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More of this shit? Please spare us...... Style points = not bragging about it

Look at Spire Climbing Center in Bozeman, Mt. Rad little gym with about half the membership base coming from Montana State University students. They know how to do business!

Wow, good honor "Anonymous 99". Glad you're alive. Walking out on a broken ankle really sucks!

Fischer Chimney to hourglass looks pretty fun yet easy.

Right on boys! Sounds a little different from the ice and neve we experienced a few weeks ago. There is no way in Hell I would want to be high on that exposed face in waist deep snow! Way to know your limit.

Blue sky and sending temps at Index too..... minus the crowds You should come up for a sunday through tuesday when the weather's good. I live 15 minutes away from it.

Sorry I didn't get a hold of you Bryan. Did you get out at all?

That looks like Spencer to me!

Good goin boys! We saw you guys on it while we were descending the glacier. You must've had a late start, I think it was 3:00pm when we saw you low on the route. Looks better in your pictures than it does from the glacier. Good conditions on that peak last weekend for sure.

Ade, you should check out the ice lines listed in the Washington Ice guide as "rumors of ice" on the Shuksan arm. There were a few lines that were in, many potential lines too given more flow. Sorry no pics though.

Nice job! a couple of pics look different from what we saw on Sunday. Crazy how much that face changed in only one day.

Right on guys, glad you made it up with those enormous packs. cool pics! NW coulior was definitely in.

About 17 hrs

Trip: Mt. Shuksan - North Face Date: 1/26/2009 Trip Report: On Sunday, January 25th my friend Eric and I climbed the North Face of Shuksan. Judging by the previous inversion and the forecasted temps to be very cold up high we thought this would make for a good ice/neve route. We left the car at 1:00am and botched the approach somehow. Arrived at the base of the climb just before sunrise where we brewed some water and studied our route. Temps had to be in the single digits, but we were fine. The top of the col between the face and the White Salmon was a posthole sufferfest. Here we met two parties of skiers going to attempt the face as well . Once we passed the schrunds, conditions turned to low angle alpine ice and then hard neve. The climbing on the face was easy and alot of fun, we didn't rope up . The top out onto the glacier was loose jumbled rock frozen together. We descended the White Salmon and found the most variable conditions ever (2" breakable sun crust, wind slab, pow, and ice) making it a real slog. At the bottom of the valley there was a gargantuan avy debris field that took a long time to stumble through. The hike back uphill to the truck really really sucks after a long day. A great climb with a great partner on a gorgeous day. Eric had the camera maybe he'll post a pic or two, or you can just go see for yourself. Gear Notes: Simul soloed. Skis would have been nice for the descent. Approach Notes: From the White Salmon Lodge take the left cat track for about a half mile to a Y. Take the left and descend down an obvious clearcut to the White Salmon Creek. Stay on North side of valley until you reach the face.

Damn Rudy, looks like I passed off some of my awesome karma to you! Sorry to hear about this dude. Good luck.

go for it.

back to work tomorrow.

-HELLO DAWG FANS! Its a little late but it is hillarious. An angry Hitler about the Dawgs last place finish. [video:youtube]

Glad to see old Carocciolo is climbing strong again!

Congrats Bryan! Thats been on my list for a while. No Juvenile Delinquents

Better skip class if you really want it back, the new meth van across the street might steal it. What did it get stuck on?

I contemplated this but wasn't sure. However, due to insane wind I decided my objective for the day would be to avoid as much actual slab climbing as possible. I chose to stick to the trees instead. I can't believe DNR is going to take out the bridge. This would really hurt access not only for us but for some classic hikes in the area. The actions of the DNR are very similar to the original access plan proposal in Hyalite Canyon (reservior/access/ignorant officials). The hostility towards recreational groups which MattP talks about is understandable. I grew up in Sultan and frequented the Sultan Basin for hikes and such, my lingering impression of the area is that it is a dump and dangerous (garbage and shooting). The City of Everett and Snohomish County Sheriff have really cleaned the area up in recent years. Are there any other user groups we can associate with in protest ie. hikers? Or Is it already too late to do something about this plan?

Why minimize future blowouts if the road is abandoned and it's 100+ yards to the river on a low angle slope? Rat, if you haven't noticed, there is a huge dam on the Sultan River making it impossible for fish to reach the north and the south forks of the Sultan. It was clear to Argus and I that these were made to keep people out and it was money terribly spent. An indestructable gate at the entrance would have been more relevant in keeping deuschbags dumping garbage out. On another note, Lost Charms is a cool route. Note to self: wind makes slab climbing really scary.

That's where everyone who gets off-route goes off-route at. It didn't seem too difficult when we were there, you just needed to head up and right on the slabs and then back left so you put yourself 100' above your belayer. It's more of a gully than a chimney. Sounds like a full on adventure for ya!

Effin sick man! Who'd you partner with? Lets see a TR.