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Anybody know how to do this? I know there have been threads on this in the past, but I couldnt find 'em! Thanks

Cool! Quite the hidden gem!

I thought that soloist looked familiar! Glad to see you enjoyed the weather Mark!

Wish I could go, but I bet you'll have a blast! Maybe we can get together later this winter?

I am heading down there with some friends tomorrow. Not looking to add anyone else to our already large group, but maybe we'll run into you? Have fun!

Wow, no shit? Like, the same thing happened to me last summer at Castle Rock in L-worth. These mounties came up, threw their gear down right next to me and got ready to climb. But guess what? We talked for a few minutes, and they decided to climb around the corner, out of our way. Maybe that wasn't possible on this small section of climable ice you found, but when the dude asked if "you gonna be here all day?", you could have said, "no, but we are going to do a couple of laps before we leave". I'll bet they would have been fine setting up their TR's somewhere else. It sucks that they ruined the wilderness experience you were enjoying with your fiance, but they still gota get their training in, and they probably figured that they were less likely to disturb other climbers by going on a weekday. "If they were a group of climbers it would be one thing...." I have some good friends with the 10th MD, and they are actually pretty serious climbers.

New Cobra Tools

TC didn't look fun. The runnels had no ice, and the snow in the couloirs was bottomless fluff.

I've decided to upgrade my approach shoes this summer from New Balance running shoes to some sort or bona fide approach shoe. I'd like something lightweight, decent on 5th class rock, comfortable for running on trails, and of course stylish What do you use/like?

If you end up going, shoot me a pm and I'll trade ya a six pack for pictures of a certain peak.

Trip: Jabberwocky Tower - East Face Date: 12/30/2007 Trip Report: Sunrise at Camp 1 After a leisurely breakfast of cold cereal, fresh fruit, and strong coffee, we left our friends house in Leavenworth and headed up the Icicle. The Home Fires Bakery is no longer open, so it was with half full bellies and very full packs that we headed up the gated road leading to Stuart Lake Trailhead. We were soon cruising on fresh tracks, happily wondering if they would take us all the way to Colchuck Lake, or just to the cutoff. Well, they didn’t even stretch to the trailhead, and we were soon swapping trail breaking duties through disconcertingly deep snow. But the weather was nice, and the air cold, so spirits were high. We reached a nice camp on the south side of Colchuck Lake the next afternoon, and promptly headed up the Colchuck Glacier to check out routes on Dragontail north-westerly face. I never once saw the sun light up the face, and the air was quite cool, so none of the snow on the face had melted. So after giving up on our Plan B, Mark mentioned that Jabberwocky Tower could make a nice Plan C (or was it F). My brother Luke had been getting progressively sicker throughout our trip, and his misery-meter pegged out when we woke up the next morning. But he dug deep, and started leading us toward a large gully south of The Tower. The snow was nice and compact, in sharp contrast to the bottomless fluff on north-facing slopes, and we soon gained a notch below Jabberwocky’s east face. Luke coming up the gully Luke belaying Scott on first pitch My paper beat Mark’s rock, so I headed up the first pitch until stopped by a large rock teetering precariously directly in my path. I launched it off, freaked out Mark and Luke, and then continued up to a belay below the Final Headwall!! Luke following Mark enjoying the first pitch Crux Yee-Haw! Mark took the sharp end, fashioned some aiders, and mantled up onto the summit! Luke and Mark on Top Luke on Summit On the hike out, north of the lake, we discovered a sweet wall with discontinuous ice lines across its breadth. Mark led a cool line, and then we did some top-roping before hiking out. Defiantly has “destination crag” potential. Great weather and awesome partners! Mark was a great teacher, and was upbeat, and funny. Luke had a big heart, and kept persevering. I love going to the mountains with both of ‘em!

Last summer I dabbled in speed enchaintments, and linked three fun routes in the Ingalls Lake/Enchantments area. What are some of your favorite link ups, and some of the most sought after enchainments?

Cool! Fun pictures!

Check out this link to the new movie "300", and see Twight inflict pain upon Hollywood softies. Just go the film clip for "Spartan Training" Get Some!

Good info, thanks ya'll! Have you ever been filled with envy after hearing about some local climbers succeeding on a particularly challenging route, be it a waterfall, or a mountain? I know I have, and inevitably I begin to ponder the preparations that they made, and my chances of success on a similar route. When it comes to groping a wintry summit, technical skillz and luck may play even bigger roles than fitness, but I wonder how successful winter climbers measure up on a fitness scale…. It would be cool to see a section in certain trip reports that details how the climbers trained for their route, and how many (insert favorite exercise here) they could do in (insert absurdly fast time here).

Forget the Olympics, and hike the Enchantments instead. 20 mile loop hike, with beautiful forests, lakes, bone-white granite spires, and big mountains. Located about 2 hours east of Seattle, and easily feasible in a day.

Looks cool, good luck!

Recently in an accident that inflated airbags, cracked the windshield, and dented the front bumper. Car runs fine though, but restoring it to a "safe" driving condition would cost more than the cars worth. Would make a great parts car, or a mountain vehicle if you replace the windshield and dont mind driving without airbags. $400 PM if interested.

Great Show JoJo! It was nice to meet you and all those northwest climbing greats. And I couldn't believe almost 200 people braved the storm to come and see your show

Yesterday I made the mistake of picking up the latest Alpinist instead of studying for my final Good issue, but where is the freakin coverage of Colin and Jed Brown's Mt Moffit climb?

Good one Jens

Yeah, I think he's still doing well. Your right, he is a great guy, very humble and still amazingly strong. I remember once I was taking an out of shape client down the Nisqually glacier, and Phursumba Sherpa was going to meet us at the trail and escort the climber down so I could get back to the rest of the group. We started down alittle early, figuring we would have to wait for Phursumba at the rendevous. But nope, he was already there, with a big pack and an even bigger smile.

with favorable avy conditions, Granite Mountain makes a fun and open snowshoe or ski.

"Maybe I can blame in on the fact that I this was my first time in to Colchuck Lake..." Not a stalker, but a fan of both your writing and your climbs. Your Curtis Ridge and Gunsite climb were both super inspiring, maybe next summer I'll get up them also!

Hi John! I saw you at Mark Westman's slide show on Wenesday, but I was too shy to come up and say howdy Based on your previous posts, I'm guessing those five climbs are: DC - Rainier Backbone Ridge-Dragontail Serpentine Ridge-Dragontail Triple Couloirs-Dragontail Colchuck Glacier-Dragontail Am I right? What about the rest of you who are getting close to ticking them all, which routes do you have left?