Alex

welcome back scott, we missed you

congrats on your first alpine lead!

cool, you dont see many TRs of North Sister. Its actually a worthy climb. In 1994 I night-soloed a N arete - SE ridge traverse of the peak, and it was excellent, highly recommended this way. Leave Pole Creek on a full-moon night as the sun goes down, and see where it leads you. Scratching up the iced up summit block from the N with full moonlight was epic.

that is easy... every climber is better than me actually thats not true, as you are better than me!

that does sound like a tasty solo loop, its now on the list

Does he even have a job? Nice, once I've wanted to do for some time!

just curious, the Golden Ramp thingy looks nice, but why doesnt the route finish up the upper corner? too wide?

ewwwwwwww

Am I the only one to think that the guy looks like....adamson???

What you are identifying as "drama-free" is only because your drama and their androgynous drama is on the same wavelength, therefore is XORed out. There is still drama to the outside observer, just harmonious drama instead of disruptive drama.

Weigh-in this morning: 201.2 Weigh-in this morning: 198.4 Weigh-in Tuesday morning: 200.3 I have decided that weight-loss is for the birds!

good job dudes!

props

Carnival Crack. Also the West F of Piton Tower has like 15 ft of offwidth on it, as part of a very varied crux pitch.

cbs, i can't believe you actually know the names of those things

we gotta get out there, midweek next week?

What's-his-name is from Cuba? Hmm. Me, I'm going to * BBQ tonight * buy a child backpack carrier this weekend * buy a high chair. anyone have a small-sized high chair? * want to do a short hike each day this weekend, perhaps even with child! * lots of yard and garden projects

i broke down last night and got some Dryers French Silk ice cream, brie and crackers, and yummy sourdough bread, and some blueberry granola. hmmm maybe the body noticed some carbs were missing...

good effort, chalk it up to "continuing accumulation of experiences in the mountains that didnt kill me". Ironically, with experience, those most vivid first impressions and first trips become at the same time very blasé ("we were such noobs!") and treasured ("I remember the first time we went up to Shurman in the early season, and thought about breaking into the shelter!"). I think I for one have spent the last 10 years looking for routes and experiences that would leave the same *kinds* of impressions on me as those first few years of climbing, but while I've climbed alot of stuff with alot of people, I have very rarely succeeded there.

you guys drove from Spokane...for that...?

I've done the same trip in April, 1998, with same results. Good conditioning, though!

"Also, anyone familiar with this ski descent, does the traditional descent go through the bottom of the Crater? " Absolutely not. Its pretty much always melted out like that, and unstable. From Pearly Gates/base of hogsback you can usually ski easily down the E side of Crater Rock (basic S Side climbing route) or from the Old Chute the line in green that you have shown here.

Weigh-in this morning: 201.2 Weigh-in this morning: 198.4

Whoh, I never thought I'd see the day that Joseph started grid-bolting Beacon!!

I hear you have to, like, hike to get in there and stuff