Plaidman

Right on! I will rest for now. But the mind never sleeps. I think another adventure is forming!

Thanks you guys. I am glad I know WHY I climb. One thing I am seeing everyday is what great friends I have!

Thanks for sharing. It is magical.

Maybe you could work on one armed pull ups. I always wanted to do that. Mend soon my friend. I feel your pain.

Thanks Bill! It was an adventure for sure. I am tired now. I think I will rest.

You must have nerves of steel. I would have been dumping a load in my pants. I really want to get out there to get on that stuff. Looking now at current conditions report as of 1/11/12. Cody Ice Conditions

I hear the one to get at Cody is Mean Green. Pitch 5 may be a problem. Mean Green Cody WY

You guys did great. Just throwing in a little something. Your method seemed to work and I was not there. So I will shut up now. Rock on dudes!

Great job getting on that stuff. Cody is on the top of my list. That cord looks a little thin on your V-thread. I like to use webbing instead of cord. It may not cut through the ice as easy. That may be stupid. The spray masters will probably flick me crap about this. The holes need to be nearly 8 inches apart. What was the distance between the holes on your V-thread? I am not giving you a hard time. It is just that those V-threads are way freaky rapping off of. Just trying to keep us all alive and share the wealth. V-thread Chime in now all.

I am watching!!!! FREEZE DAMN YOU FREEZE!! The Gorge is such a fickle thing.

I don't like stones in my soup. It hurts my teeth.

Here is a pic of Hamilton on the Washington side of the Gorge.

Too dark to take photos tonight on the way home. The falls in the west are in better than the eastern falls. I am going to look at Crown Jewel in the morning the left side looked thick. Mist may be in. Ainsworth was looking wild. And Gathering Storm could be in but have to look closer. I will post pics from the investigation tomorrow.

Too late now! It's past your half hour time limit. Let us know how Cody goes. That is my next destination for ice after seeing the climbing ranger at City of Rocks show slides of Cody. Have fun!

Right on Wayne!! Way to get after it. Bring some of that ice down this way. It looks like I will have to travel to get any this year.

I am glad someone is getting ice. I'm stuck in the gorge!

Ivan didn't trash the place with party balloons. I don't know what he was talking about. I plan on getting the rope. Ivan can speak for Ivan but I left out the rope information on purpose because I plan on retrieving it. I don't leave trash and if there was any I would have picked it up. And I do take offense.

Thanks dude. It was hard to get, but was worth the effort. Especially getting a new line up that bad bastard.

Nice trip report dude. Thanks for going with me. It sure made it a lot more fun. It really is a cool summit!

It sure was a good show Fred put on here in Portland. He even signed my ice ax.

That will help his head when he is leading that 5.10 crux!!

Climb at Beacon Rock. We still have a few good days. Today was awesome. Learn to build anchors. A lot of the anchors at Beacon are bolted but learn to build gear anchors too.

Here are a few that are near The Dalles. Tottering Tower The Bump The Bump looking west Apollo Column Rick McDonald sitting in the notch at base Apollo Column defined Hiking to The Bump Geoff Silverman after leading Fire Spire Fire Spire was the best rock out of the group of spires so far.

This is going to be a great slide show. Be there or be square. Or some other shape.

Yeah! Thanks Geoff for making your pad available. Brad thanks for sharing those great shots and stories. Jim's slide show was the funniest thing that I have see and heard in a long time. Not that the slides where funny. It was the running commentary from the audience. You guys really didn't hold anything back. That had to be one of the best slide shows EVER!!!!!