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John/Dave, Super sweet jorb. Wish I could have been there. Dave instead of ear plugs just drive seperate cars, it worked for me on the way to the sawtooths. Anyways.... you guys made a damn fine contribution to ice climbing community in the northwest. Cheers and I drink one to you tonight.

Sick Sick Sick is all I have to say, except that i am jealous.

Trip: Cody, WY - Mean Green Date: 2/3/2007 Trip Report: Well since both of my buddies and I would rather be climbing some sweet ice then watching some dumb fat guys run around a field we headed off to the great south fork road. We decided to climb "Mean Green" which according to JoJo is one of the best routes in North America, and after this weekend I would have to agree. Pitch 1 & 2 Climb WI3 for 40M to a ledge belay from V-threads or screws Climb short WI4 to a tree belay on your left. Pitch 3 Climb WI4 to screw/ V-thread belay Pitch 4 Climb WI5 pillar to screw/tree belay or tree up and right Upper Slabs WI3 Reason we did not go up there!!! Happy Signs from nearby ranchers. DAY TWO (Superbowl Sunday) Two Much Goose WI5 Wind on the way back Gear Notes: The normal ice rack Approach Notes: Bring tennis shoes to save your feet, and because there is not much snow.

Got any laying around that you wanna get rid of? (can never let a chance go away for some dirtbagging) I finally got some soft shell pants and real ice gloves to climb in aren't you proud of me.

I am surprised they did not re-do their leash design. Never really liked the thumb clip thing. But I must have been in the minority.

Good ole BD Switchblades the old purple ones with the big metal bot plate.

thats a pretty sweet looking line, almost completely out of context compared to the scenery in the rest of the photo.

It was a figure nine it just seemed to work better at the moment, had planned don using a figure four though.

Here is a Video of me moving past the last couple of bolts on to the ice.

Nice work man, did you sling that little pillar as you pulled on to the ice?

they say WI 5 m7-m9 depending on where the ice is.

Trip: Bozeman, MT - Bulldog World Date: 1/26/2007 Trip Report: Here is some photo stoke of a sweet route that is in right now, so get your gas cards and come on over. Gear Notes: Quick draws and a couple of screws Approach Notes: Up to the unnammed wall

is that more then is cost you on steep and cheap?

Ask on Montana Ice there are some peps from Mizzoula that post on the site.

It has been my experience that it is safer to clip just one rope into an ice screw. It lowers the impact force and you have a greater chance of the screw holding.

I down for a little safety meeting right now. But I found out the hard way that I was not meant to have a safety meeting before I climb WI5. I take way to long and end up a bit more paranoid about my screws.

Perhaps... can't think of anything else that is on Narcs scale in the one pitch ice area.

Trip: The Rockies - Many Date: 1/7/2007 Trip Report: So I did not put the trip up to Canada together that I had been planning on all fall semester so I put this together by the seat of my pants. It worked out really well with a couple of good friends and police along the way. I guess I just show some pics. Sorry if you don't like the B&W I just got a new camera. Bozeman, MT SLC, UT Lil Cotton Wood Cannyon Automatic Control Theory Backoff Jackson Hole, WY Pete at the Resort Pete taking advantage of a empty gondola View from top after hiking Glory on the pass Cody, WY Pitchs 1&2 of Broken Hearts My Only Valentine Gear Notes: An Ass load of gear. Approach Notes: Car Gas Card Maps Coffee

Bill did you guys do a route called black hole about a 100 yards left of straight shooter. If not I think it is a good a straight shooter.

I see that marcus was nice to you and didn't pound any pins allowing you to bring your nomics along. Nice work guys tearing it up.

pm AFIVE and if you are really nic he might help you out with some beta

If ice climbing becomes the nest bouldering I am going to shit my pants . Maybe this belogns is spary but it will get more attenion here. Does anyone know if it is a profession climber? If so which one? I saw it during the half time commerical of the Ohio state Florida Game, the ice climber was climbing ice that was shaped like a budweiser crown on the side of a dark mountian.

Crimson Criysilais. (I spelled that wrong and I am way to lazy to look it up)

So alaksa woudl be a good place to go? Ruth Gorge?

thought that they were supposed to shoot his ashes through a cannon that looks like a two thumb fist at his aspen ranch