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I don't know if you were refering to my ankle breaking fall?? but for the record my partner did not burn his hands because he knows how to belay. the fall was my fault. DON'T MAKE UP BS INFO!!!!!!

In montana on granite peak 2 different parties have been hit by trundles that killed several people. MT passed a law outlawing trundling and the penalty is attempted manslaughter, or manslaughter. one person is on trial right now for it. F***ing hikers.

I love dykes!!!

that looks awesome, definitely on the updated tic list!!!! good job guys.

I'd go up right now and replace it, but i'm currently on the DL. less talk more action!! what are we going to do about this? lets contact the Washington Climbers Coalition @ http://www.washingtonclimbers.org and voice our concerns. everyone who climbs in washington should be a member of this, it's free to join and it's our LCO.

stick with the McNet rope wash!!!! works great and is designed specifically for ropes.

just free solo the damn thing.... you'll save a ton of weight without a rack and rope. you can't rap, but you can walk off like counterfeitfake said. I have faith in your abilities, although I probably have never met you.

that is the most resourceful group of bastard meth adicts that i have ever heard of.

truly amazing!!!!! congratulations!

Yeah, im pretty pissed off about the whole situation too!!! but after Vick is released from prison, he will need to get a job just like any other ex-con. the only rule he broke under the NFL's charter is gambling. I think he should be punished for the animal cruelty by the law, the NFL should punish him for the gambling.

soooo sick..... I almost puked. thats definitely on the tic list

oh, i can't wait for rocktober to come around in the voo!!!

wow, sounds scary. good job!!

congratulations. that is awesome, that was a full value trip!!! I'm glad to see that wayne finally made it to the summit, he's been there three times only to see his partners pussy out!!!! I need to get up there!!!

I have used the petzl ascensions and just bought the N-Force. I think the ascensions work good and smooth, but the N-Force does in fact feel more secure. I am happy with them because they are much more sheath friendly than the petzl/yates/HB/anyothers due to the angle of the teeth. People say that the N-Force is more harsh on the core of the rope, but when BD tested them to failure, the rope actually faired better than all the hardware!!! It's up to you, but the N-force are definitely awesome. and if you like to take pics when ice climbing you're probably going to jug an icy rope!!!!

OK, I don't think I can actually get my x ray up!!! I don't have it on me and it isn't in JPEG or JPG.

Trip: Prusik Peak - burgner stanley Date: 8/13/2007 Trip Report: AHHHH, what a trip. Jesse and I leave Monroe @ 5:30 on Monday morning for an attempt to attain the enchantment permit. 75 MPH over the pass gets us to the ranger station in leavenworth. 5 other parties had the same idea as us. We pull up and get the F**K off look from everyone there. Low and behold the ranger walks out. you can just feel the anticipation, hearts racing, andrenaline flowing. I throw my name in the hat and waaahhhhbaaaammmm, first one called, the mountain gods had an in for me. we took off to the trail head and away we go for three wonderful days!!! or so we thought? The hike in from the snow creek parking lot is absolutely beautiful and just gets better the higher you go. We reach lake vivian at about 3 and make camp, study the route, take the classic gnome tarn prusik pic, eat dinner and crash out. we get on the route at about 6:30. I start out on lead up the nice hand crack on the left of the chimney (awesome) and ended up leading all but the final pitch. I was in utter shock as to the quality of the route and it exceeded my expectations. The chockstone pitch was so fun. Then disaster struck; I was leading off above the chockstone and just before I got into that bastard of a chimney my foot came off (I don't know why) and I took a 15 footer and hit a ledge rolling my ankle. Jesse lowered me down, where we discussed retreat, My foot hurt pretty bad and i didn't have full range of motion anymore, stuffing it sideways in a crack was out of the question. I zealously wanted the summit and was not going down, so against Jesse's recomendation that we go down, I said "climbing" and started up the chimney (I hate that thing). I reached the top and told Jesse he had to lead the final pitch, He was psyched to do it and I was psyched not to lead it in my condition. Jesse summited and realized that he dropped his belay device somewhere? (thank God for the Munter hitch). we reached the summit and looked out over a glorious landscape, ate lunch, chilled for a bit and then rapped down. The descent was slow and painful for me but we reached camp at about 4. After we sat in camp for a bit, I went down to the frigid lake to ice my foot. After an hour of pondering my options I ruled out search and rescue (to save the embarrassment)and went back to camp and told jesse that we needed to leave tonight because I would not be able to walk in the morning. I taped it up with all our remaining tape, put my boots on, threw my 60 pound Naos on my back and started hobbling down. I cried my way to the upper snow lake and then willed myself all the way to the car @ 12:45 (Thank you Jesse). I got home at 2:30 and crashed out. I woke up to go to the doctor where i learned that i broke my foot and ankle and might need surgery!!!! So here i am sitting at the computer looking out towards Index wishing I was on the rock . Overall the goods of the trip outweighed the bad (I came away one bail biner richer). I can't wait to go back and do it again!!!!!!! Gear Notes: full rack a couple micros (larger C3s) cams .4-4 and double on #1-2 and stoppers. oh yeah you can't forget a sam splint!!!! Approach Notes: long and tiring.