KaskadskyjKozak

of course

too bad he didn't shoot himself in the nuts

Hopefully one that a drone was flying over

No. V.O.A.

I'm not putting you in control of homeland security. Best option would be drop TTK somewhere deep in Islamofascistan and let him fend for himself there... he'd last a whole 3 nanoseconds.

Apparently, they're so obvious that it's not even necessary to speak of them, much less apply a similar historical analysis to contemporary Islam and its modern political and economic contexts. What a joke. There "it" is... get the T.P. quick!

Speaking of cling-ons, where's Prole?

:lmao:

You should have offered him some

I climbed Sharkfin in mid-August a few years ago, and I believe we went up the standard couloir. It was bone try from the glacier up to the notch where you rope-up.

Dzhugashvili

The last photo with the summit shadow reminds me of when my friend and I summited via the W ridge near sunset a couple of years ago! :-)

DON'T TASE ME, BRO!!!!!

What did they have to say about that approach? They said that the 7+ miles up Ingalls Creek was mellow and pretty easy. The Crystal Creek part had no trail but was not too bad, either. They liked the absence of permit hassles.

I was tired when I wrote that up... will fix :-)

This thread is ghey.

Trip: Prusik Peak - West Ridge Date: 8/24/2010 Trip Report: I got a 4 day permit to the Colchuck Zone this year as a consolation prize for no Enchantments Permit. What to do? My first idea was to climb Serpentine Arete on day 2, rest a day, then go up and over Aasgard with full packs, climb Prusik and hike out via Snow Creek trail on day 4. Well, as the time got near, we decided to try for a permit change to facilitate this plan... or maybe a different plan. But, when we arrived to pick up our permits... no dice. So we decided to climb Prusik on day 2, and hike back to camp. If that went quickly enough and we thought we could handle a long day 3 climb of Serpentine, well, go for it. Otherwise hike out. We ended up doing the latter, with a very nice summit day in the Enchantments yesterday. We had an easy day one, hiking in to Colchuck in about 3 hours. We retired early (7 ish) and got up at 5 am. We were moving out of camp within an hour. The path to Aasgard was 99% snow-free and took about two hours to do with fairly heavy day packs. In a couple more hours we were at Prusik Pass and scrambling to the balanced rock. Path up Aasgard: In the upper Enchantments: The objective comes into view: Prusik Peak: DS scrambling: SS standing by the balanced rock: There were four of us: JF, DS, SS, and KK, JF and DS started up first. I followed on their heels, leading pitch one. It was still fairly early and chilly, so I had to lead the first pitch in a shell jacket. This got us to the ridge and sun, and from then on out it was t-shirt weather. SS led the second pitch to just below the crux. I led the crux and set up a belay on the ledges just after the exposed traverse. SS led up the 5.6 hand crack and stopped just before the flake. I led the flake and the chimney, and, thankfully my fat-ass fit through it. DS following on the crux: Exposed moves past the crux: It was reasonably early, and a party of two caught up to us. We offered them to use our rope to rappel ahead of us, which they gratefully accepted. They had hiked in from Ingalls Creek/Crystal Creek that day! KK on the summit: We then did 5 single rope rappels down the N face and scrambled back to the balanced rock. It was around 4:30 or so, so we knew we needed to move to get back to camp. Looking down after final rap: Beautiful evening view in the upper Enchantments: We were at Aasgard again around 7 pm, and back on the trail around the lake at dusk. Descending Aasgard was a thrill none of us wanted to repeat in a day. It was very buggy on the descent. Bring DEET. View done from Aasgard. Note smoke from 8 mile fire: At this point we all agreed that one climb would be enough for this trip. Especially since it went so well. 14.5 hours camp to camp was work enough for us. :-) We hiked out today in a couple of leisurely hours and proceeded directly to town for beer and brats at Munchen Haus. Damn it was hot in town! Gear Notes: Small alpine rack. Trekking poles. Sunscreen. DEET.

don't fuck with sharks

What is right?

What's your preferred sedative for family gatherings, cocktail parties, and general social interactions, BTW? Envisioning old Uncle Ron venturing forth with a mild political joke, hearing "REGRESSIVE!" in his one good ear, and instinctively ducking just in time to dodge a flying drumstick.... :lmao: :lmao:

sicko!

thanks! but some are taken by my climbing partner, so he gets some props!

Still better than the old man righty McSame vs. McSame. Yeah, "better".

Still better than the old man righty If by better you mean "stayed in the same wars" and "spent us into oblivion", then yes, B-HO has done a "better" job. B-HO: the true "McSame"

B-HO: Now that's *CHANGE* we can believe in!