John Frieh

I love how "locals" think they can dictate what can and can't be done in "their" area regardless of whether or not they actually plan on climbing there. "I'll never touch that choss... but you can't bolt it!"

Where? In a High School Library in the State of Kansas?

climbinhottie... not sure if you are hot enough to fuck her. You might need to post some pics here

He's going to be pissed when he finds out his name appeared on this site or... he'll have some more good "theories"

REI will have in the shop in most stores... not on the floor. Will have to ask for it. Take your stove with you.

Nice pics everyone! Starting to look like we need to reorganize the climbing catagory into 1) alpine climbing and 2) trad/sport/bouldering. By adding bouldering in the number of catagories doesn't change. Hmmm...

Especially the ones that are cheerleaders

I might be down there... not sure yet. I will be flying but would be stoked to meet up

How would you get a puncture wound? The elastic is cut long enough that you don't accelerate/pull them towards you any faster than a pair of tails would. I add a 12" runner in between my harness and the harness clip to ensure I never hit the limit of the elastic.

US Outdoor (a cc.com sponsor!) in PDX has nomics in stock too

Yup. Grivel double spring/spring thing (whatever they call it) + custom drill job. PM me for details if interested.

Need to replace the rands around the toes of each of my boots (if not the whole rand)... I emailed Ramuta but he doesn't do mtneering boots. Recommendations on locals who do a primo job? I need quick turn around time as it is ice season Thanks!

No prob dude! I hope other people start similar threads for winter areas of interest... WA pass, Leavenworth, Ross Lake, Index, I Rock/Hood, etc etc... Perhaps this conditions concept could be improved and implemented as a new feature on the new site!

And if you need a ropegun Bob give me a shout Seriously I'd be stoked to connect with anyone especially a local familiar with the area.

These look like a great day out... I'd be curious to hear any info on them: MarkAllen TR

Hey Dave! Not sure where you are at but maybe this will help: SEA DT night

Marty: Directions Please! Do the routes have anchor bolts? Easily TRable? # of routes? Any other beta? AFIVE: gyselinck or one of the other Ellensburg crew might know... I'll check in with gyselinck.

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But it does! It dries out your lungs (fights HAPE)

Know why? 2 words: "French Free"

Who's NOLSe? Speaking of I can't believe some hasn't grabbed that avatar yet... think of all the spray opportunities! Valuing/respecting and emulating something are two very different things Dr C Though I drink mostly water and coffee I am known to enjoy and wine too. If you value your alpine heritage so much maybe those pair of ice tools you can't seem to decide on should be a 90 cm alpenstock

Nov 24th/25th Update: Access: Mtneers Creek TH road was not gated: very little packed snow/ice encountered on Thursday on the way in... Gate was still not closed as of Friday though snow was accumulating at a health rate. Approach: Snowshoe pack from the TH all the way to ½ way around Stuart Lake. Snowshoe pack made for easy travel with minimal post holing. As packed trail stopped at Stuart Lake we post holed from Stuart Lake up to Stuart Glacier and down the Ice Cliff. Post holed out Mtneers Creek. No boot/snowshoe pack currently exists up Mtneers Creek… just the post holes we left Friday on the way out which are likely covered by now. And as we did it in the dark they likely zig zag and double back all over the place so it would be a waste of time to follow them . Snow shoes highly recommended until gyselinck gets off his lazy butt and reinstalls the boot pack like he did so well last year Routes: Stuart: - Ice Cliff Glacier is very much still in late fall conditions and releasing at inopportune moments. East side was still experiencing temp inversion on Friday morning which didn’t help things either. - NW Face: sweet ice lines on upper face! Never seen this much continuous ice on the NW face… usually it is the opposite in spring... the upper face is almost all snow/snice and the lower face gets all the ice. Lower face was bare so one would have to drytool/rock climb to reach ice lines. - SGC: looks thin and spicy! Thin snow/ice line the whole way! Looks sweet but likely gone with the amount of snow that has recently fallen. - North face in general: snow covering much of the rock. Argonaut: - Jason’s esophagus: snow just starting to fill couloir. Sorry... no pics! My camera didn't make the trip to San Diego

All right… most everybody has likely heard of Hermann Buhl carrying around snowballs when he ran or hiked to develop psychological tolerance and to increase capillary capacity… or at least that is the theory... And you’ve likely read in some ‘Extreme’ how to books that: - the occasional ice cold shower - bouldering in boots with a backpack and gloves on - etc etc …are all good ways to ‘train for’ and ‘simulate’ alpine conditions. Yeah they work... (then again some maybe not?) but admit it… you look and feel like an idiot. How many snickers and goofy looks do you get when you wear plastic boots in the climbing gym? So conversation over sparked this discussion: What is/are the stupidest thing(s) you have done or better yet did regardless of the fact you looked stupid doing it regardless of whether or not it worked to attempt to ‘train’ or ‘practice’ for alpine climbing. A few I will admit to: - in college one my roommates and I would never turn on the heat more to protect the beer money fund but we told each other and house guests it was alpine training. Those decrepit shacks would get so cold you had to put your belay jacket any time you weren’t in bed… I think the refrigerator wouldn’t turn on for all of Nov and Dec and frost would often form on the inside of the windows. The only time we would turn on the heat was when girls came over as their was no way anybody (boy or girl) was getting naked at those temps - also back in college more for laughs (and we did) we convinced a recent sport climber turned alpinist that he should practice tying bowlines and figure 8s behind his back with mitts on in the shower (ice cold of course) in the dark. He fell for it once. - Running or trying to run with a backpack filled with weight on. Though this was a great way to trash the backpack and my joints I found that I could get the same level of work out trail running hills. Never again. - For a brief while I also tried running while pushing a baby stroller with weight in it. I bought at a garage sale STUPID! - Though it honestly has helped my climbing I can’t help but laugh at myself or anyone that makes it a point to go drytooling at rocky butte on a weekly basis… the beer bottles, the bum camps, the crack whores turning tricks, the risk of car break in, the trash, mud, slugs, and poison ivy… all usually in the rain. Alright... let's hear 'em... campus board in a meat locker? climbed in a verve g string to save weight?