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[TR] Mt Baker- Ice climbing on Coleman 10/18


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This is my first TR and I have no ice experience, so I really don't know what to say. I went to Mt Baker this weekend to learn how to ice climb with BoeAlps. It was sunny on Saturday, and miserably rainy on Sunday.

 

Long story short, ice climbing is A LOT more fun than I expected. And a lot easier as well. (Unlike rock, which looks easy but is REALLY hard) I definitely need to ice climb again! The season has just started!

 

As you can expect, my feet were in absolute pain and fatigue afterwards! :wtc: So much kicking and stomping.

 

As for the ice, I was told that it was really good ice from our 'expert' instructor. Screws were easy to place and dinner-plating wasn't a problem on sat. Sunday was tough climbing. The rain kept melting the face and I was dinner-plating all over the place. Our top rope anchor also was getting sketchy.

 

 

The area:

North

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South

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Me. Hero pose. cool.gif

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The group. Saturday was the area shown here. Sunday was up higher where the 2nd guy from the top is.

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This is my V-anchor. I can't believe it works!

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Me 'bouldering' 5 ft off the ground. Too scared to go any higher. I slip would be dangerous. I'd probably slide all the way to Canada!

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Ben and Tom at the top setting up the anchor

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Cal belaying

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Cal climbing

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I once met Kiwi at Pub Club and was super disappointed that there was no detectable New Zealand accent. bigdrink.gif

I can do a very convincing Aussie accent though--or so I was told by some Aussie friends of mine. They had me 'perform' everytime they introduced me to one of their friends. cantfocus.gif

 

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