John Frieh

Why are you still here? Get in your car and start driving!

I think a lot of people define/consider alpine ice as glacial ice... ice that was formed from compression underneath the weight of a glacier @ some point. Sounds like you are just looking to swing the tools enroute to a summit (yes?)... if so the pac NW is loaded with them. Lots of good ones have been listed so far... the amount/quantity of ice on those listed vary greatly (some of them have been skied ) so looking @ a guidebooks would be wise... I'd recommend picking up Selected 1 and 2 or WA Ice or West Coast Ice and see what captures your attention. Some of my favorites or ones I want to do bad: - CA ice (Montana) In right now! Go climb it! Lot of other climbs in this canyon also. CLASSIC route - Sphinx (Montana) early ice season climb - Nisqually Ice Fall (Rainier) - Rolf and Pete's route on Whitehorse - NW and NE face on Stuart

It's not like the guy is busy with work or anything

25.5 hours Maybe Feathered Friends could get Roger to do a slideshow?

If you can determine how many blocks you should be on per day then many many many websites, recipe books, etc etc offer zone meals that are scalable. Here is a good quick start guide: You should really consider reading at least a little on the zone. A week in the zone is super cheap and easy reading: $3.49 Pollans book is really good also. Keep in mind you will likely need to modify the # of blocks and percentages for winter alpine/ice trips... Take a look @ this article by Twight on how he scales for alpine: 1 2 Related to that though this book is more slanted towards ultra running/endurance stuff it has 3 chapters on diet which easily apply to alpine especially if you prefer the "in a push" style. I can lend you my copy if you want. And if you want it Rob Miller wrote an awesome article for the xfit journal on what he ate meal to meal while putting up the free muir route with justen... let me know if you want me to email it to you

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Me too, they both look pretty sweet. Cant comment on the new metolius offering but I really like my c3s.

I treat my gear like my life depended on it

Anybody know if they are selling tixs @ the door?

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5.7? 10 pitches? Built for newbies? Sounds like the future home of 8,000 dollars worth of booty! In the first year alone! :laf:

What time? Where?

The search engine on this website rocks: :[]

Anyone snap a pic of irock recently? For those of you that go if you wouldnt mind snap one on your way back down.

[2cents]With the exception of a few routes and the occasional aid climb C3s have replaced aliens for me. I wished they made a size bigger than #2 but the besides that great product IMO. I took them out this winter also and never had one freeze on me... aliens were never an option in the winter.[/2cents]

.75 or 1?

Did they plow the east fork or just the main fork?

No pain beyond soreness... did 16 - 16' rope climbs (think back to elementary gym class) this morning. I have been doing a lot of pull/chin up specific exercises lately in hopes of increasing my max weighted pull up as well as finally being able do a true dead hang one arm pull up so I wasnt sure if the "depression" was a warning sign of things to come... I think I'm going to ice/rest and keep an eye on it and see if it changes... thanks everyone!

Hmmm... good info. I noticed today a weird for lack of a better word "depression" running around my left bicep/tricep... I hate to say it but it almost looks like I had been wearing a tight band around my arm and just took it off... Edit: also when I run my fingers over it I can feel like a "shelf" under the skin I watched a guy @ my gym completely detach his bicep two months ago so I am little paranoid after watching his bicep "pile up" underneath his skin @ the elbow :puke: so I was wondering if this "depression" was the start of something worse...

Have you torn and/or detached your bicep? If so: - how? - any warning signs? - did you notice any changes in the appearance of your bicep leading up to the event? - etc?

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