penoyar

Coming down from Lena Lakes a few weeks ago after skiing the Brothers, we encountered a middle-aged man in nothing but a cheetah thong and Chacos. He was immaculately tan, shaven, overweight and glistening with cocoa butter. We paused, he paused, long pause. "How's the snow?" he asked. "Pretty good," we say. "Great," he says, "I think I'll go check it out." And he continued up the trail. He must be an advanced sun-bather, now requiring glacial reflection to achieve his bronzing.

did the first 11 pitches this past weekend and they were all dry. water is definitely around, and sometimes a challenge to keep your rap ropes out of, but the climbing is all dry. of note, we had a few projectiles whiz past us at extreme speeds. one small one hit my partner in the helmet and exploded (the rock, not the helmet). Our fault for starting at noon with two parties above us, but man, if I were to do it again, I would definitely want to be the first party. it's about impossible to ascend and rappel without launching a few heat-seekers straight down the route.

Hi all, I was seconding the first 5.8 crack of Aries on GNS today (Saturday the 12th) and was unable to free the green Alien my partner placed in a small horizontal. Whether this was due to my lack of a nut tool (I know, I know, the only part of a second's rack that matters) or me being a sissy, we'll probably never know. Anyway, we finished out the pitches and when we rapped down an hour later it was gone. Anyone grab it? And feel like returning it? There's a frothy reward... tom

as of april 1, everything is open. i climbed there march 31 to april 2, and got ok'd by the rangers to access everything. edit: there still is the 300-yard rule. I don't know all the specs, but I think it says not to climb within 300 yards of an active nest. I didn't see any nests, raptors, or signs pointing to nests.

check your PM, will be around next 2 weeks