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After doing a number of different things this summer, I reached the conclusion that I get the most bang for the buck fun-to-effort ratio with "alpine cragging" at places like WA pass and Darrington.

 

What are the rest of you most into?

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Deep snow wallowing with barely hidden crevasses with huge boots on my feet, huge skis on my back, unroped, in a snowstorm, with extreme avy danger.

 

I mean gym climbing.

 

Seriously, it it's not technical I won't do it, unless I can ski it. I like tech. alpine rock, technical alpine mixed, water ice, winter, etc. Gym is good for training, sport climbing is good for getting scared.

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Necronomicon said:

Mung-grovelling in South West BC. Blots all fun from my existence.

 

yeah you guys dont seem to actually climb that much do you?

 

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Sphinx said:

And Darrington is NOT alpine cragging. It's cragging.

 

Grab the loose flakes on the crux pitch of the W. Buttress of Blueberry Hill and say that, bitch. That's alpine-ish with no easy bail when the shit comes down.

 

Suck it, sphinxy

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bunglehead said:

Dru said:

climbing with girlz is my favorite kind of climbing!

 

Agreed. thumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gif

 

Especially girlz that lead, and have tight asses... yellaf.gif

just as long as they ain't the whiny type they be coo...

 

Me my self, adventure climbing... uncharted trad lines that are found through binoculars and old forrest service maps. the kind that you feel like your lost, and about the time ya give up and try to find your car, poof there it be bro... spending way to long gapin your way up a no so hard line about half scared for your safety on loose blocks... yellaf.gif that is "IT" for me!!!

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erik said:

Necronomicon said:

Mung-grovelling in South West BC. Blots all fun from my existence.

 

yeah you guys dont seem to actually climb that much do you?

 

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You can't strike out if you don't step up to the plate.

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Necronomicon said:

erik said:

Necronomicon said:

Mung-grovelling in South West BC. Blots all fun from my existence.

 

yeah you guys dont seem to actually climb that much do you?

 

hahaha.gif

 

You can't strike out if you don't step up to the plate.

 

i struck out this weekend. 1st time i have not hit a homer all season!

 

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Dru said:

is non technical peak bagging "hiking" or "climbing" discuss boxing_smiley.gif

Def. hiking. It's not climbing unless it's technical. Hence, many routes on Rainier are hikes, unless there's climbing involved. So nobody has climbed St. Helens. grin.gif

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Greg_W said:

Sphinx said:

And Darrington is NOT alpine cragging. It's cragging.

 

Grab the loose flakes on the crux pitch of the W. Buttress of Blueberry Hill and say that, bitch. That's alpine-ish with no easy bail when the shit comes down.

 

Suck it, sphinxy

How does loose rock/bad pro make something alpine? I don't think so. smirk.gif

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Ursa_Eagle said:

non-technical alpine climbs (Snowking, Sahale, Logan, etc.) That's not to say I don't enjoy a good technical climb, but in terms of fun, I'll have to go with non-technical alpine climbs.

Forgive my naivete, but what exactly do you mean by "non-technical"? You have to rope up to cross glaciers on Sahale and Logan, right? Doesn't that count as technical? Or does technical mean that you're placing pro?

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Sphinx said:

Greg_W said:

Sphinx said:

And Darrington is NOT alpine cragging. It's cragging.

 

Grab the loose flakes on the crux pitch of the W. Buttress of Blueberry Hill and say that, bitch. That's alpine-ish with no easy bail when the shit comes down.

 

Suck it, sphinxy

How does loose rock/bad pro make something alpine? I don't think so. smirk.gif

 

Climb it; it definitely has an alpine feel to it - nice exposure, no easy way off, some route finding, no easy rescue, etc.

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