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  1. dear god i want new ice tools. i look at reviews about the new fusions and nomics and cobras and vipers... shit i want em. climbed the vipers in hyalite and they were great to climb on. then again im swingin salvaged picks on some old BD Shrikes. very grateful to have tools of my own to swing, but fuck.... i want some new ones. yes im drunk and yes i did just say butt fuck.

  2. i do agree that these plb/mlu's offer a false sense of security. if im wearing it and brown stuff hits the whirly thing, then its my get out of jail free card right?

     

    sure it will help in certain situations but this opens a big door for possibility of people going further than they should when conditions are bad etc... and expecting that they will get rescued.

     

    i am a pilot and on aircraft we legally have to fly with an elt. thats fine and dandy but one thing i have learned over the years from reading accident reports and though all the aviation classes i have taken, the likely hood of rescuers (SAR, CAP, Law Enforcement...) is alot lower than one would expect and i believe it is very important to expect these things to actually NOT work and be conservative with youre actions.

  3. Its been an amazing year.

    -over 100 pitches

    -First alpine ice - NE buttress Chair Peak

    -First Ice lead - Strobach

    -Indian Creek - Spring Break

    -Kor Ingalls Route - Castleton Tower

    -Made it to 19,600 on Denali via the Muldrow Glacier route

    -Flailed in Eldorado S.P.

    -Amazing climbing in sinks canyon WY

    -Hyalite

    -More ice

     

    damn good 2009

  4. i was on denali's muldrow glacier this past summer with NOLS and another student ended up getting frostbite on one of his big toes. this was preceeded by him getting sick moving up to 15,000 feet which may have been attributed to dehydration, then ended up vomiting and not drinking much water during the ascent which deffinatly resulted in dehydration. im guessing dehydration was a major factor. he was wearing kolfach plastics with stock liners.

  5. Trip: Coleman Creek Canyon, Ellensburg - FA: Coleman Falls WI3

     

    Date: 12/13/2009

     

    Trip Report:

    More Good ice near Ellensburg!

     

    Today Craig Gyselinck, Denise Gyselinck And I drove up Coleman Creek Canyon just north of Kittitas to climb Coleman Falls which ive been scouting for a little while.

     

    mostly dry roads and Quick approach lead to great ice.

     

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    Denise on the approach

     

     

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    Conor Byrne on the FA of Coleman Falls

    Photo by Craig Gyselinck

     

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    Craig attempting the Mixed Chimney at the top

     

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    The view from the top

     

     

    Approach Notes:

    Drive Cooke Canyon Road north of Kittitas to the T. Take Left. Drive 3.6 Miles. take right hand turn. go over hill, under power lines untill odo says 4.9. park in large turnoff. descend slope traversing right to obvious gully.

  6. i clipped two separate leashes from the front of the sled to the stabilizer straps on my pack. (the adjustable straps that connect the body of the pack to the waistbelt). the next thing is important... give your self enough slack so that the leashes take the sleds weight, then take your rope going back to your partner and clip through caribiner on top of sled. then clove hitch rope to carabiner on the top aft of sled. this allows your partner behind you to pull sled back if it noses into a small crevasse, and also allows your partner behind to help take a little of the weight and keep the sled from going down too far on traverses.

  7. Snow is On the way!

     

    these boots are from a couple seasons ago. only ridden for one season. i love the boots but my snowboard got broken and i ended up switching back to my skis and tele gear.

     

    $40

     

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    in like new shape. these boots have BOA lacing system, and warm easy to adjust liners.

     

    i live in Ellensburg, and will be back in seattle this weekend

     

    Conor

    206-719-5689

  8. Rock Climbing Walls by Brewers Ledge

    Known for their revolving Climbing Wall's and quality products.

     Treadwall. Revolving Climbing Wall. 6' x 11' or 4x11"

    $9,850

    $750

     Treadwall M4 Base Revolving Climbing Wall. 5' x 9'

    $5,500

    $500

     Treadwall M4 Pro (adjustable angles) Revolving Climbing Wall. 5' x 9'

    $7,450

    $500

     Ledgewall. Traversing Wall Panels. 4'x8' panel.

    $595

    $100

     Add: Ledgewall Hold Sets. 15 large colorful holds for 4x8' panel

    $198

    $20

     Wingwall. Playground Wall. 6' high x 8' long

    $3,650

    $500

     

    from http://www.motionkids.com/pdf/Motion%20Fitness%20Exergames%20Price%20Sheet%20v2.2.pdf

     

    probably over 10K all said and done... then maintenece... spend your money elsewhere :tdown:

  9. the school i went to in santa fe for a year had one. the novelty wore off really quickly. again good for repetative endurance but you can only have about 12 feet of routes and it just keeps repeating... over and over. and its not like you can actually do routes... no big holds, due to the construction, the moves arent really fun, because you cant look up and actually see where you are going. just foot, hand foot, hand... then it gets faster... but the same thing.

     

    i bet for the money it cost, my school could have build a really sweet bouldering wall and small toprope section.

  10. Memorial Ride on Sunday from Leschi at 9.

     

    Was an honor to begin racing as a junior and go on many training rides with Larry. He would fight and sprint up every hill we came to.

     

    i always knew larry as a cyclist and only after starting climbing, do i realize what kind of role he played in the climbing world as well.

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