mountainmatt

In Nepal they call it Sherpa oxygen. While trekking over there, I here stories of various Sherpas lighting up at very high altitudes, claiming that it helped them climb better.

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We headed up the first weekend in June 2007. We had huge clouds move in over the top of us on the summit, but the ice was in good shape for the section above thumb, and the crevasse travel was straight forward for the approach/descent. Have fun!

Nothing German could be bad... D4S-hCMcFYY

Hmmm.. let me take a guess. You were at Vantage this weekend complaining that the "wildlife" was being disturbed. I was also upset that all the rattlesnakes were being scared away.

Heads up for anyone that wants to try CTD: The hanger on the top of CTD has been hammered flat (not sure how recently this happened). But with the rest of the rock up there being typical vantage choss, its pretty hard to set a TR on now. If you want it, you might just have to bust out the RPs

I was flipping through my guidebook last night, and it said that Yodemeister is only a 10a. I assume this is a misprint when you are comparing it to CTD and RMMs?

Your pictures are just great! Way to go

I just love the comments on the shirt: Tom12 says... My cawk grew 3 inches ever since i bought this bad ass shirt now my girl cant get enough of my 4 inch penis.

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Just a quick note on this route. Positive side: First off, there are several really good pitches in the route that make this a worth while outing. The negatives: The route is safely bolted except for a few runout pitches (which although dangerous, are not that bad because they are 5.1). However, pitches 16 and 17 are just retarded. I did the route last weekend and nearly got killed by a rock. After raping to the ledge, I sat in the most secure spot I could find (no way to secure myself) and proceeded to pull the ropes. At some point a large rock came off and came about 10 feet from hitting me in the head and taking me off the lower 16 pitches. After that, I still had the ~100 feet of soloing back to the anchors over loose terrain. I am not a fan of over bolting, but this is dumb as hell. I would never do the route again without rebolting that section. Even if you are a skilled climber, you can still die on this route due to the poor choices of the first accentionist.

Nice work up there. But realize that its not really complete until you bring a little mini car with you.

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A friend of mine nearly stepped on a large rattle snake, but I never saw any.

Was up at Tieton last weekend and a group of six accidently picked up my guide book when they were taking off. It was brand new so I hadn't written my name in it or anything. If you happen to find it, please PM me. Thanks

Trip: Darrington - Exfoliation Dome - Blueberry Date: 5/12/2007 Trip Report: Chad and I met up on Friday, grabbed some beer and headed out to camp up in Darrington. We got up early the next morning and headed to the trailhead. After my last attempt, I was convinced to not get destroyed by the approach this time. We followed the beta from my last attempt and we were able to walk right up to the granite slabs in about 30 minutes, and 30 more to get to the base of the route. Besides some route finding issues on pitch 4 (head to the right set of cracks) the route went fine up to the terrace (all of the pitches were dry). After relaxing for awhile, we decided to try the final three pitches to the top although we had little information about them. We headed to the far left side to a set of anchors, and started up, first traversing to the left and then angeling back to the right to the top. The first pitch was mostly clean, but the remaining 3 were mostly covered in trees, moss, and dirt. We tried to get more to the left, and although clean, there was no gear anywhere. We topped out with the last pitch ending 20 feet from the summit. Due to bad weather, we didn't spend much time on the summit and headed to the ~12 rappels down the east side (see notes). Green Giant Buttress 3'O-clock rock Ahhh the joyous approach This beats bushwhacking any day Chad on the granite slabs Starting up pitch 3 Chad on pitch 4 Relaxing on the terrace Gardening anyone? On one of many raps... Gear Notes: Rack to 4", some slings are nice for the trees. Gardening tools if you do the wrong finish like we did. Approach Notes: The granite sidewalk is dry enough to walk without major difficulty. Note on descent: The initial 5 or so rappels are best done with a single 60m rope. The last rappel before the major ledge is about 20 feet short of the next set of anchors requiring some scrambling or the use to two 60m lines. The remaining rappels are double 60m rappels. The very last rappel is also about 20 feet short, but easily down climbed.

Nice work!

Looks like a great route! How did Exfoliation Dome look?

Go find out for yourself, buddy. Route doesn't exist anymore. Prove it fucko

Troll...

He also has an attitude that is for sure. Watched him climb some 12 at a rock gym in Denver. He started skipping clips and fell near the finish and nearly decked.

Buy a #2 and #3. If you have some left over cash, start getting aliens or metolius tcus for the smaller cams. Repeat as needed for bigger projects...

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I found a couple of old HB helmets, but I can't find them for sale in the US. Anyone?