Ben Beckerich

Looks tiring.. Good job gettin' on it though. For posterity - you can traverse the headwall to the left gully and downclimb the first step to gain access to the right gully- i did it a couplefew years ago. Never stepped foot on the eliot that whole climb

SOLD PENDING FUNDS ... will update if that falls through. I'm guessing they're Turns, but I don't know. Will come with both Sparks toe and heel wire adapter plates. Toes are in good used condition, nothing broken, and I'll include all mounting hardware. 1/3rd of the toe-to-plate screws are goobered (no I didn't do it), but I did use them to mount these to my split like 4 seasons ago and they worked fine. I certainly haven't goobered them any more. Standard ski binding mounting screw, though - readily avaible from your ski ski shop for a couple nickels PIC - http://www.mountainproject.com/v/dynafit-speed-something-toes-plus-sparks-splitboard-adapter-plates---110-shippedpaypalled/111402087 $100 in NW Portland, or $110 shipped and paypalled to your joint

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Last I heard: -Rock is actually pretty good, some multipitch lines established -Weyerhaeuser owns the peak and surrounding land, and doesn't allow climbing, nor even entry in the area

Holamigos Still looking for an upgrade harness Would settle for a newish big wall, if the price is right.. but really looking for an OSHA-approved work harness... chest rig, dorsal D, positioning Ds, lots of padding for comfy hanging, etc. Whatcha got? Also looking for a Petzl ID or RIG descenders

Any luck on that?

Cheap, though. Gonna learn to ski this year. 155cm? Something in that neighborhood..

Roger.. thanks (I didn't realize you guys deleted them)

Why cant you edit old shit? I propose a change, at least in the Yard Sale forum... Having to bump an old ass thread to mark it as sold is lame.

There's enough snow - but watch conditions, man. Climber triggered a south aspect slab slide on Tuesday.

Climber triggered a small soft slab avalanche under the West Chamber on the south face of iRock yesterday at 10am. Climber and partner had discussed concerns about snow stability, and were sampling the snow at the time of the slide.... if you're into irony. Victim was able to roll out of the slide, exiting about 20' below start. Slab crown about 25-30' upslope from victim start point. Soft slab, S=1, D=2, 12" average crown height, ran about 100-150' downslope into open terrain, slope angle at slide was around 35-40 degrees. ALL lee slopes are heavily loaded, with all this high wind and cold temps... be very fucking careful out there this early season, boys. Just goes to show you - it's never "too early to slide."

NO WAY

thanks.. please do

Anybody got some beefy lockers - preferably auto gates? Handful would be cool... 3, 4ish. And what I really need is a Petzl RIG or I'D... got one for me? Can pick up in Portland tomorrow afternoon/evening... or, if not local, I'd probably still buy a RID/I'D from you for a good price shipped Thanks benjaminbeckerich at google's mail dot com

No way. There's literally only been like 3 days yet this season where anything could have started trickling down. Astrov and I were up there (on bikes, not boots) weekend before last, and it was utterly bare. Absolutely nothing but ugly dusty bare rock and dismally shrunken glacier - I've never seen it look like that. It was awful

Most of the time it's visible and you just walk around it. Sometimes it's filled in and you just walk over it. Sometimes it's partially filled in and covered up, and you could fall into it if you don't know where it is. Sometimes as it's filling in, the left and right ends fill in with unconsolidated powder that won't actually support your weight, relative to the surrounding snow, and if you step into it just wrong you will sink in... possibly up over your head... and the Coleman glacier will spit your mangled body out into White River Canyon in about 25 years. There's also a secondary crack that tends to open up to the lower-right of the bergschrund... sometimes it's there, sometimes it is not... and all of the above conditions also apply to this crevasse.

But then you have to feed her n carry her shit n listen to her bitch for the rest of the trip.

Todd Skinner.

If that bloke doesn't take 'em, I will. I don't have paypal though, so we'll need to MO or something.

What's your fitness level? October is sometimes sorta OK for climbing... but if it's cold/icy enough to take a crampon and keep your ankles off the rocks 4" under the snow, it's probably going to be way out of the technical ability of a noob. Thems experienced alpinist conditions, and most experienced alpinists don't want shit to do with Hood in October, except for specific reasons. In other words... I'd wait. But you can spend your waiting period getting as fit as a fiddle, so you might actually enjoy your climb when you finally get it. And definitely buy a copy of Freedom of the Hills and read it front to back a couple times, as suggested.

Anything goes

Ahh, no... That's fuckin' stupid. Self determination, bros. That's what climbing is. If you're against it, you're against climbing, and you're a hypocrite.

Which book?

Larry the Tool? Who be dis?

Hmm... what size is it? What kinda phone?