other "crags" to develop

No Halibut in Homer? And no I'm not talking about the Salty Dog type When you headed to leavenworth?

I'm in PHX Tuesday - Friday this week. Go anyways... don't wait for me. I am down for going 2-3 times a week once my travel settles down (should be soon)... I know a few noncc.comers that would be game too... And EVERYONE should throw a roll of trashbags in their rig and pack out a bag of trash every time they go.

Nunatak. 24 ounces (1 lb 8 ounces). 20 degrees. Epic Fabric. You can get them lighter too. Made in Twisp.

So when you say "polish your skills" are you looking for people who want to be guided up stuff or people who climb at your level?

I'd like to send a personal to the baked baggage handler that managed to screw up a direct flight from PDX to Vegas and send all my climbing gear to San Diego. 1 day... lost

If you're not cold you brought too many clothes If you're not hungry you brought too much food And if you summit it was too easy anyways.

Good list Gene... Don't forget N face of Robson. Then again Chad August is a fine time to get some shit done locally. And if you are bent on swinging tools just pick something that has a really bushy approach and hack your way through.

How many plants?

Look no further: link

The pass opened 1 whole week before winter was over last year yet no one snagged a thing during that week. Go figure.

Actually, the Ballard Barbie has a refined sense of humor, rather than just lamely laughing at anything, even if it's not really funny, just stupid. Too bad Ballard Ken is looking for someone that has more to offer than just a "refined sense of humor"

Hwy 20 progress: link

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Or whatever. Thanks Chad!

Anyone wander by recently?

The binding system pictured is called the sidelock. Likes: - doesn't put pressure on your heel like traditional heel lever throw type attachment systems do... I have heard of some people getting blisters from the increased pressure on the heel from a heel lever when doing long distances of glacier travel. - lightweight dislikes: - plastic handle... I haven't torn one yet but I wonder when my luck will change (likely midroute). I will say I use mine a lot and haven't seen any tearing of the plastic so it is likely fine. - plastic handle is hard to pull with mitts on (just take your mitts off though) - the metal triangle piece that is attached to the plastic handle bends easily. You can't bend it from day to day climbing unless you really try hard however if you don't pull in line with the metal triangle when putting the crampons on you can bend the triangle over time. Metal triangle is easy to bend back though. All in all: very cool design. I have the same attachment system on my darts w/ heel spurs and have yet to rip them off the bottom of my feet.

Perhaps... but then again who did you PM when you wanted gear advice on going leashless

Anybody tried/own these? Comments?

Pics of the bike please

Forget ice cream... is it just me or does Dru look like he is sportin' some man boobies?

We had one route up before "public officials" located it. However before it was "dealt with" a number of people came out and tried it and as far as I can tell they liked what we created. I have identified additional locations and plan to move development activities there. Sorry for being vague but I think you can figure out why I am doing so. Additionally I have/had no intention of posting additional information on activities, pictures, etc etc as the routes we made employed holds made of wood. As these holds have a finite lifespan I wanted to keep the user list limited to just those who contributed time, materials, or effort to develop the new area... Basically I have no interest in mantaining a resource for individuals who don't want to help out.