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way to send guys! can you explain to us what it is like to be an ice ninja, or would that be like a pigeon explaining politics to an orange? mineral staining indeed....

stop making us west siders look bad! fun looking stuff! now you need to boldly lead all the mixed varriations

not shipping until a check clears is STANDARD PRACTICE for internet sales. if you don't have trust, just use paypal or something.

Nice Colin! You guys kicked ass! did you bring just one 70m or did you have a zip line too? you should put that stuff on the cover of Alpinist. beautiful

watch out for trains! damn objective danger.. NICE looking climb Kurt! way to get it before it fell down.

One thing to note is that it is often unnessisary to bring an ice axe at all. Crampons will give you way better security on small snowfields or glaciers, removing the need to arrest a fall. You can also pick up a stick or rock as an "axe". Dragontail and Stuart (upper N ridge approach) are both great example spots.

Anyone use the Marmot Atom sleeping bag? They call it a 40 deg bag with the regular height clocking in at 1 lb. Finally a 1 lb bag in the mummy style.

they'll DQ you for the 2nd one, and cut the rope for the first (for good measure!)

Jeez John, If you want to start a "Locals do good in ouray" thread, well, you just go right ahead then. nice work Bill! but why no shorts over polypro? I mean, you are representing the PNW here...

More gear closet sale: a pair of Quark Ergos. The tools and picks (cascade) are both in great shape. Shafts and handles are wrapped with a good tape that stays tacky when wet. $285 here's one of them:

2007 Competition Results Finals Finish Name 1 Kryvosheytsev, Evgeny 2 Gariepy, Audrey 3 Marshall, Rich 4 Wharton, Josh 5 Cordova, Manuel Stein, Paul Turgeon, Maxime 8 Beverly, Marc 9 Audibert, Mathieu Nelson, Jason 11 Mayo, Will 12 Glanc, Dawn 13 Ware, Caroline 14 Anderson, Vince 15 Arend, Kristie 16 Lockard, Tracy and looks like DaleR came in 5th in the prelim.

how about that swanky carpet? can you even put a number on something that precious???

I have fond memories of the home fires as a kid. "are we there yet? when do we get to the bakery???" definitely post something when you get it back open

Grivel Rambos crampons setup with an offset monopoint. I tended to prefer the offset mono to the centered mono, but the special spacers will let you configure it either way. These have about 3 seasons of use on them, but are still in great shape. All points are razor sharp. These will fit all boot sizes. Adjusting tools included, but not pictured. $75

john- nice how brush bash is tucked behind that rib, eh? I wish more banks routes were so they'd stay in longer. not a bad route given its moderateness for the area, though some loppers might help for that mid section.

lots of houses in Field have basements that they will rent out nightly. several seemed to be "walk in" kind of deals.

interesting photos. The "Y" actually looks like it is an anchor slung around that rock in the right part of the photo. a big loop of rope around it. Maybe that was their anchor while in the snow cave? Even more interesting is that the picture of foot steps seems to show that there were three people ascending together. Take a close look at the picture, in some places you will see 3 distinct ice axe holes. Most climbers put the ice axe in with each step or every other step. almost never, and certainly not repeatedly, would you reset your own ice axe three times in the same step. Seems like they made those steps as a team.

Chinook helicopters have a 3ft square hole in the bottom of them that they are able to lower and raise a winch cable out of. If the person medically does not need to be immobilized, they can simply be loaded onto a 1-2 person carrier/seat called a "jungle penetrator". They clip into the ring at the end of the cable and are winched up into the aircraft. The hole is also large enough to accomidate a "litter", what rescuers use to transport people with broken legs, backs, etc. kind of a backboard with handles and rails around it. these can be hooked to the winch cable and guided into the helicopter from below. The latter is more difficult and time consuming, but still fairly standard practice. I would say that winching them into the bird on the jungle penetrator is the most likely scenario. Another option is to do a "hot" landing on the summit, where flat enough ground allows for the helicopter to set down. They keep the engines running at full speed so there is no danger getting stuck. If the winds are high, they may very well use this option. They can also hover/land with only part of the aircraft on the mountain (like the back, where the door is). Just for scale, chinook helicopters are about as big as a school bus.

+++++++ energy.

interested in the darts

seems to me that this should change in the future.

this thing looks like it would work (this is the piece NYC mentioned). it wouldn't have any annoying bolts or clamps to interfere with ergonomics:

Jens- it doesn't work. the Quark shaft is too big for the metal thing included with the "viper Strike". I opened one up and tried. I did talk to the Petzl rep at "rep night" and he said they are coming out with a simmilar thing for the quark next year.

Good luck you guys. Sending positive energy your way. Hang in there. To the searchers: work hard and stay safe. you guys rock

you can walk off up and right, but we just made one 200ft rap from a small tree. Quick and easy way back to the base.