brian_m

Nice climb guys. I am glad to hear that you went back in and finished the route. It was fun hanging out at 5400' camp last week chatting on your way out. Colin... see you in AK next month.

My thoughts to her family and friends in their time of loss.

pm bigbro... he needs to get out climbing more often. You might have to drag him away from his studies... but it's ok. He needs some time away from the books.

Bibler Bombshelter!

boy, all that hiking sure sounds like fun. makes me want to go climbing.

It was great to meet you John! The weather was too good to pass up a day off from work. Nice climb.

Don't listen to this guy... I hear he doesn't even climb. He is an accountant... that has a spray problem. I think he also posts on ratemypoop.com :-)

Don't go into Seattle. Go climb at Vertical World Redmond! Quality bouldering, many new routes for TRing and leading. Clean gym, great staff!!!

Nope. Not really... other than your minimal improvement in fitness from the hiking/climbing workouts. But, the acclimatization that you are hoping for (ie: increased # of red blood cells, improved oxygenation, etc...) takes longer to happen than it sounds like you will be in CO.

Roll up Solar Panel... talk about trades... people with battery eating digital cameras will trade just anything to borrow a few hours of charging time.

sorry todd... after looking at all the details and spending time in both bags... had to go with the Marmot Col EQ. The FF hood is very small and even when cinched, just doesn't cut it. I like to bury my eyes in my hood to block out the midnight sun in AK; Marmot has a super deep hood. The vertical midsection baffles are nice too.

pm sent.

Was just up there 2 days ago. Avy danger was "relatively" low. Most of the upper layers had consolidated well during the recent rain and warm weather. I used snowshoes on the upper slopes which made the going pretty easy. Lower trail portions (in the trees) were fine without snowshoes and made for easy travel.

Yeah Scott... life is rough. I'll put up some pics if anyone can go. Usually I post these and end up going hiking cause no one can ever get out of their jobs.

Anyone got some time off? Leave Sunday morning, back by Tuesday evening... lets go get some.

Great pics! Thanks for the stoke and motivation to finish the last month of training hard before my trip North.

I have used the MontBell Thermawrap with the hood for a while now. It is very warm for its weight and more compressible than anything else on the market (synthetic). In my opinion... it is the best insulation layer for the cascades for 4-season use.

Nice Climb Mizuki!!! Glad to hear you got some good alpine in this weekend!

Where do you live?

Relax a bit. The poor guy was just asking a question. No need to be a dick.

When? How about April 20th-June 2nd? Are you intersted in a trip into the Ruth then?

So far I have been unable to convince my usual partners to take time off for this trip. So, here I am posting a partners thread. Interested? I have never been to the Ruth before and really just want to get in some climbing before I head into Kahiltna in May. I have always wanted to climb the Moose's Tooth. Please don't waste my time replying to this post if you can't get time off. I plan on leaving Seattle on April 19th or 20th and have to be back to Anchorage on May 2nd. Brian

Nice video Scott! Way to immortalize our trip on the www. Now, that the warm ups are done... we can move onto those awesome FWA's... and some good "sh***g whipping"!

So, the bar has been set. Pretty high I might add. Nice job guys.

Here are some selected pics from my camera: Brian_m Tr'ing mixed line in Haffner CBS leading WI3 ice in Haffner Jason approaching anchors below the third pitch of Snivelling Gully, Weeping Wall. Jason rapping from Snivelling Gully Jason leading first pitch of Professor Falls Jason and Petr following third pitch of Professors. They towed the ropes that the fourth and fifth climber would climb on while the next pitch was being lead... this process was very efficient and allowed us to keep up with a party of two climbing ahead of us. Argggh matey... Scott, the pirate leading out on the final pitch of Professors Canmore local, Petr, following up to the cave beside the final pitch of Professors. Petr rapping off Professors For more pics from the trip, check out: http://picasaweb.google.com/brianmass/CanmoreIceFeb07