John Frieh

Hey E! Being that you have more hair on your back than on your head we both know you weren't shopping for hair care products and randomly found this... I can't help but wonder... do you seriously have nothing better to do but google spelling variations of people's names who post here?

For those of you who can't find - 60, 90 or 120 min doghead (12 oz bottle) - TG IPA (6 pack) - Hair of the Dog Blue Dot (22 oz bottle) in SEA for whatever reason and will be at Colin's slideshow get a hold of me.

cc.com it's a lot like kindergarten... ...only it's a class of all boys and maybe a girl or two (so you're told... you've never actually seen one) and everyone is convinced you suck at coloring even though none of them seem to color. ever.

Nice work guys I don't know if I would call the west face of the north peak "crumbly" or "shitty"... the rock is as sound as anything on stuart... it just has what looks like an "onion skin" that makes gear placements and smearing difficult... I personally never felt like I was going to rip something off in my hands. Yes it isn't clean Index granite... but you were only the 3rd ascent. Great TR!

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Being that it is the best IPA in the US I thought it deserved a mention... I don't know where you can get them... I'm in PDX If you are going to be at Colin's slideshow get a hold of me and we can work something out...

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cc.com because all the girls at the climbing gym have boyfriends cc.com because all the porn sites at my work are blocked cc.com because if you actually saw me climb there is no way you'd ask me for beta cc.com partners for creating and supporting a false sense of importance in climbers everywhere cc.com this way you have no idea how bad I truly suck cc.com anonymity has its privileges cc.com 10000 posts and 4 avatars later and all I got was this lousy t shirt cc.com ask me how to lose up to 3 grades of climbing in 2 months or your money back! cc.com i'm not really a climber but i play one on the internet cc.com What was I thinking?!?! cc.com And you thought quitting smoking was hard...

120 minutes later... 20% ABV 120 IBU skull Honorable Mentions: Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Imperial IPA: 7% Walking Man Homo Erectus Imperial IPA: 9.0% ABV 100 IBU

Anyone interested in carpooling from PDX send me a PM.

As in if you could own one set of tool? What are you getting at? I think it depends on what you are looking for... are you shopping for an all around ice tool or are you planning on just water ice action and no alpine stuff...? I am interested in further insight into this question. Let's say for alpine mixed and waterfall ice, perhaps an all-around tool... In general a pure WI tool tends to sport a larger bend and/or a double handle. The larger bend allows for easier/larger clearance around bulges/roofs. With that said the majority of cc.coms are still cruxing out on WI4 (not a lot of bulges/roofs on 4s) so chances are having a tool with a ton of clearance likely isn't a deal breaker for most... Both the previous and current vipers have a larger bend in the tool over the previous and current cobras making them a little more user friendly on steeper terrain. With that said now it gets a little fuzzy... if you get a pair of tools and learn how to drive them (that one's for you Pax) you can get up just about anything. But know how to use them. Be comfy on them. A certain cc.comer who will remain nameless got up peak 11300 in AK with a pair of BD reactors... did someone forget to tell him you aren't suppose to take double handle leashless tools in the alpine? No... he just knew how to drive them... So... if you have a pair of tools... get comfy with them. Use them... a lot. 4 months to ice season!

OUCH! that's the same price they were when new. I thought the old cobras were $269, which I thought was plenty steep enough. Either way, I reiterate my previous sentiment, which is...OUCH! If you think you can make them for cheaper be my guest.

Nice dude! 4 months to ice season!

No prob dude... glad I could help out. Mtneers creek especially the first time can be very confusing... I still get kinda confused doing it. Basically once you cross the creek head straight and left until you hit mtneers creek and keep close to that until it turns up hill and then follow the cairns at that point. Practice makes perfect. Though some will disagree with me and yes mtneers creek is faster assuming you don't screw it up approach I personally rather spend a little extra time on the approach for a shorter descent (come in and out ingalls) but that is just me. I only come in mtneers if I am positive I can come down the sherpa. I don't think you go right... I think you keep going up and then downclimb to an exposed step up the 5.8 and then simul the last bit to the top. Who knows... No you did this right. The flagging is new this year... future parties shouldn't plan on it being there. You should look at CNR later this summer... also consider W or E (or both) ridges or S face of Forbidden S face of Prusik CCB of Bear (muy bueno) Slesse to name a few... Cheers!

As in if you could own one set of tool? What are you getting at? I think it depends on what you are looking for... are you shopping for an all around ice tool or are you planning on just water ice action and no alpine stuff...? I haven't been climbing ice that long so I never owned a pair of old cobras so I hesitate to comment. I do know a few unbiased parties who owned/loved/cherished the old cobras and tried out the new ones and have either placed orders for the new ones or are planning on doing so. And there is pressure for another PDX Ice Festival this year so assuming we get our act(s) together down here you should be able to demo all the tools from all the vendors this fall. Now do some pull ups!

Thanks Fern... Helen didn't do me in... I'm looking forward to Helen tomorrow... it was Mon + Tue Monday: 25 pull ups + 7 split jerks (135#) 5 rounds for time Tuesday: 9 BW Deadlifts, 9 Pull-ups, 1 Rope Climb 5 rounds for time Went to climbing gym Tuesday night... that was the tipping point. Tuesday was rough but am already better today. And speaking of diet... I'm down 11 lbs in 2 months... about 10% body fat. Still have a ways to go but it is slowly coming off.

Nice guys!

Cobra: 299 Viper: 229 No plans for spring thing yet so I'd plan on making one for this winter. Grivel sells the mini biners separately... go that route + a swivel and some super tape (1/2" super light tubular) and shock cord and follow the directions on alpinedave.com (though some of you might be hard pressed to find a cute girl to help you )

Helen is visiting the lab tomorrow! You should drop in!

Not climb the ice John. :lmao:

Complete as many Burpees as possible in 20 minutes.

Very similar to old... give me a day or two and I can get the exact price... I'll look into the spring thing Kurt... regardless of whoever makes the one you go with make sure you put a swivel on the thing. I believe ocean marina in SEA stocks them...

Drive all the way to Idaho to climb? Are you crazy? Nice Kirb! Great TR! Did you get a contact high from Willie?

Karma kicked in for using two cars... that's why you two had to bivy.

Appearance is a consequence of fitness.