David_Parker Posted March 2, 2003 Posted March 2, 2003 Retrosaurus and I climbed Polar Circus yesterday along with 2 other friends up here in Canada. Did the first pitch by headliamp and then had a beautiful sunny day. Only one other party below us on a Saturday! Topped out around 11:00. Enjoyed the rest of the bluebird day scoping all the awesome alpine routes all the way to Mt Kitchner. Curtain call was looking way scary, but ssaw some climbers doing a really skinny pillar. Slipstream is also looking sweet! Also went into the Ghost. Other than minor navigational errors, we made it no problem in a Forester with chains on all 4 wheels. Mitch did an impressive lead on very technical ice on the Ice Funnel. Sorcerer and Hydro are in. So, what are you doing down in warm Washington? Gotta go get in the hot-tub now. The girls are here! Quote
layton Posted March 2, 2003 Posted March 2, 2003 How long do you foresee Slipstream being in for? Can you upload a photo please? How are AVY conditions? Glad you sent Polar, isn't it the best moderate ice route ever! Thanks, Mike Quote
matthewmc23 Posted March 2, 2003 Posted March 2, 2003 Ohhh... please say you have some nice pics of slipstream. Did you have to elbow any foreign parties outta the way on Polar? Quote
Lambone Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 Fast climbing on Polar, nice job...it's one of my dream routes! How was the ice? Quote
David_Parker Posted March 3, 2003 Author Posted March 3, 2003 Seems everyone ends up with there own GHOST story eventually. After returning from our climb in the Ghost and consulting the guide book, we figured out we climbed Marion Falls, not the Ice Funnel!. Sorry, no photos boys and girls. You'll have to come up and see for yourselves. Quote
fleblebleb Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 matthewmc23 said: ... Did you have to elbow any foreign parties outta the way on Polar? Yeah, like, did you run into any of these pesky Canyucks? Sounds like awesome climbing Dave! Quote
Buckaroo Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 ""michael_layton"" ""How are AVY conditions?"" considerable (click on Jasper National Park) http://www.avalanche.ca/weather/bulletins/index.html Polar Circus and Slipstream are notorious for being the worse avalanche terrain of all the ice climbs in the area. Maybe why they are also the most coveted? Quote
layton Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 Yeah the 1st time I climbed Polar, we got avied on way high above the pencil and got the fuck outta there. The 2nd time we topped out and on the way down every one of our footsteps was burried, but we didn't see any avy. Also the slope after the pencil was creaking like a old wooden floor! I'll wear my elf shoes if I do slipstream. Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 No elbowing. We were there first. But three Frenchie mtn guides from Chamonix were on the way up when we were going down. Nice guys, but apparently unaware of accepatable North American sanitation practices, having left us a gift of two papered piles of excrement on the parkway beside our car. A breach of etiquette that I was unable to fully appreciate until one of our party stepped squarely in it. Quote
Dru Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 Mitch I hope you shovelled it up and left it frozen on their windshield!!! Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 That was the automatic impulse, but I resisted. Had I been the one with the fouled footwear, I would have without a second thought. Once I went in to climb Liberty Crack and a climber from the party in front of us, from one pitch up, craps in a bag and wings it off. For reasons that I won't get into, we did not complete the route. But upon descending to the base and again encountering the offensive "air-mail", I packed it out to the road and skewered it on the author's automobile antenna with a note: "I believe this is yours". Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 David_Parker said: Slipstream is also looking sweet! Borderline is in too. Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 (edited) michael_layton said: How long do you foresee Slipstream being in for? Until it kills someone. Is Slipstream on your list? or, Are you on Slipstream's list? Edited March 6, 2003 by Retrosaurus Quote
layton Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 I'm on its list. Got my snowmobile suite, and bag of flour all packed. Quote
wdietsch Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 Retrosaurus said: Once I went in to climb Liberty Crack and a climber from the party in front of us, from one pitch up, craps in a bag and wings it off. For reasons that I won't get into, we did not complete the route. But upon descending to the base and again encountering the offensive "air-mail", I packed it out to the road and skewered it on the author's automobile antenna with a note: "I believe this is yours". LMAO ..... that's classic .... well done Quote
wayne Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 In the bathroom of feathered friends is the best Slipstream photo ever Quote
layton Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 I have a slip-stream in my bathroom every morning. Damn woody. Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 michael_layton said: I have a slip-stream in my bathroom every morning. Damn woody. More inforrmation than anyone wanted, I'm sure. Quote
Retrosaurus Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 michael_layton said: I have a slip-stream in my bathroom every morning. Is that what you call it when your bowels loosen up too much? A daily fiber supplement will usually stabilize things. Take care not to get dehydrated. Quote
Marko Posted March 15, 2003 Posted March 15, 2003 "Is Slipstream on your list? or, Are you on Slipstream's list?" THAT is no shit. Quote
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