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Was climbing with Kenny and Justin Friday. We tried to find ice and ended up on rock. such is life. it as good to be outside and even the sun came out in the afternoon. Yes Larry, tear it up man! We are all jealous. There is already about 6 inches of new snow at my house this morning, so prospects for more climbing in the near future are out the door.

If you don't buy it, I would buy it! How much?

Quinn Conig

I hear ya man. Like El Potero Chico........in January.

ok, I give 3 votes.

Wow, close call!

Actually its more then a walking stick from the Alps. Hiking sticks(not walking sticks which are canes) from the Alps are a collectible item in their own right and quite different. I have imported and sold many of them in my business. They are not normally outfitted with a head like this, and the shaft has little tin emblems of events or villages or hikes that the hiking stick has been on. This looks like a specialized tool for snow travel and could definitly be called a ice ax, especially if the head is attached in a secure fashion. sometimes a hiking staff may have a ice ax head attached but in such a flimsy or non secure fashion that is it ever was put into use to self arrest it would blow apart. To me this is what truely differeniates the hiking ax from the ice ax, and also the quality of the head casting with the logos show it is a serious alpine tool.

Go for the adventure. You will never regret it.

I called Plaidman on his cell and he was hanging off a microstopper heading up the Flying Dutchman between cloudburts. Wildman.

Sweet!

Sparky the Electrician, a.k.a., AW neener neener! I thought it was BillCoe's alter ego till recently though... I thought King Beatard was the first man ever.

Nice and rad!

Offwhite, Potter may have used tick marks and may have rehearsed moves(why not, hes making a movie), but in my mind he ranks up there with Peter Croft and now Alex Honnold as the top rock soloists the world has ever seen. I'm really not sure how he "inflates his achievements" as you say? Anyone that solos Astroman has balls of steel. Teh Delicate Arch thing was the one lame thing he did i was disappointed in. Everybody makes mistakes though.

I think if you pick and choose, base jumping can be almost as safe as climbing. Chris Mac, Dean Potter, Steph Davis, the list of rad climbers who basejump is growing. Potter's fall off the Eiger which he turned into a base jump was ground breaking if you think about it. We'll be seeing allot more of that kind of thing in the future. I would love to learn to base jump. Time and money and equipment investment is what it takes.

No = Know = Yes

Does anyone know that current status of the possibility of the Madrone Wall opening? I know it is still closed, but is there any more work parties scheduled, windows for climbers, etc?

That was awesome! That is one town that knows how to market itself. I've seen allot of women like that there, you just have to drink a bunch of Kulmbachers.

Nice getting after it Plaid. That is one sick icicle Wayne, impressive!

As long as we all have a group hug at the end of the day, its all good. The weather is getting to me also Bill. Ivan being the only guy out getting on it that I know. oh, and Scott also, I bet he has a good trip report coming from Banks lake.

Good day Ivan! I was wondering if anyone was out down there. Almost made the trek but....

Fairweather, chill out, no need to apoligize. Theres allot more dead people on our borders then on China's. We as Americans have no right to point fingers at other governments/countries unless we wish to be considered hypocrites in the worse way, which we are, world wide. I believe it is the Bible that says it best..... Matthew 7:5 "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Also, I wasn't threatening you. I simply suggested if you are going to call me names, then perhaps a simple round of gentlemens fisticuffs to settle the matter is a time honored American tradition. Are you anti-American or something?

Fairweather friend, I'm not angry, just laughing at your perception of the world. Now if you really insist on calling me a "tard" we can step outside and settle it the old fashioned way if thats what youre into. I've taken the old train between Beijing and Shanghai, and it sucked. Not that fast, and the crapper was a room with a hole in the floor of the train. I've also taken the bullet train between Pu Dong International Airport and Shanghai and where as a taxi or bus takes a hour, the train takes about 5 minutes, if that. May I suggest you learn to speak Chinese.

Fairweather, ever been to China? or do you just like to eat spoon fed bullshit?

Anyone ever ice climb and/or ski Shot Eight up near Alpental?