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Need a belay for shreddie and the theft?

This is the most popular photo ever on cc.com. Discuss.

re: rambles. I call the gully with the low angle start and the big honking tree in the middle of the ice, "rambles left". The gully I posted the pics of I call "rambles right", and the gully to the right of that (the one with the long annoying low angle second pitch) "rambles right-right". I suppose left, center, right makes more sense. re: carl's berg. Horrible pic I know, through car window from the road, but I figured if anyone was interested in how this was shaping up, it's better than nothing.

The photo of synchro I posted is the best I have, shot from the car window while in a hurry (didn't want anyone to rear end us while stopped in the middle of the icy road). Fred's right in that there didn't look to be anything I'd call ice below the obvious ice in the picture. But I've never done this route before, so I don't really know what "in" looks like from the road. But I do know that when I was up there two weekends ago with cavey that long rightward diagnal pitch was just a wet streak. It's supposed to be cold all week too, so I suspect lot's of stuff will be coming into shape for next weekend. Synchro is for sure on the winter tick list. Fred, the picture I had of you leading shreddie got deleted somehow, so I posted the "excited " picture instead. Seriously, there are beacuoup pictures, I'll burn them all on a cd at full res and send it to you at work, then you can give them to tim too. Thanks for driving again !!

First pitch rambles right Me on upper pitch rambles right TimL on upper pitch rambles right Fred_Rogers getting excited (aka "the ice boner") Shreddie Carls Berg Synchronicity Icy BC Deeping Wall No Deductable TimL on Pink Cadillac Me on Dihedral (just before I knock the entire thing down while on tr, he he) Movie: "Fuckin solid 'eh" Movie: "I'm how fuckin' old !!??"

Barry, I have no clue. But if you're up there take a look at the ne slab of der toof and tell us what you find. .. in fact you could set that as an objective and if it's not in, just hike back down the hill and spend the day at cc.com's favorite new crag "the rap wall".

Scan it and post an image dru, or is the INFAMOUS LILLOOET ICE MAP as real as the NEW SMITH ROCK GUIDE?

Hey bob, is this the area that is accessed by climbing a short 2+ pitch then a long annoying low angle ice pitch? If it is, that is where the mixed ice clinic was at last year's ice fest. Or am I thinking of the far "right-right" line?

Anybody want to do a long weekend in banff over xmas or new years? I was thinking either 24 to 29 Dec (leave the afternoon of 23 return evening of 29) or 1 to 5 Jan (leave the afternoon of 31 return evening of 5).

The Jan 04 rock and ice has a review of this boot (and several other models).

here it is:

To add to the beta from T-day weekend: Professor falls is in (not wet at all), we skipped the top pitch since it was dumping and there is a bowl above that pitch, but that looked in too. Johnson Canyon main upper falls is in if you don't mind either rapping to the base of the climb or tempting fate (and a cold swim) trying to get to the base. The ice that comes over the rock to the right of the falls is just daggers, not even close to touching down.

Maybe I ought to take the cup back anyway since it now has a dent in the bottom from where I wacked it with a hammer (I was going to use a flat board like klenke suggested to distribute the blow, but all I had lying around was a wooden shim - doh!)

Can you tell that I'm infatuated with my new digital camera?

Only a little damage ...

Success !! A big hammer solves all problems. Thanks Klenke.

I wish the story was that cool. No, I just threw a bunch of stuff in the trunk, the cannister ended up in the cup, and then got squashed in there by something.

I tried something similar, but it didn't work. Didn't have any wd40 handy so I used olive oil, didn't work. I'm sure this would work, are you volunteering? I think I'll try Klenke's first suggestion, I'm not sure I understand the second one

The low tech steak knife didn't work and I already tried the uber geeky approach of putting the whole thing in the freezer, then running hot water on the outside of the cup thinking I'd heat the cup quickly causing it to expand and the cannister would still be cold, the differential would then magically free the cannister .. no such luck. This cup was expensive!! .. let me go see if I can find some epoxy.

I got a propane cannister stuck upside down in a cup. How do I get it out without a) causing a small explosion, or b) ruining my oh so yuppie ti cup?

Ditto!! Proffessor Falls was cool. First pitch on Friday:

Looks like more ice than a couple of weeks ago. Did you do the topout on the m7- on the left Tim? oh, and did anybody get on that m9? I'd love to see some pics from that !!

How much music do you get on 128mb?? It depends on the bit rate, but typically between 2 and 3 cd's worth.

loose lady, wtf ?? it's oregon jack. yes we climbed it. do the cc.com ice police approve?

Everyone was right, there was no ice, I shoulda stayed home.