keenwesh

sold.

sale pending... I'm waiting for a check in the mail then I'm sending it off. if that somehow falls through I'll be sure to let you know.

I like my rivers fast and brown. I'm also more of a boater then a floater. sure you could do it in IK's in august but that'd be a pretty mellow trip. preseason runs are balls to the wall adventures. it was just a suggestion. I also suggest that you look on professorpaddle, I think you'd get along with those guys pretty well, you big party-er, you.

montana

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check out professorpaddle.com if you haven't already. basically a CC for NW kayakers

do a high water trip before season starts. often the river is completely dried up by the last week of july, even if you have a permit. I have a few friends who've done it really high (above 20k) and while it was big, most drops develop sneaks. I might be into doing a preseason run depending on how important the last bit of senior year is to me (not very) and if I have the funds.

$50 if you can pick up, $55 if i have to ship. basically new.

which handhold on terminal preppie broke? theres the sidepuls with the high foot smear on nothing at the crux, then you reach out far to the left to grab that incipient crack. is it the hold in the crack? cause once you hit that the crux is over. if it's harder now what is it? 12a? sorry I just NEED TO KNOW

terminal preppie is a good one to get spanked on.

the car sized blocks coming off the north face of Fury are pretty cool to watch too...

I didn't realize you're from NYC... if you've never done any routes in the Cascades I'd say a pickets traverse is a pretty bad first trip, especially solo. once you're in there the only way out can be days away. Oftentimes the only way out is the route you've planned, which may become unfeasible due to the shit weather. I'd either find a partner whose climbed in the cascades before, ideally in the pickets, or do something with less of a commitment factor, like the Ptarmigan.

Vol. 3 in the beckey guide. get in there, the pickets are the shit.

it'll be the dam... too poor to pay for that shit.

wiley isn't that bad. a plus with it is you avoid having to traverse challenger glacier solo. going out goodell is not hard either. plus there is some serious shit that you would have to climb up to get through outrigger, descending it's just a short rap but going up it would be a long scary death gully on climbers right with loose chockstones of death. My dad talked to Fred Beckey back in the day about it and all he said that the north to south traverse is easier. I tend to agree with him. how hard is descending Access Creek? my plan for this summer is in wiley and then out access. as we were hiking in we ran into a party who had spent 2 days trying to thrutch up access but had given up as it was raining and upward progress was impossible due to alder and turned around...

last summer got me hooked too, I'm planning to do the N buttress of fury in july or at least during the earliest weather window... maybe see you in there!

we went north to south last summer. there is a 5.7 30 foot thing to get out of the moat on the north side of the ottohorn/himmelhorn col. really exposed and you would die if you fell soloing it but it is only 5.7... going north you would have some tricky bits going towards outrigger from picket pass... I would suggest going North to south and either being confidant soloing 5.7 in boots with a pack or carry along a lightweight self belay system.

My tentative plan now is to attend the fist semester of school at NAU and then fly down and adventure for the rest of the year. that way I can get to experience college and go have fun. I'm not being disrespectful to anyone who went to college. I DON'T want to just get drunk for 4 years. I want to insure that I get the most out of my education and that it is meaningful TO ME.

So, been researching this for the last few days. been emailing Rolo and gleaning as much info from him as possible (he's got a lot!). I am going to make this happen.

olyclimber, that's what I'm worried about. I mean I know that I would love college but I don't want to get out with a meaningless degree and the realization that my parents just paid for me to get drunk for four years... (or more!) and I'd be in the same place I am now but without the option to delay with higher education.

I have a buddy who heard about my idea and is all for it. he's in college right now but he said that college can wait if theres a adventure to be had. how cheap is the cost of living? anyone know how to get a hold of colin haley? he seems like he would have some answers for the actual climbing/finding partners/living down there side. if I could afford it I would love to drive but it would be more expensive overall and a couple white kids who don't really speak spanish with a car full of gear seem like prime robbery targets. Sailing would be absolutely incredible but most berths on yachts are tight for a six and a half foot tall man... I can't sleep in a fetal position for 2 months. screw that.

I second that. I dropped out of college and worked on boats for a while and didn't regret it once. If you decide to go back later like I did, you'll actually be motivated a driven instead of spending fours years of debt/parents' money "finding yourself." Jump into the deep end. Chances are you'll swim just fine. these are my thoughts exactly. there isn't a field of study that really jumps out at me that I want to do. taking a boat down would be such an adventure and who knows, I could find some bangin hot chick on easter island! how easy is it to find reliable and solid partners down in el charlatan? is there a camp 4 like area to meet other climbers?

I just watched 180 degrees south and now want to at least look into the feasibility of doing a trip to patagonia. how possible is the drive down there or getting on a sailing crew like in 180? I'm at a big turning point in my life (going to college, well sorta big...) and while everyone is telling me to go to college it is very tempting to take a year off and have some real adventure...

might be nippy up there...

any word on Snoqualmie pass ice? thinking about doing the tooth or something next weekend with my bros.