mountainsloth

ben your TR read almost exactly like my last two trips out to l-town i.e. the same routes. good stuff!

solid work as usual dan. any glimpses at the north ridge? wondering how long I have to wait before my Spring attempt at it.

cool. the tree route is a fun easy outing. I often use it to introduce newbies to multi-pitch climbing. I know nothing of the stump. must be one of the tasty new routes out there. What piece of rock is it on? pics?

rock on dudes! Cheers to the photographer.

peter croft, conrad anker, solar flare, incredible hulk

in no way would i use this as a toprope anchor, but i did use this as a rap anchor and felt pretty sketched out by it. you can find it on white slabs of snow creek wall

dumb shits! ::

i recommend having a few back-up plans in case the weather and snow is crap. Find some other mountains, or easier routes up Rainier. I had an attempt last year mid-May and was at the tail end of one storm and the beginning of another. We were wallowing through up to 3 feet of snow on one of the easier routes up the mountain.

holy moly! cool!

i think we need to get a fan club for slab. There seem to be a small amount of us.

mt pilchuck?

yea, what Ivan said. Good work escaping death and learning a bit more about the mountains hands on. Don't worry about the missed summits. In the winter, my summit rate is somewhere below 50%. The cascades are tough, especially in the winter.

cool!

i am interested in getting on some rock this weekend. I lead 5.10/11 sport and 5.9/5.10 trad and have a full rack. Saturday looks best.

i might be interested depending on when you want to climb it. I might also be interested in Rainier. send me a PM.

great choice of video tuneage!

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adventure is the name of the game. keep dreaming big kid. mistakes are good as long as you live and learn. get a flashlight for your bike!

i want a granite cliff of that quality within biking distance of my house! where's the pics?

the one thing missing in my rack is something to protect flares and pockets. that is where the tri-cams and/or offset cams/aliens come in. I will probably go with tri-cams for pockets because they are cheaper, but having some offset cams for flares is quite nice. it just depends on the route you are climbing.

i liked it. the drama with the journalist was a little forced, but it was something i could take the misses to and we both enjoyed it. the climbing scenes were pretty spot on. movies in general are all about expectations. i went into it realizing that it was a "hollywood-esque" film and so expected some hokey themes.

i love that valley!

crazy! what an adventure! way to find a steep line all to yourself!

thanks for the info!

sweet! i was thinking about IB last weekend