Chad_A

Trango biners are not spoken for; need to spend my money elsewhere. Good luck to the OPer and hopefully no hard feelings. bumpity bump.

I'll take the trango biners for $40 if you do PayPal. Send me a PM and let me know!

Feel free to come over any time, just give me a ring. I owe you at least some laps on that thing; some of the holds are your donation after all! A brew or two and the Ipod blaring makes for a fun atmosphere. Megan's doing great; almost 13 weeks along. The ultrasound was crazy- alternating between having his/her own party in there and taking naps every few minutes

Hey Tyson, Try Mount Shuksan Family Medicine. 3606471900 Kirsten is a nurse practitioner; her husband Bob is a sports PT if I remember correctly. They work together in their office and they're both skiers (and have been instructors at Baker on and off for quite a while). Probably would be a good fit for you. Hope this helps Chad PS - I hear indoor dry tool walls are great recovery work for injuries such as yours (j/k). Heal up!

Kurt and Rodney, Great work and thanks for posting!

Great read on the Stuart epic. Thanks for posting!

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I'm here in MT with my wife doing some cross country skiing ; not climbing. Two days ago, for a hike with the dog we went up to Cleo's, was in great shape. Looking across the canyon from that vantage, things looked fine. Go have a look close up for us, and post a report. I'm sure all the usual suspects are in and as of a couple weeks ago the Scepter was in 4 condition, and the Matrix is all ice in fat conditions.

Guess it's different for everyone. I clip screamers to the first few screws, then typically just go to quickdraws (at that point, my rationale is that the half ropes have enough "spring" in them to limit the load of a potential fall). Makes the harness lighter and less cumbersome, too. No, haven't taken any falls, btw. Can't help out there.

Really liked the issue, good reading. Sad about Dave Thomson. Must be living under a rock, hadn't heard about that. Truly a big loss. One more issue that makes me glad they stuck around, but sad they burned the Teton candle...thought they might save that one for the 50th issue, or something. Makes me want to head to the Tetons, though, miss that place.

Just was there (at the usuals) 21st and 22nd. Started the first day on the way into the area at Rambles Centre. Good shape, although the ice was a bit glassy and brittle. Continued on to Robin Hood (thin and probably more like a three than 2+ in those conditions). Per the locals, the whole area up there is thinner than usual. Yesterday, had a slight delay getting out of Lillooet, which led to getting scooped on Icy BC. We stayed off the lower tier while they were climbing above per West Coast Ice's suggestion that it's easy to get hit from people climbing on upper tiers of Icy BC, while you are leading on the first tier. There really isn't much to climb on the lower tier, btw. The 3+ in the alcove around the corner isn't there, and there's no ice on the bolted routes on the wall between Deeping Wall and the alcove climb. Not sure if there needs to be though. The Deeping Wall was pretty aerated so rather than lead it we set up a TR on it in the meantime to keep busy. Good steep fun. Bad news is when you do that, you get scooped by yet another party on the lower tier. Just part of the game though.

Previous generations- George Lowe, Jeff Lowe. Incredible vision in their accomplishments. Current generation- Will Gadd. Always brings the stoke, is humble, and is always forthcoming with info for us "meeker" ice hackers. Local - how can I forget Don Serl? EDIT: unsung heroes - my partners Keith, Nate and Andy which have always been influential to me.

Give REI a call in Bellingham. I stopped in there the other day and they had some on their clearance rack....I think one pair was 11 or larger. Good luck, Chad

We'll all be much less safe without Frank Drebin on our side. RIP Leslie Nielsen.

I own an '06 Jeep Liberty CRD (turbo diesel). Good truck so far with 85,000 on the clock. Passable on forest roads and getting into the Ghost in the CDN Rockies. 25-30 MPG for a full 4wd capable vehicle ( depending on conditions, diesel quality, hills etc), biodiesel compatible. Interior space is limited, but I can almost stretch out diagonally with the back seat down. Good for going to Hyalite with decent mileage and not sweating snow drifts.

Is this the Tilly Jane A-Frame? And when did this become a pay to stay thing? Of course I moved away last year so I haven't been paying attention... Not to say it's a bad idea...the place could probably use some income to keep such a neat historical building up to some standard.

Yeah, I guess we all just have to be patient. We considered trying to get down to the top of some potential mixed fun stuff, but this nasty cold virus I have made me think it'd be better to be warm with a cup of tea...or a nice stout. Tyson, if you're ever on my side of town, give me a ring, and bring your rock shoes. You're welcome to take a few laps. Bring yer IPod for the stereo system.

I have a pic or two upon request, but I'll just describe it as "not in" as others had predicted... but it looks like it's coming along. Verrrryyy cold when we were at the parking lot; could see from there that the curtain was touching down and continuous but paper thin so that you could see through to the rock behind, clearly. Beautiful day to take a drive up there, none the less. Shuksan looked as Alaskan-esque as it ever was If we don't it doesn't get too caked by snow this next system(s) might be good to go in a little while.

Looks fantastic, thanks for the pics!

My wife used these on one hike up to Excelsior Pass this past summer. She needs a size 8.5, so we're selling them. Looks like they're the same as what is being called the Apex Rock these days (they're about one year old). Semi rigid and they will take new-matic crampons. Perfect condition except for one of the small shoelace camming devices (they don't work that well anyway)- might be able to fix that before selling. Asking 130 OBO, buyer pays shipping. Cheers, Chad

Partner found. Stewart, sent you an email, thanks for the call; Jens, will do; CB, wouldn't be surprised, but it's only an hour from the house and supposed to be nice outside, so what the hell.

Thanks, RP. Should have stated, looking at WI up at the Baker ski area or in the general vicinity.

Might go up and have a look see at the ice up in the area if anyone is interested. Tuesday looks sunny and cold. Up for whatever in the area. Will drive from Bellingham and have ropes and a rack. You can respond here; will try to keep an eye on the thread. Alternatively, email at anderson7149ATcomcastDOTnet. If nothing else, maybe I can provide pics for the peanut gallery. In the meantime if anyone has been up around the death picnic/Table Mtn area and knows what the snowpack is like (settled?) please feel free to speak up. Thanks, Chad

Bump.