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I'm on the list, too, but some of them fuckers still keep calling me. Goddamned telemarkers...

Oooo! Insert spanking graemlin here...

those things are wicked cool. i be waiting for the action movie where 007 sticks one in the carotid to f up the bad guy. Ya know, I always thought that'd be a great way to kill someone, too. Shot 'em up with an embolism - PSSS! Deader'n a doornail.

Just relax a little, geordie. All will be well in good time. I was gonna go up on Sunday to inspect, but I've lived in Yakivegas long enough to know that it woulda been a wasted afternoon. So I hung out with the wife and baby and nursed my hangover from my birthday celebration the night before..

Coolest thing I've used is one of those "cork-popper" style cork removers. Has a thick needle on a handle, and you hook up a NO Whippit to it. Remove foil, insert needle, push end of Whippit, POP! Bottle's open. After the wine is done, inhale NO from the Whippit for more good times!

The ARVA 9000 is both of those things. So now what?

and Might I ask why?

Schweet!

Not a choice you listed, but ARVA 9000!

So what did you guys do? Swing over Chinook Pass from Olympia a grab a new line, scoot down 410 to the wye, shoot up 12 to Strobach, eye the climbs (or didja climb anything?), check out Clear Creek Falls, and head home? Did you go down FS Road 19 at all to check out Little Naches? Headin' out right now meself to see what up.

Mebbe we could convince some elk shooters to leave their camp up for the winter.

Yeah, Bronco, I agree. I guess we all should have seen it coming...

Well, it does, O Most Revered One of the Northlands, just not around the Eastern WA desert. The referenced contributors have a lot more to do with ice climbing around places like say, oh, Colorado. For a groundwater acquifer to play a serious role in forming ice climbs, it's got to be near the surface so the water can flow up and out, then freeze. The acquifers in the Ellensburg and Grand Rhonde formations are nowhere near enough to the surface to contribute to climb formation in the Eastern WA desert. It is the shallow ARTIFICIAL acquifers that are contributing to the climb formation, said shallow acquifers are caused by IRRIGATION. WHICH IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ACROSS ALL ALONG. Note that every one of my posts above, save the 1.2 Gigawatt one, addresses irrigation as the major contributing factor to ice climb formation in the Coulees. I shooda jest let this thread die when it was already dead. I'm going out for own Pub Club now...

Yeah, I saw that too and thought the same thing.

Sorry to bring this back to the top, but yes, Laura, I have been around Banks Lake in the summer (it's part of my job), and contrary to your belief, there is a SHITPOT of irrigation going on EVERY YEAR, all over the flatlands above the cliffs! That's WHY we have ice climbs of the sort we do at Banks. It's because of all that irrigation water being stored in shallow acquifers and soil horizons, then seeping out over the winter and freezing as it finds its way to the cliff faces. The fact that you have water in your well in Omak has more to do with groundwater hydrology, pore pressures, and capillary action than anything else.

Sounds like it was a fun trip with the SO. Good on ya for taking her out, mate! The little drip south of Sandpoint is called Chilco Falls, just in case anyone asks you...

I have ten skis. They are grouped in pairs 1. Fischer Ultra Airs w/Fritschis for AT 2. Dynastar 900-something asymetrics w/Markers for the groomed 3. Volants w/G3s for tele 4. some old Kharu waxables w/3-pins for XC touring 5. Dynastar Fusions w/old Looks for rocks/sand dunes

Stay home. Nothin' in yet. We just had our first real snow last week and a dusting above 4500 ft yesterday. The climbs are right at that elevation, so there's not really enough to feed them yet. Give it some time...

Agreed! They were out there getting their asses shot off while my butt was safely ensconced back here in the States. I have nothing but good things to say about all US veterans. Thank you all. Aside: I was leaving for work this morning when I noticed that last night's windstorm had torn down my flag bracket on the front porch. I told my wife that I'd fix it when I got home tonight. She said, "Today's Veteran's Day." That was all it took. I was 30 minutes late to work, but my flag is flying. My boss didn't care at all that I was late when I explained it to him. He was an FAO in Vietnam. ...sobo

Certainly generating some interest, tho... 32 views in only 16 minutes.

Looks like that sunny weather just a few minutes earlier has disappeared...

Paco, Nice job, but please edit the URL address on Picture #5. It appears to have a double "http" in it, and I can't get it to stay up long enuff to edit it meself.

Also, be aware that most of the top-outs at Strobach are mungy and require root-grabbing to get off the tops. Also, the early ascensionists (Norm, Larry, Yale, etc.) were equipped with 60m ropes.

I agree, ft, m, something besides pitches would be nice - but it's a pain to get that information. Well, check out the Chinook Pass area climbs...

Thanks Gary. That is about the best site I've seen ever for buying 7.5 minute quads. They're about 50% more $$ than buying them at the local store here in town, but it looks like they got every map I'd ever need.