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Anyone use these in cold weather and have an opinion on them? Thanks

Fuckin' wicked.

Right on Ade and Waz! Yeah, there's actually some pretty cool lines up the cliffy bits. Just to the right of the little route we did but hidden in your topo, there's a cool looking WI 5, M??, further right there's a stiffer looking rig (the fangs visible to the right). What did the ice slabs to the left of your route look like? Was shite melting out up there at all?

Unfortunately my camera was resting comfortably at home in my armchair. Man, it turned out to be a purdy day out! (Yeah right, Nelson's an armchair dood, sure thing, okeedokee.)

Almost none.

I rapped the S Face on Saturday and it was certainly climbable; fairly consolidated snow over rock. After this snowfall it'll still be good, just more digging for holds and gear. The Mighty Tooth is always a great climb! The central part of the NE Slab seemed like it was better than the traversing bit that folks tried this weekend. Not much for gear, but where it was steep the sticks were OK. The rest was crust over sugar over rock but luckily not steep. -M

Very cool Ade. Well done! -M

Mmmmmmmmmm.....world alpine domination....mmmmmmmmm

Plus he's a solid human being.

Definitely a fun route, made all the better because: "several tri-cams (invaluable)". Good show y'all. -M

THAT be the truth!

Colin doesn't have a thread, he has a life. (I still say he's a fucking slacker!) -M

Ain't seeing it on the WT website, have you seen them around? Thanks

Nice job Sky. I'm glad you didn't have any route-finding problems! (Torrrrrmmmmmennnnnnt-FFFFForrrrrrrbbbbbiddddddennnnnnn...)

These looked pretty good except I don't see them being made anymore. Buying used isn't great due to synthetics losing their loft fairly quickly over time. Bronco, Yeah, I've got a 3-4 yr old WT belay parka that's nice except the hood doesn't fit well over a helmet. So is the new model better? Also, I'm looking for a -30F kinda thing.

Anyone know of a belay parka warmer than the DAS? The new model doesn't seem to have near the loft of the model from 5 or so years ago. Thanks -M

In all things, go ramenless.

Prussik E Ridge? Colchuck N Ridge? Some kinda ridge over east somewhere? -Mark

Craig, how bad do you think the slopes getting up to the East Ridge of Prussik would be?

Right on gents, definitely a noble failure! That looks like hard friggin' conditions. And then there's the wind... And bivy sacks... And what's up with the glacier, do the caves go all the way to the mote?

The Sube made it to within 1 mile of the trailhead (snow machine packed the whole way). Skiied the road (icy), the trail (couple bare spots on the way in, many on the way out), and the glacier (cake). The Polish route looks killer! The last piller doesn't quite touch down however. John probably has a good photo, I do too, but my slides aren't developed yet. Both routes are do-able in a day for sure. -M

Do you know of any shop that does good work? I know of one... any others? Thanks

I'd say descend the route. Traversing the summits westward was really cool terrain, but fucking long. -M

Congratulations Sky!

No way man. Hell, it's taken me 8 days car to car before to fail on the north side!