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So according to that link you beat last year by one day. Sweet! Good way to start the season. Thanks again Aaron.

I think you got your CAMP crampons mixed up. I would totally use the nanotechs for steep ice...

My watch said -4 when we finished friday night...but then again I wasn't in the Ingalls area...

From the Grivel website :

Please people! That has to be one person who wants to climb ice...

I used to have the Petzl Darts and I used them for Water Ice cragging. I liked them a lot, except the back had the heel spurs which I found completely annoying. I sold them off with the intent to buy darts again for this winter. However I of course have been looking around some more...theres a lot of options! Rambo IV (rigid), M10 (adjustable), Cyborg (adjustable), CAMP Nanotechs (adjustable) and the Darts of course. The darts are the lightest...does anyone have experience with the Rambo's as strictly vertical ice crampons?

It was slippery in spots. Aslong as you pay attention to your footing its ok. I've seen it worse.

So today was my first day off from work in a while so I decided to get up into mountains and enjoy whatever was left of the snow. It was 38 degrees when I left the Stuart Lake TH at 11 am. It shows in the pictures! Most of the snow not on the north facing aspects were melting out by 4 pm. here are some pictures.... Dragontail and colchuck (stuart and sherpa looked the same aka snow on ledges): Last november's flavor of the month not quite in shape Snowy beach: Assgard Ice: Upper Enchantments:

For those who are interested: "This weekend only, from 5pm M.S.T. October 2 to 11:59pm M.S.T. October 4, all of our technical ice tools are on sale for 10% off. That's right all you alpinists, mixed craggers and ice climbers, the Cobra, Viper, Reactor and the all-new Fusion are on sale for the next two days." BD Fusion

I climbed Prusik last october in less than ideal conditions...some snow on the ground/route/slab crux and some of the cracks were iced up. However the majority of the route was climbable despite the aforementioned problems. If anything it would be a fun adventure. There really isn't that much technical climbing on the west ridge.

oh yeah. bring on the cold temps!~

ooohh. look at all those people with the new fusions. hopefully stone gardens has another seattle ice fest this year.

wtf. get a pilot job?

haha gear whore. Do one of those sets of tools need a home?

Looking to do something car to car on thursday. I would choose the stuarts since its close but I'm flexible. PM if intersted...

Nice. Even cooler that he did that with all my old roommate. Even funnier how Drew told me he wasn't going to take up alpine climbing. Must be unexpected just like the climb.

Does black diamond go to the hyalite ice breaker?

John, any word on when the bozeman ice fest is this year? Usually the weekend after thanksgiving right?

Notice any difference without the hammer/adze attachment?

Looks fun.l Whats it suppose to be rated? 5.??

Count me in on that one. Ice starts forming in late october right? yeaaaaaaaaah

I used to have the sabretooths. They're alright, no comparison for climbing alpine ice or water ice. Vertical front points really excel on those grounds. What to do you ask...? its all about the sarkens

I have these four days off and thanks to my odd work schedule my normal climbing partners can't make it. Pretty much looking to climb some alpine rock. Either long, traveres, link-ups, etc. I can lead up to 5.8/9 pretty comfterably. Competent on glacier travel, good experience in the mountains. I have some ideas, but send me a message if you're interested. Thanks. -Kevin

How is route-finding on that one? Straightforward enough? Yes, very straight foward. Jump on the ridge at the low spot near the toe and go up. We found the hardest climbing at 5.6 to be very low down when bypassing a gendarme/tower feature. For its grade it is one of the best alpine tours in the range IMHO. perfectly doable in August? I am getting tempted here... :-) You can look at my past TR. We did it last august and it was great. The hardest route finding was the descent! Awesome route.

This is terrible. You guys probably should not have admitted to this.