Jeepenfool95

Chad, Dave, Yeah, I know what you mean half the folks here at work are coughing and hacking, Aaaaaackk!!! we all have bird flu. Anyway, I'm hoping I'll feel better soon, I really wanted to go and climb tomorrow, but if I have to wait till wednsday I can, I think the temps will hold for a few more days. Plus, I've been looking for new Ice partners, since my buddy who "pardon the pun" showed me the ropes, past away this last summer. He was a tough old goat, but he wasn't tougher than a heart attack. Anyway, he took me back east once, and the ice out there was phenominal. Hope to go back one of these days. I have yet to climb in the gorge, where do you usually go when the Ice is in? I have a portland climbing guide, but it is vague at best.

David, Chad, I got hit by the bug last night While I was sleeping, So I will be sleeping tomorrow in the AM to try and shake this thing. However Wednseday may be doable, I just found out last night that I'm supposed ot be wathcing my girlfriends kids this week, so I have to figure out how to get rid of them to climb on Wednseday. I also have a Jeep, a great big wrangler, that likes to eat trail.

Hello All, I'm in the portland area and I'd love to hit the gorge Ice, iether Sunday, MOnday, or Wednseday. I have my own gear, including 14 ice screws. I'm an intermidiate climber, I can lead WI3, probably WI4 if I had to. My who was very experienced said I was a natural. Looking for someone experienced to climb with this weekend and the rest of the season. I'd really like to go out to New Hampshire and climb aorund Mt. Washington again too.

The roman wall part was fine, it was the traverse across the snowfield and the rap down to the anchor in snow that was up to my chest. I'm glad to hear you were bale to lead it, I wouldn't have the day we were there, the ice was thin, and wet, and I don't think a screw would have held a fall. I would like to climb it again.

I Climbed Pan Dome about a month ago, and it was thin then. TR it if your going to climb it. Of course setting up the Top Rope isn't the safest thing in the world iether.

Since I put up that crazy top rope, I wanted to add a little beta for anyone going up there in the future. Coming off the switch back above the roman wall is sketchy, you'll need your axe to get up the short icy section. The traverse across the snow field to the big tree is good. A two rope rapell will take you all the way down to the anchor. Also be sure to rappel to the right side of the anchor, the left side makes it harder to actually work with the anchor, lot of roots in the way.