Craig Pope

what about elk river falls, guys??? Oh, FA yesterday at Poe Asphalt between moscow/pullman. . .?? pretty sure it shaped within the last 4-5 days. hard and thin. posted allready. need help with another just to the left. harder thinner. sunday the 4th 10 am. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=24561&limit=last1

where on the palouse, looking to meet other climbers who have the time and desire to take full advantage of this awesome season.

Jamin, talking about true first ascents, check out Poe Asphalt at 10 am Sunday the 4th. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=24561&limit=last1 climbed the one on the right. hardest first ascent to date. would love to meed more local climbers. check it out.

what time of day did you back of Frenchmann?? just curious if it made a difference.

Trip: Highway 270, WA - "Death by Chocolate" WI 5+ M7 Date: 2/4/2007 Trip Report: Finally I got a first ascent!!! After getting kicked off the 'bouldering curtain' behind Shop-ko in Pullman, we (Lee Neer and I)found these two pieces of Ice hidden behind a new, (6 months old) Rock pit on the way back to Moscow. The climb on the left is for tomorrow morning as early as light will allow, and hopefully will be another successful F.A. The one on the right was option 'B', but looked safer, (relatively, lol), because it was not quite as overhanging as the left one. I'm just excited, sorry. . . .. . .pulling out of the cave scared the shit out of me, and the whole 'climbing on very brown ice' was totally foreign. The one nice thing about the beginning was the amount of 'hooking' available due to the heinously thin/new/overhanging ice, but it meant the burn held off till the end. . . .. . .now to work on some endurance. . . Going to get a couple of second opinions tomorrow, but as far as Big John (hyperspud sports), and I have figured it would go around WI 5+ // or M7-8 and I named it "Death by Chocolate", approx. 60-70ft. short, but oh so sweet. Pun intended. Going to pull a repeat and then a couple second ascents tomorrow morning and hopefully the left climb. . .hopefully. . . (Photos by Amanda Wiebush) CRAIGMAN Gear Notes: short screws approx. 5 and a BD spectre, (or 2), a couple small nuts, and a Trango 'ballnutz' size 3 if you care. Approach Notes: tomorrow