Alex

someone's been listening to too much Ricker

Spider, LeConte: Yang yang is a casual 8-hour stroll from Cascade Pass, so someone who jogged a bit could round trip LeConte in a day easily. Sinister sounds like an off-the-hook challenge.

I like the fake water backdrop, it's not even photoshopped, that's old skool!

nice. my wife and i were in there Sept of 99, climbing the same things, what a great area! e ridge of wolfshead deservedly classic!

No supplemental oxygen is difficult to argue with despite the fixed ropes.

I see I called it correctly, http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=721583&PHPSESSID=3e3a840f4705ae8d9a8629e5b5734d63

The Biggest games of the season were the 9 in a row they just lost

soooo tempting. its on my schedule for next summer

Prussik back up to the previous rap station, and try again. There will be something, somewhere, to set up a rap with. Perhaps not in the fall line, and perhaps not at a full rope-length...

E Ridge of Goode?

Work it K.

If you are moving to Oregon and expect to go ice climbing, I would like to set your expectations very low. There is little ice climbing in Oregon in a normal year, outside of Serac'ing on the N Side of Hood. You will have to drive quite a bit. That said, if you don't mind driving then you are within easy day's drive of the Canadian Rockies and other destinations for longer trips, and some ice climbing in Washington for weekends. PS: thanks for the plug Kevin!

There is no melt to put any ice in it, so you'd basically be doing the summer-time moves with more snow and verglas thrown in the mix, in cold temps. The Linear Accelerator route and other Molar Tooth routes are discussed in May 1994 issue of Climbing magazine. Alex

I bet NOLSe will bid!

I keep forgetting that that is my avatar pic (I have them turned off). But I'll out myself and confess now that I don't use a Bosch. I use a Hilti TE 6A. 36 volts of hole-drillin'-FURY, Dwayner!

great pics, congrats to the both of you!!

That looks really nice. I actually think your Remmel shot of you is really good, Pat. Way to be out there!

Agreed, looks like crap. I sure could use that hardware for some other stuff, so....where.. exactly is this rig?

The washouts just keep the gapers at bay. It's your call.

When I did it I just traversed around Whatcom in about 2.5 hours from Whatcom Pass. But that was a high snow year.

minddoc, if you are looking for easier condish on this route you should probably hit it end of May/first week of June, next year.

You don't get out of Oregon much if you are surprised about the pumping gas or sales tax thingys.

The first time I rope-solo aided Iron Horse I was unable to figure out how to get past the blankness above the fixed pins, and had to resort to aiding rightwards to that anchor. I was a n00b and out of my depth. I didn't realize I could have just down-aided. In that respect, that anchor was vital because it let me escape my own folly and learn how to be a better climber without dying or getting hurt, and without committing to going up to the next anchors on wide gear or mandatory free climbing.

Its commonly done. Basic glacier travel eq and good xc nav skillz