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rocketparrotlet

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  1. I had a frog jump onto my hand while climbing. Twice. Once at Mt. Erie and once at Index.

     

    A couple of days ago I watched a climber take a fall on ice. I had never seen/taken a leader fall before. He was slowly and methodically working up a steep section on Bow Falls in Canada, and he was pulling a bulge at the top of the hard part. Suddenly I hear, "FALLING!" and he just peels off the route. His ice tool was left hanging there in the ice, 20 feet above him. He had to walk out 3 miles on a sprained ankle. Luckily we got his tool and pro back.

     

    -Mark

  2. Will do. We probably will end up doing something else soonish. I think we saw your tracks. We even followed them for a while near the summit. Didn't seem worth the risk considering I had no pro available and it was dark with a 30 foot runout.

     

    Yeah, that was probably our tracks. We turned around as well- scary mixed with no pro sent us back just short of the summit.

     

    -Mark

  3. Plan for McClellan's Butte this Sunday so far:

     

    -Rocketparrotlet

    -Stewie

    -RokIzGud

    -Josh Lewis

     

    Sound right?

     

    As for gear, I will bring a harness, a picket, carabiners, slings, a small rack of nuts (just in case), and I can bring a shovel. Anything else?

     

    So what rope should we use? I have an 8mm 30m glacier rope and a 10.2mm 60m rope. We could use somebody else's rope as well. Just wondering what length rope you would prefer, I would be good with either.

     

    -Mark

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