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If you stay in vermont you will get way more local water ice, but there is some to be had around here. If you move to the PNW you will have access to more rewarding BIG ice climbs, but they will be few and far between. You'll be closer to road trips to the canadian rockies and montana, although flying there from vermont is way quicker than driving there from portland. Vermont=more ice climbing for you PNW=real alpinism, but with much hair pulling and failure

if you've climbed with him or know him post here. yes, erik, it's not your b-day anymore, but you still

they are heavy, my crampons fall off on lead due to the extra soft rubber, too narrow, and they dig into my ankle, and no shoe is worth that kind of $$ I would buy the la sportiva ice boot (i have the old style and have been fine in very cold conditions...exra socks), the freney by scarpa, the vasque m-finity, any kayland boot. I would wait for the Mad Rock boot to come out and get that if it fits.

Happy birthday Erik, you've always been like a father for me, taking me fishing, to the zoo, playing catch, climbing mox and dragontail. wanna go get some cherry phosphates?

what was in this thread? why was it deleted? so much stupid spray, and then I see a topic like this!

super alpinistas suck. the new M-finitiy are the bomb though.

there goes all my free time...and Pete's oven. Thanks!

probably just one day, i'm busy. either day is good. i don't have time to specifically email anyone. stupid school, stupid schedule. Anyway, at least it looks dry! PM me cuz I will most likely forget i posted this. Love and kisses, Mike

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You rawk Jon, thanks for doing this. I'm glad it wasn't doing it alone this time, that sucked.

if that

You mean, partly fictional? Half my TR's are also half lies and overexaggerations. Makes it more fun for me to write. The truth and correct camera angle is boooooooooring!

can i have your quarks?

i turned those frowns upsidedown

Today in my email i am going to enlarge my penis, marry some hottie from nigeria who invited me to her private forum, get a diploma, and I won $100,000 for a contest I didn't even enter! EZ street here I come.

Forums for the Sierras, Rockies, Canadian Rockies, Red Rocks, etc... Total west coast domination

I adjusted their smiles!

oh, and yeah, make sure you get the thinsulate ones. The photo I posted looked a tad bit off.

actually, i tried these on and they aren't as supple/articulate as the blue ones. the ones you showed have windstopper or something like that.

i never left.

I just bought 4 pair so I never run out. I used them every day in ouray instead of my expensive cloudveil glove. Warm, dexterous, good knucle protection. Simply the best glove I've ever warn. $12 a pair. Bald Eagle pigskin gloves with thinsulate. Got em at a truckstop in ID. Funny thing is, i saw someone else climbing with them in ouray and we had a little moment of glove pride. I was able to drytool, rockclimb, and leashless ice climb in them. I'm trying to get the usoutdoor store in portland to carry them. No more expensive ice gloves. BALD EAGLE BABY! Oh, and the fit perfect!

Sill and Lance just did the 1st ascent of the South Side of Brokeback Mountain!

why don't you two get a room?

So sad to lose another in the generation of real men and explorers. Those guys had the moxy.