keenwesh

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.

still available....

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.

jesus this chem class is boring, leaving my mind to wander.

ahhh, for a non climber! but this guy is training for the mountains, thus he has a rope (hopefully) and can get the added bonus of practicing his knot tying skills while suffocating himself.

sounds like that "breath trainer" that was reviewed a few months back in R&I, they decided it was garbage. if you really care about restricting your bodys intake of oxygen might as well masterbate with a noose around your neck.

always love reading your blog and the book you sent me a while back is one of the few that I brought to college with me. goodluck and don't give up man. definitely gonna get the vaccine before going in (down?) for the australian kiss... whoops, made a sex joke

I'm pretty sure they traversed off the top part because it was absolute choss and incredibly dangerous to climb. But yeah, that lower face could be ascended by my 80 year old grandmother.

double entendre!

DAS

One of the best parts of the summer is doing a trip with the old pops, although the constant wails of "tension!" and "watch me here!" can get tiring at times... He's always stoked on wherever we go though, and I get to lead all the classic pitches.

mountainproject has real climbers, summitpost is mostly hikers/"mountaineers" or euros. take your pick. lots of threads on mp on missing gear and my cam sling is torn is half, is it still good to climb on?

summitpost sucks, used to be good but got swamped with ads and threads about stupid shit. So like half of this site...

this is so cool, in my 19 years I doubt many things about the us government. Our veterans deserve the utmost respect and this i exactly that. We need to take everyone who has endured great hardship or wildly violent experiences into the mountains where none of that shit matters. shit, a few of those dudes were missing limbs! A big round of applause to the guys who took these people up, this is badass!

Marc and I watched Honnold top out on freeway, onsight solo, from the top of the split pillar last year. We both just stood there silently, in awe of that dude. He climbs so smooth and solid, there was no doubt that he would make it to the top. We talked to him the day before too, just a mellow guy without any kind of ego. The man is a badass and he doesn't even know it.

inspiration peak was pretty hard to get up (and down)