TrogdortheBurninator

i just use two atc sports to rappel. best of both worlds.

.... but my little ponies aren't unicorns .... so confused

The number of bolts in the book should be the max bolts for a single pitch. If you were climbing a cool frictiony arete on the 2nd pitch, you were on the right route. I remember the crux being challenging, but 5.10 in the icicle usually is for me. Didnt feel at all out of line with other routes of the grade.

thx mr fox and everybody else. Good to finally get things wrapped up, but unfortunately work will be taking me away from the cascades, at least temporarily.

I have 3 or 4 pairs of extraverts, and they are by far my favorites. I have tried waterproofing the palms, but it doesnt seem to last long and they still wet out.

for picassa, you can trim the export code down to just the .jpg path, then use the normal tags. export code will do the resize for you.

"no bolts, all natural gear, full madness on overhanging spray ice" http://gravsports.blogspot.com/

damn that is a lot of ice. that direct start looks great.

rope stretch

all sold. thanks

Geko lacks the high sensitivity chipset, which would make it a no go for me. Did you consider the etrex vista hcx? Basically all the features of the 60csx, but smaller and less expensive ($100 less on amazon). Best GPS forum I found is this: http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/ Lots of good info there.

looks like a fun route! pictures show fine for me. did from the moment the TR was posted.

while slightly ambiguous,I believe the original post refers to a SLC pub club during outdoor retailer.

omg, so hot right now http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/chat

price drop

Marmot Helium EQ. Have one, and very impressed. Water resistant doesnt breathe quite as well as other shells, but saves the wegth of a bivy for certain endeavors.

Leavenworth Driving down tumwater, a quick glimpse of Drury looked nice and fat. Most snow melt climbs further down tumwater looked pretty thin or snowy. Mountaineers creek still needs a lot more melt. We saw maybe one climbable line while we were out skiing yesterday mid day. Wet and wild looks very fat. Probably not much longer. Bad photo: Icicle buttress is very snowy. Not sure how much ice is under there. Most other snow melt things in icicle looked thin or snowy. The ice in and around rainbow and careno is the best i've ever seen it. Fat blue and yellow ice abounds. Three distinct lines at rainbow. At least two more at careno. We climbed the easy left side of rainbow right yesterday afternoon. Good pro, good ice, wi2+, 100' or so. Right side of rainbow right looks good. Rainbow left looks outstanding right now. Bouldered the first bit and found excellent ice.

very nice!!

Haffner is about 45 min from Banff, on 93 (sw of banff). Balfour is probably 1.5 hrs from banff, up on the icefields parkway. Balfour is much less popular than haffner, but has more pure ice routes.

Skookum Falls. See recent photos in ice conditions thread.

photos: lower main tier of BV falls lower eastern tier. climbable today at wi3 with sporty pro and topout lower easter tier. climbable tomorrow at wi4ish??????? Pax leading main tier. WI3, sporty pro. Best ice to belay is up and left at small out cropping. Other belays (ours) are slightly more suspect. lots of small ice damn bursts on main flow.

screws sold

Brand New Black Diamond Cobra (old style) hammer. Old style w/ android leash - $140 for tool, $15 for leash, both for $150 Outdoor Research Mentor Pants Sample, Brand New, Size L, Gore Pro Shell $140

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/331789/Searchpage/2/Main/22971/Words/dragontail/Search/true/TR_Dragontail_NE_Couloir_4_3_2#Post331789 stopped at the rock

nope, ross skied this one too.