Now we are talking!!! I need a solid partner out here too, my bro got married and any other buddys I have are too scared..
I too like the harder climbs. Alpinist over mountaineer any day.
Just curious how big of a guy are you and are you in good shape now?
just say the word and im there!!! ten pitches of wi3 sounds good to me i just got done brushing up on my ice climbing skills last week in colorado(damn they have some nice ice in the rockies)
i couldnt find any pics of the serpents head and the trade route looks like a route that can be easily done solo. people talk about the quality of the ice not being that good but that might be later in the season. and its affordable!!!
if you where snowboarding above palmer and it got white out, you followed the fall line, then you would end up in the zigzag glacier. which is crevassed and some big drops too!