layton

I live in Little Cottonwood canyon. It's been very warm and lots of shit is melting FAST. If it gets cold again, it should be sweet. Great White Icicle is 1/2 a mile from my home and it's usually pretty reliable. Utah ice is your best bet, but drytooling on the local crags is fun too. You can email me before you head out and I'll give you the beta on what's in. -Mike

I hate that f'in col when it's black ice and people are dropping bombs on my head. I wouldn't mind a via feratta. I also think they should limit everyone but me and the quebec girls

marketing my man

cool, keep em coming!

I 2nd the FB award for Rolf

oh, it's left of the white rock scar (on the face right and above the chinese puzzle wall)

There's my dihedral! I knew it was cool even though I could only see the top 1/4 thanks Scurlock!

Ivan, don't you have two kids and a wife? Maybe I can get you to write the "I have two kids and a wife" chapter

sweet pics dru!

That was a fun thanksgiving! This could be the Wiener...

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As some of you know, I've written a rather extensive book on climbing training, nutrition, injury, equipment, and special techniques. Well the time has come to self-publish, and I need a cover! So to promote the book and the awesome climbers and photographers on this site, I've decided to do this: 1st Place: The Cover Photo 2nd place: Back Cover If there are multiple excellent photos, I may use several for the back cover, or throughout the book. Winners receive a first run edition of the book. Rules: 1.Post a photo on this thread with a caption as to who,what,where and the photographer: contest ends Jan 12th 2008 2.Winning photos will be used at my sole discretion as I see fit in the book which will be for public resale. 3.All photos posted must be yours (i.e. don't post someone else's photo) and subjects in the photos must agree to be published (i.e. your bro may not want to be on the cover). This means the photo came from YOUR CAMERA and the climber in the photo must be able to be contacted by me. 4.Winners will receive an advance copy of the book. 5.Winners will be contacted before publication so I can get your written agreement as well as the subject in the photo's written agreement 6.All photos will remain the photographer's intellectual/copyrighted/personal property 7.To win, post an action shot. 8.If you don't want your photo published, don't enter. 9.If you want your photo to remain anonymous, that's fine. But I still need your written permission. I promise not to share your identity. 10.Winners have until Feb 12 to withdraw if they don't want to be in the book because I can't "unpublish" it. 11.I can change my mind at any time for what photos I actually use, but you'll still get the book. 12.Only two winners are guaranteed, but all winners receive a book if more than two winners happen. 13.I decide the winner. Photos should be in all disciplines of climbing, not just ice climbing! Bouldering, sport climbing, aid climbing, etc are highly encouraged in addition to your ice climbing, alpine, and trad shots.

No it's awesome! That photo just makes the face look stupid, wayne's however, does not!

except that view makes it look kinda stupid

BAD BOY BUBBY!

another lost pic Hopefully next year we can go straight up with the addition of warmer temps and a few bolts.

acutally the new zealand company that did this is now out of business. what they SHOULD have done is to blow up the cliff, and built an indoor climbing gym with real rock from the rubble left over.

I don't even know where to begin to start making fun of this photo

either way it's a shitty thing to have, but not nearly as bad as full blown AIDS or tertiary syphilis.

Acute: ice massage, rest, stretch hams and quads, fix any hip or lumbar problems with the chiro you're seeing and have him/her check your fibular hear at the knee joint too. Post-acute: continue to stretch hams and or quads, foam roller on ITB itself, cross friction and stripping with a tool (aka Graston or Gua-Sha). get your feet checked for over/under pronation along with a whole host of other foot problems that could be leading to ITB issues. Work on strengthening your hip abductors and adductors depending if your knee bows inward or outward. Perfect form Squats and lunges as well. There are ITB straps that take pressure off the the band. Note: The illiotibial band is a large sheet of connective tissue so tough, that it really can't be stretched. The muscle that controlls it is called the Tensor Fascia Latea. The TFL is a tiny muscles and can also become irritated if it's working too hard. Instead try strengthening your gluts, and stretching your hams or quads that could be pulling your ITB one way or another. Strengthen the weaker of the muscles (hams vs quads). A hip, lumbar, leg length, or foot imbalance could be causing your knee to rotate just enough to have the ITB rub against your femur or tibial head. It's a nastly little condition that is complicated to find the underlying issue. Once the issue is targeted, it can be relatively easy to fix.

it's funny that this route is starting to get some ascents and was largely ignored for so long. ....kinda like the Sumallo Cirque a few years back.

sweet, I bought one a couple weeks ago. phew!

borgeau right

let me know how it goes! Mine are pretty damn good - way more energy and calories than clif blocks...just not as "refined"

and by shealth, I mean sheath