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I thought they broke because the dude was using them with non-rigid boots, so whenever he took a step he stressed the crampon under the ball of his foot. The Evo is a rigid boot right? I wouldn't worry that they'll break but if you need an excuse to buy a new set of monos go for it. I'm loving my cyborgs, not sure I see the point of the new stingers unless you really think the couple ounces and lack of a free set of replacement points is worth it... pretty sure that topic has been covered in another thread though.

yeah any of the willis wall routes. objective danger on those is basically nonexistant.

great work! another stellar route for me to (try to) do.

sweet vid with great editing. [video:youtube]

with the wind ablowin I'd guess most stuff would be wet. still a good hike to beautiful area, even with the incredibly unsightly fixed draws. seriously Joseph H your rants are so annoying and stupid. shut the fuck up. (calling him out before he can post)

Over easy is a good WI3 warmup and right next to it is curtains at WI4, both are in. G1 is always good but you'll be sharing the cliff.

good to hear from you curt! If you manage to get some time off and don't go to canada I'd love to rope up with you in hyalite. stay safe out there and have a injury free season! If not perhaps we could go check out those unclaimed FAs you were telling me about...

incredible read, thanks for posting.

speaking of credence, has anyone ever met someone who doesn't like them? It's the most universally enjoyed music of all time.

well with that new law congress passed now there are even few restrictions! guns fer all! also it's keenwesh, not wash. my last name is waeschle which roughly translates to washer woman in german. pronounced wesh-ly though. hence the wesh...

tweakers suck. although sometimes they can be alright people. the few interactions I've had with them has been a mixed bag. you never know when they are gonna start screaming and convulsing on the ground, when they do your best option is to just lock your car and drive the fuck away. A seriously good reason to carry a loaded handgun.

I have the same one, but I use it kayaking

I hiked up to the winter dance area and did over easy today, it was kinda thin down low and up top the ice was slushy, no screws but the picks went in to the hilt and stayed there. lots of spindrift, great fun. I want to head over to twin falls. I was looking across at it today, but I'm going back to olympia next saturday for a week so I'm out for the count on ice for 2 weekends. Cleo's is touching, should be in by the time I'm back!

got it, I'll see if I can rig something like that up in my dorm room. Yesterday I went to G1 and did laps on it all day, never pumped off my tools and I was doing the steepest parts I could. So much fun. Before leaving I wanted to get a lead in so we walked over to greensleeves and I ran up it, really a good one for a first ice lead, rambles up for 100 feet and currently the ice isn't thick enough for screws except for in a couple places. getting out tomorrow and gonna head for over easy and if it's in fat enough I'll give'er on curtains.

I just want to take the time to thank John Frieh, over the last few days he's been sending me contact info for all the people he knows in bozeman/montana. That's really nice of you man and the help is very much appreciated!

thank you, kinda surprised it took this long to get this response.

kick and scream and whine, preferably after consuming a bottle of wine. you'll get the "time off".

DRep, I don't have the money or time for Spire. I'll make a trip down to northern lights and talk to them, although reading anonymous advice on the internet is much easier than walking to main street. You ever visit here in the winter? Wait are you the guy who I talked to in the LTW parking lot last august? you gave me props on the east ridge of inspiration... Now I find out you're a fellow bobcat! it's almost like destiny or some shit bringing us together, drive out here and lets go to cody!

those cost money, something I don't have much of. I've seen people wrap up the tips of their tools with foam or plastic or something and use that in the gym.

yeah MSU has a rockgym, it's tiny though and there's no hangboard, so I don't go there. I try and swim laps 2 or 3 times a week to hold off the lard. Believe it or not I actually have laytons book, and I've been following some of the workouts in there, except on a much smaller scale. I'll give gadds site a look-see. Later this week I'm gonna con some of the guys in my floor into driving out to hyalite after class and toprope G1 with headlamps. Should be a good time.

hold up on the shit just one sec, before we slip into that I want to get one more quick question answered by the ice climbing "gods" of this site. Tips for conserving energy and fighting the pump on vertical ice. I tried hanging straight off my tools, shaking out one arm at a time which kind of worked but at the hands free rest halfway up G1 I still had to fight off the screaming barfies and depump for a couple minutes. (in current conditions 40 feet of vertical ice to get there) Do I just need to suck it up and build my endurance or is my technique somehow way off. I feel like good ice technique is much less complicated than rock, and a rock climber with decent technique should be generally doing the right thing on ice. Is my feeling correct? PS: I know all about the wrist flick sticks and using flat mini bulges of ice to stand on. Alright perhaps I could perfect my wrist flick but is there anything else I should consider? -An aspiring ice padawan

I'm going to try and make it to hyalite as much as I can, but that limits me really to just one day a week with school, homework, and (minimal) boozing occupying the rest of my schedule. Plus with the food court a measly 2 minutes away I have begun to thicken around my midsection (fucking deep fried everything every day, I'm not even kidding. The lettuce is wilted and inedible, unless it's smothered in honey mustard dressing) Having to bum rides off people makes things difficult as well. being able to get a few reps in between classes would be sweet and make these first few climbs of the season easier on my pathetically shrimpy forearms. How unethical would making a 8 story pillar out of my dorm window be? How much ice before a building becomes unstable?

I don't have shoulder issues and I'd like to stay that way. couldn't I potentially injure myself with the tools as opposed to dowels?

I've heard through the grapevine that you shouldn't use tools for a pullup bar, it screws up your elbows and the like. my question, what is the alternative? how do the washingtonians stay in shape for the short and fleeting ice season? I'm sitting in my dorm room here in bozeman procrastinating my studies and kicking myself for not going out on the ice for the 2nd day this weekend. seriously this place rocks. Help alleviate my boredom by giving thoughtful and helpful responses for at least 4 posts, after that go ahead and let it collapse into mindless shit slinging until it is either locked or moved to spray. What do ya'll have to say?!

I was on my laptop (using the schools wireless!) I haven't gone so low as to get a mobile phone that has internet access.