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Sweet dave, glad you got out with your old man! Thanks!

Love that place, thanks for the memories, Miguel is a cool dude!

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing, that's a good looking dinner....

Nice Job, awesome pics, thanks!

Great pics and nice job, thanks!

Schweeet!

Gneiss, thanks!

An absolute home run, What kinda camera are you shottin with????

Absolutely stunning photography, Thanks!!!!

Thanks Wayne for a great TR! My first time in Europe I had just landed and taken a train to Strassbourg France. I got off the train and two young punks were fighting, one had broken a glass bottle and was cutting the other one. I managed to find a police station, the police came and casually watched them continue to fight for a few minutes then casually detained one of the punks. I suspect it was drug related, but who knows, I spoke almost no French. That was 1995. None the less it kinda freaked me out!

Totally Awesome TR, thanks for sharing, scarry sh*te about the rock fall!

Absolutely fantastic pics, thanks! Ideeeeho is purdy!

Very nice job and pics

Pu, How run out was the P3 chimney on the South west face of Humbug spire? Thanks Much! -e

Thanks for a sweet TR alpine bum!

Oh yeah, I remember you Brian, The guy with the band, You were headed to redlands in Ca, for speach pathology? I live in south eastern Idaho now, 8 hours drive from spokane, but If I make it up there next summer (and can get a pass from my wife) I'll send you a message. Good to hear from you and hope you are well BIG JOHNSON....

Heck Yeah!, I have the same pack as you a circa 1995 rei tourstar! Any info on the approach notes??? Thanks!!! -Ezra

Awesome, thanks for posting up, must get to the humbugs!!!

Absolutely friggging awesome job and write up. That's a year or more of climbing for us mortals.....

Way to go John, another Bad A$$ FA, congrats!!!!

World Class photos, thanks for sharing!!!

Thanks Dane, it was a great summit. You did some very impressive FA's up there in the 70s and 80s, 5.11d R, not many people doing that now even. I agree, the route is really only 3 pitches and that's only due to the rope drag. With a 70 meter rope it could almost be done as one pitch. Randall Green's Idaho Rock seems superior to Laird's book in many ways. Laird also leaves out the FA info witch seems like a crime to me... Still Laird's book seems like a descent effort. Thanks for the beta on west side girls and twin cracks. Did you find It Ain't hay hard or soft for a 5.9 and how did it protect? Thanks! -Ezra Ps. Old school 5.6 can be pretty bad A$$, especially in the Tetons!

Johnson, You probably ran against me, I was at Ferris, Ellis is my last name, what's your first and last name and school? Did you think the hand crack was hard for 5.7? 8D

Trip: Chimney rock Idaho - Rapell chimney Date: 8/6/2011 Trip Report: So I made it up to Chimney rock idaho from spokane on a day trip on august 10th. I managed to con a college buddy that I've known for 17 years into going with me. He has only climbed maybe 2 times in the last year and hadn't climbed trad since the Late 1990's. Some how, I managed to convince him that I was incompetent to lead the climb. We hadn't seen each other since maybe 2002, but hit it off right away, like we hadn't missed a beat. We mostly talked about the usual, women, beer, politics and climbing. What else do to dudes ever talk about right? The approach directions in Thad Laird's new "Rock Climbs in North Idaho" Guide book were lacking, but I managed to pilot my moms Toyota Taco up there with out incident. The approach was snow free until we descended in to the Mount Rotham Cirque, we managed to not go sliding and only had ski poles to assist us. Neon green ones from the 1980's at that. We climbed the rapel chimney. Hope you enjoy. It was rated 5.7 but did the 2nd pitch hand crack variation, which I swear is 5.8 at least. Enjoy the pics! chimney rock