John Frieh

Has anyone had problems with not being able to straighten their arms the next day after a lot of pull ups and/or a hard day of climbing? Not really painful but super super sore... In addition that I also sometimes get light swelling at the base of my bicep close to the inside of my elbow. Any tips for prevention/reduction/recovery? More stretching post work out? Protein? Water intake?

who wants a mustache ride!!! sickie sickie

I still occasionally have nightmares that involve that trail at night, a 90 lb haulbag, no ski poles, a dead headlamp and the smell of turkey chili :laf:

As of last Friday no. You will find some drips right before the summit and/or on the descent. If you are coming in from the north and doing only the upper ridge then you will likely need crampons/ice axe to get to the access couloir or plan on taking a very round about approach to the upper ridge access couloir. If you do take pons/ice axe the sherpa is a much quicker descent as Matt suggested.

Yes. You will find a hikers trail near the bottom of the cascadian (don't freak if you don't... you will eventually hit the creek) that will connect you with the ingalls creek trail. When you hit the creek go skiers right and follow this until you hit either Ingalls lake and/or a hikers trail and head to stuart pass. Yes. Goes real quick in between the two. wee bit of snow mostly scree/boulder field. Yes. From goat pass head more or less down and skiers right taking path of least resistance aiming towards toe of north ridge. If you hit the glacial ice/crevasses section in the center of the stuart glacier you are to high and need to drop lower. Yes if you want to carry it. You could get by with just a #2 and a #4 c4 camalot. Yes... most people don't. No major lurking crevasses exist but yes some are there some open ones so do what you feel comfortable with.

no luck down here or did you rule it out?

Sorry... I have a newb in tow that needs a few more sessions inside before we venture outside. Later this week or next?

club sport?

Nice TR and climb guys... great to see TRs on the more "obscure" stuff

Yes and no... Yes that was on route if you were doing the eastern variation of the CNR. No if you were doing something else. Keep in mind a few options exist through the initial pitches. As stout as it is I would still recommend this option. Many people do consider it the route's crux. If you reread Kearney's death crack description he considers it death because the crack runs out where as this one doesn't. Make sense? Haul your packs? How much were you carrying?

Yeah... I bet Chaps would be super jealous No... not at all. Sorry if I made it sound like it was. Sometimes when I get out I like to set goals... push myself a little... that's all...

Yes... finding the cairns near Ingalls lake can be tricky at night. We didn't but we were at the toe of the north ridge about ~10 mins before sunrise so we were fairly low at that point of the morning.

Trip: Stuart - complete north ridge Date: 7/6/2007 Relevant beta: - Route is fairly snow free though some snow patches still exist at lower ridge bivy sites, at the notch, and upper pitches for the purposes of melting. - Gendarme bypass still holding lots of snow... looks like fun times on wet slabs. - Lots of running water in the cascadian couloir. Snow relatively near summit but didn't see a puddle. - We left Ingalls lake with 3 liters each... this was enought to get us up and over before running out and getting more water on the descent - handlebar mustaches: oh so pimpin - my 10th stuart summit Time: Left car @ 12:05 am Started climbing @ 5:05 am Summit @ 11:15 am Car @ 4:45 pm We were staying on track for a 14 hour c2c but we took our sweet time on the descent as Brock's knees were hurting. Would have been stoked to do it in 14 but really who cares? Just a fine time in the hills... Handlerbar Mustache... the future? Ready... Set... Go! gendarme pitch 1 closing in stache on top! Gear Notes: black dress socks mustache comb Your mileage may vary: - red, yellow c3 - .4-4 c4 (doubles in red) - 5-13 stoppers - 12 runners (10x24", 2x48") No crampons, ice ax. Bug spray highly recommended.

did you buy a new rope? how early?

Good to see the multiple trips/years in the ruth gorge, CAN rockies in the winter, and FWAs in the cascades allowed you guys to finally succeed on... ... the west butt. I can imagine the doubt and trepidation you two had before going for it Seriously though... nice work boys! Year is only half over and you be killing!

[swoon]Especially when they climb ice... [/swoon] 8D Nice work girls!

Trip: Chipmunk Perch - 4 Horsemen/East Ridge Date: 7/1/2007 I followed the white rabbit down the hole... ...and came out somewhere in Idaho: I've been here before... ...but has anyone been here before? The 4 horsemen/east ridge of chipmunk perch... I wonder where they got the name? good morning sunshine go marcus go 4 Horsemen details: 15 pitches IV 5.9 (mostly 5.fun). 20 minutes from camp (or 2 hours from the boat dock). Walk off descent. It's going to be a great summer: homework! find a partner baa find a 3-4 day weekend get a hold of me carpool carpool carpool I'll show you the approach, where the routes are, split gas with you... maybe even make you coffee... all you have to do is motivate! Gear Notes: standard rack to #4 c4 camalot bug spray Approach Notes: saddleback lakes

TR Index does not search/record/etc TRs from new forums (Idaho, Montana, California, etc etc). Might be wise to build that in while these new forums are still in their infancy and not a lot of back digging would be required. Regardless of features TR index is extremely valuable cc resource... thanks for maintaining it!

yes. you can place a preorder with bd now what are the changes coming next year? See "new tools" thread by nyc007 in gear critic for additional discussion. New ice screw design also

DUDE, THE ROJ WAS TOTALLY A CAP'N. AND HE WAS TOTALLY ON DEADLIEST CATCH. WHAT KINDA BAIT IS ROJ DRIVIN' THESE DAYS? Don't you just hate it when you forget to log out of your "regular" avatar and log back in as one of your alter avatars before spraying?

Nice string of strictly climbing posts devinejohnny! Looking forward to more TRs! You're the anti sprayer... or anti Kevbone

7:30 slide show starts? More importantly what time is the keg going to be tapped?

What time? Prefunk?

New BD cobra