keenwesh

my goal is to get on as much mixed as I can. I'd like to play around trying fig fours and stuff like that on horizontal terrain, I'm so gangly and have such long limbs that I think that'll end with me putting a monopoint deep into my extensor carpi. goal #2, get an elk.

I talked to drew a while back at little si, such a nice kid, I still chuckle when I think of how he asked me "what are you working on? chronic?" I laughed and muttered something about bust the move. nothing pretentious about the way he asked, dead honest, as if he honestly couldn't fathom anyone working a climb below 13b. (I'm sure he can't) keep on crushing drew, you're an inspiration to us all.

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Climbed with a guy here in bozeman for a couple months who has actually met and climbed with colin bartholomew, says he's actually not a massive douche in real life. Tear him up on here but give him a chance if you see him out at the crags.

"When soloing, you constantly think about falling" if I constantly was envisioning myself in a mangled dead heap every time I soloed I'd probably stop, or at least wait for another day when my head was more clear. If I'm soloing I'm doing it to have fun and enjoy the day, not to think about death. nice work on the self rescue though. next time don't break your fibula.

bite the bullet and buy them yourself. They're worth the obscene price.

sold

a split is so much better than snowshoes. only downside is the price. if you can afford it that's the setup I'd get. currently I'm using a s series with the burton setup. janky and a huge pain in the ass, but the price was right. I've never used the viole setup but from people who have I hear it's the bees knees. locks in super solid and will not spontaneously pop off on you (something the burton is very liable to do if you don't get every little piece of snow and ice out of it before locking it down)

post a photo bro-brah!

bought new at the beginning of this season. two hammers. here's a picture of yours truly with the tools in question. looking to get around $350 shipped for them. message me and we can work something out.

still up for grabs! someone take these!

only thing I've done with the mountaineers is a MOFA course, learned some decent stuff but at the same time it's pretty basic. like something that you'd probably do anyway if yer buddy went down. coulda just bought a book and read that and saved myself the hundred bucks. I need to do some more crevasse rescue training though. I climbed rainier when I was 13 and spent some time beforehand on the emmons getting dropped into crevasses and having to prussik my way out, figure out how to set a anchor from a self arrest position, stuff like that. I think you could practice setting these things up in a mock scenario in your living room and then in late june or july go up to the nisqually and find a nice big crack to actually practice in. just make sure you have a super solid T anchor above it and giv' er. I'm thinking about taking some non climber friends up the emmons in july so I'll probably be up there a couple weekends giving myself a refresher and teaching them the skills. just be sure you try them in a completely hazard less environment before you go for the real thing.

http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/kennedy_and_kruk_on_cerro_torre_in_their_own_words/index.html

it's keenwesh, wesh, as in waeschle, as in my last name.

dude why are you being a douche, just chill out.

oh, fusions just got sold. nevermind. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1054767/gonew/1/FS_BD_Fusion_Ice_tools_Green_v#UNREAD

I did, idk I'll harass a random dude who has them next time I'm out. Or I'll just buy nomics based on what dane said.

yeah I know. not going to get them because I'd rather have the modularity with the nomics, those things still climb ice incredibly well even without the pickweights. Haven't used the fusions yet, on either mixed or ice, but I hear the swing is kinda janky. Marc told me he loves his but he is also a mutant who could climb WI6 with a framing hammer. How do I convince someone that the fusions will not break mixed climbing? I just don't understand that stubborn mindset...

(I'm not expecting you to go down to $400)

if you'll go down to $400 I'll take them.

looking on that too, found a set of fusions for cheap, but I think the nomics are better all around... correct me if I'm wrong. I've been trying to get a friend in my dorm to let me demo his green machines but he thinks that mixed climbing with them will cause them to fall apart... dude that's what they were designed for.

bump, anyone?

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saw a mike barter video where he just threaded a bight of rope through one hole before feeding the other strand down from the other side. pulled the bight and like that it was threaded. no hook needed. Of course I haven't tried this method myself but he made it look easy.

do you have a pair of old (or new) nomics gathering dust in your gear bin? Thinking about selling them to someone who'll put them to good use? I am that someone. Message me and lets see if we can work something out.