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  1. Because myself and a few other of my girlfriends felt the same way, there is a solid group of us up here in Bellingham getting out in the backcountry together. We've got some tentative hut trips in B.C. planned this January and February. PM if you want to make your way up here sometime. Girls are so much more fun to ski with! Then we make the mandatory stop for bigdrink.gif drinking. fruit.gif

  2. Anybody knows what condition the WR couloir on Forbidden is in? Planning to attempt it next weekend (Aug 20).

    Will be taking crampons and ice axe. Anything else necessary this time of the year (screws)?

     

    If the couloir is out of shape, can we climb rock/choss on its side? If yes, which side?

    What would you rate this alternate approach as?

     

    Any info would be much appreciated smile.gif.

     

    As of last Thursday the little snow bridge at the top of the couloir to the rock was just about to melt out, I wouldn't be surprised if it's gone by now. Crampons and ice axe are suffice for the route- no screws necessary. The rap rings/stations are all straight forward and obvious. As I was descending the couloir in the dark (climbed E. ridge), I didn't get a good look at alternate options- but from what I experienced, it would be somewhat loose/choss rock in places and not very well protected. Hope that helps!

  3. If it were more focused on that (age) instead, some might look at it in a different light. On her website and in the news the focus seems to be a lot on the ADD part , which I think is a bit much. Yes, it's a disability, but to me if someone climbed Everest with actual limiting physical handicaps, the emphasis on that would be more appropriate.

  4. When you try this stuff, you realize just how nice it would be to climb with half ropes. You have more options.

     

    After I spent a few hours practicing these scenarios with a single rope, I thought about this same thing. Next time I'll try it with half ropes! This is something every climber should practice and know how to do- I feel foolish for not learning sooner, but better late than never!

  5. Guaymas. GO TO GUAYMAS. The BEST Mexican food. I could eat there everyday. I think it's technically Burlington, but I don't know. But the food rockband.gif Veggie burrito with black beans. Yum.

    Always a good stop on the way back from Erie to the Ham.

  6. Pic taken by Andy on a 4-pitch climb I can't remember the name of.

     

    From what I've heard, the only buildings left standing are the ones with the red-tile roofs in the center, and they will most likely turn Phi Phi Island back into a nature reserve. The diving was AWESOME on Bida Ley and Bida Nok, a 30-minute boat ride from Phi Phi. thumbs_up.gif

  7. Incredible story. Myself and two other friends were there in November. I met some wonderful Thai people and other tourists, and it's very sad to think that they are probably gone. The Thai livelihood is just totally destroyed (although I hope that in rebuilding they can also find a way to live more sustainably and not have to depend so much on tourism)

     

    The right is Ton Sai Bay, I can't remember the other beach.

    This is what it used to be:

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  8. i went up the road last summer and had a bear sneak up on our tent- wasn't really in the mood for that again. the apron parking lot sucked moon.gif

     

    all the campsites were gated wazzup.gif i know it's 'off-season' but you wouldn't have known it from saturday, both chief and smoke bluff parking lots were totally full

  9. while up there saturday night we noticed some 'lights' on the apron when it got dark (to the right of snake)- we couldn't tell what the heck it was- glow in the dark slings? ice? aliens climbing at night? we slept in my car in that parking lot, and after a few hours, they went away. the 'lights' never moved, so i know it wasn't climbers with headlamps, and they were spaced out like pro and/or bolts. we just guessed it was the moonlight reflecting on something... anyone? confused.gif

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