John Frieh

Powells

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.

Rock climb tonight (3/27) anyone? Call me 503.758.5772. Sunset ends at 7 pm!

Has anyone else swung the Nomics?

Sweet pics dude! Awesome trip report! Who knew practicing scraping crumbly basalt w/ dull ice axes and crampons bailed up with mud, blackberry bushes and assorted trash by headlamp in the company of bums and the constant drone of I-205 would help some day. Looking forward to climbing with you this summer

The real question is will E get this thread deleted like he did the "how to dump your girlfriend thread" he started that his girlfriend ended up finding.

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/s...c086e9d4b0108db

10 am at Rocky Butte. After 3 speedbumps the road bends right and passes a big tan dome building. Park past the big tan dome building (look for a silver pickup), cross the road into the woods and walk c. 100’. You should immediately pass a tunnel on your right that goes underneath the road (good warm up area is you are early). Walk c. 100’ along the top of the cliff looking for some TR anchors/listening for the sounds of shitty footwork with crampons on (screech!). If you start to head significantly downhill you have gone too far.

10 am. Call me either tonight after 8:45 pm or 7:30 am Sat morning for directions: 503.758.5772 If you need to borrow gear it is on you to call me and tell me what you need. Can someone bring a beater rope?

Built in heat exchanger.

tomtom is making a reference to my thermos recommendation thread. It's the new neutrino joke... I think the selling point w/ the jetboil is weight... you want efficiency go XKG

My understanding is the new pot fits on the old base.

Seen the new pot? 2.5 L capacity. I haven't used them in cold weather... nothing below 0 F but them seem to do well at least above 0 F. They are much easier to light/ignite if you use the jetboil brand canister. If you can wait a month Marcus took one to the Ruth Gorge... he should have an opinion when he gets back.