Captain panther

Thanks for all the info!

I'm headed down to Lake Tahoe are with some friends to ski but have been told there is some ice to be climbed there, specifically Lee Vining. I dont know very much at all about this area. All the help you guys have will be greatly appreciated: beta on where to climb, how to get there, where to stay, badass bars, great routes, guide books, ets. Thanks, CP

just ordered a pair of grivel matrix lights and slider triggers for them. however the triggers come in 2 sizes and i have no idea which ones i need. does anyone know? theres "yellow for all tubes up to 20 x 30mm in diameter and in black for larger sizes". Thanks

We're leaving april 24th and we have a little wheel system set up to pull them on the logging roads until we get to the snowline and then the idea is to skin and hit the glacier as soon as possible. this whole expedition thing is new to me

We're heading to the Wadd for 4 weeks starting at sea level. so i think the kids sled wouldnt work that well. Does anyone know if they have them layin around up there like I've heard they have them laying around for Denali? Also REI is sold out. And Kurt, Im not really looking forward to that thing for like 3-4 days of suck:(

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I need a sled, not sure what else is out there but everyone recommended this one to me but they are sold out everywhere. anybody got an old one they dont want anymore? pm por favor

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?