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Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh! Me likey!

Sounds to me like he needed to practice his cramponing skills too. What route were you on when your buddy fell four times?

Nice picks Bob! I like this one, this ice is fat.

the last time I was at smiff they must have been all around me 'cause everyone was calling eachother 'bro'. even the chizacks.

I'd go with you Chad, but the drive would be murder on me.

Wait a minute (take a long pause). Are you guys saying that there is actually a new Mexico? I heard that there are some cool volcanoes in the old one.

check pm's

I'm pretty fired up on moving out of the 'ham for CO this year. Check it! PS that's me in both pictures.

The Asulkan cabin near Roger's Pass probably has the best spring ski terrain I've ever seen. It's cheap ($6 US / night) and administered my the ACC.

Thanks for the info guys.

Any one ever done it? A friend of mine is all fired up to do Ham and Eggs on the Mooses tooth this year. The catch is that he is working until June 1. I don't know much about that climb and I'm wondering if any one has and idea of what the conditions might be like in June. I'm in CO so I don't even know how the winter has been up there so any of that kind of info (or links to) would be appriciated.

Is it really easier to climb overhanging mixed-extreemo routes leashless? I've been swarn to my leashed tools and sabre tooths but I have been wondering if it really is easier to climb M7 and up leashless and with monos.

Consider me interested.

I was thinking the other day that I wanted to do a long ski traverse. The sierras are getting pounded this winter. Anyone done a long ski touring trip in the sierra? I was thinking about doing the JMT or some segments thereof, but there has to be tons of other routes that are as good or better.

AFT = Association of Faceplanting Telemarkers?

I've got a pair fitted with Dynafit TLT comforts. They pretty much rule in the powder. I haven't tried them out at a resort yet so I don't know what they would be like on, ugh, groomed runs. As for performance they are snappy and quick to turn and stuff enough to bust through crusty snow. They are based on the sugar daddy but have a little more flex right at the tips and tails for quicker turning. send me a pm if you want to know more.

I worked with a guy who hated the blue jays that would walk on his roof. So one day he blasted one of them with a BB gun and put it in his freezer. But he really couldn't handle killing things. So then, whenever he heard the blue jays on his roof, he would pull the deceased one out of his freezer and lob it onto the roof to scare the other ones away. Oh yeah, he had tied a string around the dead one's leg so that he could yank it off and put it back in his freezer for safe keeping.

Sorry d00ds I was just venting after a few beers. My brother got an earful last night too. The skiing has been off_the_heezy this trip so that's been good but I had planned on doing more climbing. I've decided to make the best of it 'cause it just won't do to be in a hissy for the next week.

...really suck. "I've climbed Polar Circus". Actually you followed every hard pitch. "We're gonna do (this and that) route in the Canadian Rockies." Actually I'm gonna freeze my ass off watching you sew up 20 meters of WI 3- and lower you off of WI 3+. At least it's so cold now that climbing would suck anyway. I hope that someone out there is having fun right now.

Niiiiice! Sounded like a fun climb!

Lance Armstrong has won 6 Tours de France

Hi Scottie. Actually the "bunch of people lurking on a climbing board" are, mostly, real people many of whom I have met in person. Some of them are actually great climbers and few might even work for RMI. While I was definitly expecting quite a bit of spray I have already got some very useful info about RMI. If you were thinking about applying for any job why wouldn't you do as much research as possible about what ever company you wanted to work for. In return for typing a few sentences you could get a lot of info.

The deep fried snickers is far superior to the mars bar. My brother, while working as a chef, used to deep fry ding-dongs and choco-diles for a healthy snack.

Has anyone ever worked for RMI? What were your experiences, good and bad? I've only seen RMI on the Muir snowfield and on the DC. I've got no 1st hand experience with them other than chatting with a guide or two. Any advice on things to do / not to do when applying and trying out?

1)Slipstream 2)The Drool 3)Solo Long's Peak in Feb. 4)Unnamed climbs #1 and 2 (if they ever form up again) 5)Halo 2 in Legendary Mode