Captain panther

well done!

yeah!

mountain hardwear beryllium bibs kick ass

yeah, sorry bucketz. next time ill put grades on it

does anyone know what this flow is called by the way?

dude you are a hatin douche on lots of levels. go climb some shit and quit spitting venom on this site you idiot.

hey buckets, eat a dick you hater. didnt your mother teach you not to say anything at all if you dont have something nice to say? i taught that sloot a few lessons

dead center of the picture and a little guy way low right

oh and whatever that flow is right up above colchuck lake is FUCKIN FAT right now. there's two up ther actually that were in super thick awesome boner inspiring condition

hubba hubba looked interesting last week...

rambles center and right are bitchin. mile 0 is cheap and fun to stay at and pretty close to bars. ive camped at the parking lot for icy bc as well as the turnout for rambles and thats free. free is good. though i dont know if you're allowed to stay there for free, but ive never been talked to

Trip: Dragontail - Gerber-Sink Date: 2/9/2011 Trip Report: After falling ill last week and missing out on the EPIC conditions on the Triple Couloirs, I was chomping at the bit to go get on that route this week, now that I was feeling better. However my partner was unavailable this week. Luckily, Steve called me up and asked what if I wanted to climb so I said I damn sho was ready. We decided on a three day trip to have a go at the Gerber-Sink and then the NEB of Colchuck the following day. However the Gerber-Sink tured out to be way harder than either of us thought it would be and ended up taking a total of 11 hours on route so we just had a leisurely day on thursday of packing up and strolling/skiing/crashing on the way out. We went in Tuesday (2/8) and skinned from the gate to the trailhead then booted it from the TH to the lake in a total of 5 hours. We then got up and hit the base of the route at about 7am. The first pitch was straight forward, a little rock with some ice runnels. This lead to a rightward traverse up a snow ramp. After this ramp we got to what turned out to be the crux as we saw it, a 30 foot section of WI3. This ended us in a big snow field, followed by another traverse on a snowy ramp followed my many a few pitches of easy neve and alpine ice leading up to the funnels about halfway up just below the large snow field before exiting into the third couloir. We took the leftmost funnel cuz it looked bitchin and this was my first winter alpine route so I wanted FULL VALUE! Which I got! There was lots of little spin drift avys blasting us and I got to learn how to use pitons on the spot! Good times were had. Just as the sun started going down Steve and I were simul-climbing the last big snowfield and not quite sure where to exit into the TC route but Steve went with his gut and what he remembered from the TC when he climbed it the week before and we hit the third couloir and soloed up that biotch in proper fashion, hitting the summit ridge just in time for a badass sunset, and topping out at about 6:15. Then we slogged back to camp and had huge dinner and passed out. Got up the next day and got back to the car in about 4 hours, with some of the most hilarious attempts at skiing ever witnessed on that skating rink of a road on the way out. All in all it was an awesome climb with a great partner, and a sweet intro to winter climbing for me! Now for pictures Gear Notes: brought singles from .5 to 2 camalot, used most of them. couple of lost arrows, knifeblades and bugs were nice too. and a picket. oh and a 70 makes life nice Approach Notes: 5 hours of bliss. skin the road(icy) bootpack from the trailhead(more icy)

damn thats bitchin

what a badass

mike?

Was thinking of heading over to leavenworth this weekend. is ANYTHING in?

weaksauce. i can probably get 5 or 6 people to come help out with some advance notice.

do any of you use crampons instead of chopping steps?

that IS pandome downey. sketchy like 98% of the time

infinite bliss is awesome. if you dont like it dont climb it, and quit bitching about it.

I recently decided to go to the dark side and sell all my boards and start skiing/touring to make winter mountaineering a bit more fun. And well, tele just looks so dope I had to give it a go. However, I've noticed that the super-flexy tele boots are pretty scary to lead ice in. Any of you guys out there climbing ice in tele boots? Any ideas to make it less sketchy? I've thought of getting some rigid crampons or just sacking up and dealing with it. Oh and I've also thought of Randonee, but that shit is expensive, and doesnt look nearly as bitchin on the way down.

hey thanks lance. isnt hubba hubba a brown streak all the time? anybody think millenium is still in shape?

anybody have any news on the ice situation in leavenworth after all this shit weather?

man, we live in an era of poofy bitch climbing right now. that mark twight video is crazy. and that music, oh that music

classic polish bob, ha!