jja Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 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 !!??" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Right on, thanks jja...looks like it's worth a trip! How did the lower part of Synchro look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Friend and I drove into the Bridge River. Didn't climb anything. Most everything was very thin at least in the lower sections. Didn't get a great view of NnG due to clouds but the lower approach pitches looked quite rocky. Plenty of water around, just need consistent cold and all will be fat. There isn't much snow either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrogers Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Thanks, jja. How about a climbing pic? Lambone- lower part of Synchro was not in. I think jja shot some pics, so ask him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Nice job with the pics. Thanks for posting them. Hey you all familar with Lillooet where is the cheap place to stay around there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daler Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Cool pics. Looks like Lilloett is off to a good start!! Remember "In" is a relative term. You can always walk up to the real pitches on Syncro. Looks like the rest of it is good to go. I miss it up there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrogers Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 ken4ord said: Nice job with the pics. Thanks for posting them. Hey you all familar with Lillooet where is the cheap place to stay around there? Mile-0 motel. Ask for the "Ice Climbers special" I think it's $49 a night + $4 CND per person after that. Decent hotel with cable, mini fridges, coffee machines and laundry. Eat a Dina's Greek place. Ask TimL about how large a large lasange is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Nice pics. Nothin like a little ice dancin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jja Posted December 8, 2003 Author Share Posted December 8, 2003 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 !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrogers Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 jja said: 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 !! Now no one will believe my on-sight naked solo of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Where is "Shredie?" Haven't seen that one before, it's not in the Guide book is it? Does it touch down, or is it mixed? Looks cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 its a WI6 just right of the rightmost rambles, not the central rambles that everyone calls the righthand what a horrible picture of carls berg by the way, thats even worse than mike layton's picture of the telephone pole in front of yak peak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jja Posted December 8, 2003 Author Share Posted December 8, 2003 Dru said: its a WI6 just right of the rightmost rambles, not the central rambles that everyone calls the righthand what a horrible picture of carls berg by the way, thats even worse than mike layton's picture of the telephone pole in front of yak peak! 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 SWEEEET! You're getting me all fired up for ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 gort alert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Dru said: gort alert! I'm gonna revive the gorts this year, just for you, Dru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 What's wrong with my Yak Picture, it's the only photo I've seen to truly capture its essense??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 btw, as i was driving by yak early nov there was ice everywhere. i mean there were at leat 100 ice climbs between hope and golden. most of the ice on yak was looking easy, but yak crack looked very interesting with ice on it. dru, i though shreddie was 5+. anyway, don't get it why people pop a big wood over synchro. i mean what is a big deal about a 2 pitch wi3+? synchotron looks way better. and loose lady is way more fun to climb, specially if it is thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Fuckin a tim jja and fredrogers I had fun gliding around with my dog sunday as he tunnelled through the snow But it looks like Tim is kickin some ass and JJa is cranking. Fred looks like he is happy holding his ice dong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daler Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Bob, Don't dumb down Syncro just because its easy for you. I still think its forms up as grade 4 most of the time. Mostly the last 50 feet can be tricky but that doesn't mean its not grade 4. Also I have climbed shreddie when it is grade 6 and when its grade 5. You of all people should know it depends. Also The Synchrotron is a good climb but not as good as Syncronicity, Although it does offer some harder climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 so was shreddie climbed this year already?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 glassgowkiss said: so was shreddie climbed this year already?? Could be. I met a set of folks from Canyucker land that dont report shit here a few weeks ago and just do it. I could never keep up with them but their photos of it and other stuff were amazing (not necessarily this year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 and it's only like 1,000 km from hope to golden bob some secret full length ice route on yak was done by tami knight and dave harris way back when but i heard it was mostly powder snow over granite slabs... anyway why do a fwa of yak crack when that thing is enough of a choss pit in summer. you could climb the unclimbed turf and bush line that parallels it to the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 (edited) dale, i just think that syncro is not that good of a route. i did some good wi3/4. i just don't think it's that good of a line. shreek i thought was much, much better. so was loose lady. but that's just my opinion. as far as shreddie, yeah grades don't mean shit, i know. i have never seen this thing form to the ground. nor the theft. is shreddie climbed as mixed then? when i saw some ice on shreddie i thought it looks pretty tough for wi5 or 5+, but then again i am a wanker. i think there are only 2 real grades on ice. something i can do and somethin i will not get on... as far as the theft i thought if it keeps getting bigger might go and check if it would go as mixed. dru- the ice on yak was for real, there was no snow on it at all. yak crack looked really good as ice climb, i shit you not. there were several good looking lines before revelstoke. most likely they just get burried in snow later in the season. also around roggers pass!!!!! i was going to drive back there, but then it started snowing. all of these lines are under big avalnche slopes, but man, talking about some big ice!! some of these routes were like 200m high and steep! anyway i am convinced now that early season is the way to go. Edited December 9, 2003 by glassgowkiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 The Theft Tuan's report on the Theft, pretty cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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