islandclimber

little thing??? that's enormous... i only wish... oh well

I actually quite enjoy the new vertical ice dancing. Some pretty gnarly wipeouts tho. Pretty Xtreme.

orange stihl chainsaw suspenders are where it's at! just sew buttons on regular pants and then attach for sick steez. You don't even have to wear them up, they look pretty rad up or hanging off your ass. So 2006 tree faller style.

i have the Alpha SL. It's superlight and I have had it for a year of climbing now without any problems or damage done to it. Still keeps the water out quite well. It doesn't breathe any better than most hardshells so if you are at all overdressed under it you get somewhat damp or wet. I personally like softshells more but it depends on the use. The pacific northwest is just a little bit wet usually and this jacket does do the trick as a rainshell at well under a lb (but then again so do cheap and light rainshells). Get a lightweight hardshell for when it's nasty and a softshell as well for when it isn't soaking wet out.

I climbed all summer on just nuts, hexes, and tricams. I climbed Culberts Route on Mt. Colonel Foster on Vancouver Island with all passive (5.8 1100m). The rock there is terrible for pro but tricams worked alright in places. I love the small sizes of tricams. They work great. I fell 15 ft onto the pink one when I was in Ireland on a E2 5C (about 5.10d) crack. It held fine. They place alot faster than hexes too. I just got a set of DMM 4cus and found they are quite a bit more convenient, but the tricams are nice as your second set of cams in the small sizes. That way you just have to double up in the bigger sizes.

Anyone know if anything up that way on the swiss wall/ or aldergrove wall is formed up... It's been really warm the last while. I saw a post about climbing there on Jan 22 but it's warmed up even more since then if that's possible. Just wondering if it will still be in??

Boston Falls on Vancouver Island is in. Has been climbable for about a week and a half now. On the far left of the climbs "stranglers tea party" (WI 3)with decent ice. Next to it, the broad ice face of 100meters is in for the first half but with a vertical curtain of about 20ft above that raises it to WI4 from it's usual laid back WI3. Plus you have to rap off the top of the curtain as no ice on the last 30ft above. The lower pitch of "Boston falls" and "Shrapnel Chute" is in and thick. "Boston Falls" upper pitch WI4+ is in though a little thin, especially on the 30 ft upper curtain. And "Shrapnel Chute" upper pitch WI3 is in but hard to exit at the top and as well with a 8ft long constriction to about 1 ft wide half way up. New mixed routes are in and nice as well. Climbed "Shrapnel Chute" and the WI4 unnamed ice face saturday.

yeah i'm not surprised it never formed up. Have to be pretty damn cold for a couple weeks. Where is it on the north side? Maybe this will be the winter it gets cold enuf. Not likely though. I'm going backcountry snowboarding at seymour tomorrow so i will see if De Pencier Bluffs has anything formed up but not likely. haha.

It's snowing and around 0 on Burnaby Mtn. Pretty sick. Must be getting cold in the coast mountains. Here comes the ice.

Anyone want 2 tickets to Thrice, My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive on December 10 in Vancouver at the PNE Forum. Will sell for $60 obo for the pair.

Anyone know what the conditions are like up slesse and rexford right now?

Cool. Thank you.

Thanks for the info. Do you know if the seracs will still be in condition to climb at Baker or will the avalanche danger be to bad? Is there any good alpine ice around Baker right now do you think? Thanks again.

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Anyone know if Pan Dome or Table Mtn. (Death Picnic, etc.) have formed up yet? Or anything else near Baker? Thanks.