John Frieh

Has it seen a winter ascent yet? Has Burgner/Stanley on Prusik seen one yet? If not who is going to grab the FWA of it this weekend? High Pressure High Pressure High Pressure

Road: Road and trailhead are plowed. Bring your snowpark pass. Trail is marked with blue diamonds to the intersection point with the PCT. Pinnacle: Snow. Thielsen doesn't get a lot of wind so it doesn't grow a lot of rime. The climb itself 5.0... you could likely do it in gloves but you will need something to extract gear placements so at least one ice tool would be wise... I'd vote for both. Pro is generally mid to larger nuts and/or hexes. Screws are extra weight. Pitch is ~80' so a single 50 m rope will get you up and down. Thielsen in winter (wow the TR search engine is great): http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=426753 Great low commitment winter climb

http://acmg.ca/mcr/ view reports Losing any poster than actually posts climbing information on this website is unfortunate. I hope he reconsiders... and for that matter who ever bet Klenke calls off the bet.

Solid worth youth. ATC looks solid Thee ice climb to do this year? Perhaps...

That approach in winter is close to my idea of hell. Unless all the brush is buried...

This just in: the NEW MOS DEF Not his best but still worth picking up

bloc party

I'll take anyone climbing as long as they bring coffee to share... even Billy

I heard he only pebble wrestles

Pete Murray Lily Allen

Most people on this webpage have more rock/ice gear in their garage than OMC has in stock. OMC has some nice employees and rents great ski stuff but as far as rock/ice climbing gear they serious lack... even REI has more in stock than they do. And they are the most stingy shop I have ever encountered with the discount... you practically have to beg for 5% on your purchase. Climb Max and US Outdoor have excellent excellent selections of gear. Yes they might be out of something from time to time but you can't realistically expect a shop to carry a huge backstock if their selection is that good. US Outdoor is one of the only Kayland dealers in the US Don't expect an expert opinion on ice tools in either of these shops... ice climbers in PDX are rare as the ice. Do your homework before you shop. As far as quality down stuff I would recommend getting online (or driving to) Feathered Friends or nunatak

Here is the deal: I want you to join the Southwest Montana Climbers Coalition (no you don't have to live in SW Montana to join). It is 10 dollars per year to join. If you join between now and Feb 10th 2007 (everyone should get paid in between now and then) I will reimburse you 50 percent of your joining fee. You join for a year: I will write you a check for 5 bucks. 2 years? 10 bucks. 3 years? 15 bucks. You get the idea. This is your chance to spend my money. Tell your friends... etc etc. Get active. Get involved. Send me a PM or call me if want to take advantage of this offer: 503.758.5772

If I'm not mistaken I believe Bill offered to wear only his "man thong" and boots (his words not mine) and once he started getting pumped to start skipping bolts and running for it. Bill?

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Do you have any doughnuts or muffins? How about ducks? Or pine cones?

I'm telling you man... get a pair of ice toolz or move to Cali You get ice toolz and I'll take you out or... if the kid decides to go to Stanford or Cal Tech or Berkeley you know you're going to want to pay in state

you wouldn't get it on your shirt if you swallowed d00d spray and wash might do the trick

You imagined it... doesn't exist... south facing ice is too dangerous to climb anyways because it gets sun all day... mist falls is the only safe place to climb in the gorge Sounds like we might need a pdx pub club soon

Park at rooster rock and hike or bike it. Suck but it is better than not being allowed to climb.

That is the road. You can drive down it... my advice would be drive down and dump a partner and your kits and then drive back up and park your car at either the very first pull out on the road (yes this makes for a long walk) or even better on the highway. Bring a bike and cruise back down. Make sure you get in the trees ASAP and stay in them till you are clear of the resort (i.e. they can't/won't see you). Not doing this will result in enforcement/tickets/etc for all of us Long walks are better than no being allowed to ice climb.

Climbs above the highway itself are fine (just make sure to park out of the way) however a lot of the climbs that are below the highway require one to drive down to the water... some of the roads to reach the water are public but a few of them (forget the names) are private... they have many signs stating it is a private area/land... don't park on that road... do the car shuttle thing. Next time I am out there I will make it a point to write down the name or perhaps Marcus or Wayne or one of the guys can remember off the top of their head...

Good to see everyone getting out and getting some Just a heads up for the Cape Horn area... a lot of those climbs are accessed via private property. PLEASE be conscious and aware of where you park your car as well as crossing private property. You do have cross some PP to access some of those so please be as secret as possible EVEN if it means parking farther away and/or walking through the woods longer to stay out of sight. Good example: the gate to the road to park near crown jewel is locked this year is because people were parking in plain sight last year. Keep a low profile and enjoy the ice in your backyard!

I think "Hey ladies... what does that statue look like to you?" suits you better :laf:

d00d! Our own BillA placed in the prelims... where is the love? BillA representing for cc!