glassgowkiss Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 (edited) as soon as it gets good for ice climbing around here it turns warm! after climbing in sw bc last 2 weekends i must say if it stayed cold long enough we would be ice climbing mecca (sw bc and western wa). did some quality ice, one could compare to the best routes in the rockies. this rain shit sucks though. and it's going to last long enough it will melt it all to shit. btw i can't believe how sore i am after climbing 9 pitches of ice over the weekend, i guess i am getiing old Edited January 17, 2005 by glassgowkiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 its still -5c in lillooet and probably will stay cold there all week, cause its 7c lower than forecast right now and forecast is for near zero all week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 yeah, but i liked this 1h 40 min drives to the climbs. leave b-ham at 6, climb some steep ice and back to town just in time for a happy hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stemalot Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 with all this moisture, a lot of the climbs will be covered with a thick blanket of snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 yeah, but i liked this 1h 40 min drives to the climbs. leave b-ham at 6, climb some steep ice and back to town just in time for a happy hour. Â i liked the 30 minute drive to the same climbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Yes but at least Bob gets to go to a city with a bit of entertainment not a bible thumping hellhole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Yes but at least Bob gets to go to a city with a bit of entertainment not a bible thumping hellhole. Â when you have beer who needs entertainment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Valdez. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 we are missing some huge auroras too  AURORA ALERT: If it's dark where you live, look outside. A strong geomagnetic storm is in progress after one (and possibly two) coronal mass ejections hit Earth's magnetic field this morning. Bright auroras have been sighted in Alaska and Canada.  Meanwhile, giant sunspot 720 has unleashed another big solar flare. The X3-class explosion peaked at 0950 GMT (4:50 am EST) on Jan. 17th and hurled a CME in our direction. The many speckles in this SOHO coronagraph image of the CME are caused by protons accelerated to light speed by the blast hitting SOHO's digital camera.  The incoming CME will hit Earth's magnetic field on Jan. 18th or 19th, possibly energizing another geomagnetic storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Valdez. Problem solved. Â Well solved for another 20 years until global warming really gets going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Yes but at least Bob gets to go to a city with a bit of entertainment not a bible thumping hellhole.  Maybe you just need to go to the Beer Parlour in Hope and hang out with the hotty bartender talking about her big truck  BTW: Bob, you guys crush Northwest Passage or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 cause its 7c lower than forecast right now and forecast is for near zero all week. Yesterdays forecast had a high of 7C for this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 no it was forecast to be +2 high yesterday and it was -5 then -3. Â forecast for rest of week is in the +3 to -3 range so probably more like 0 to -6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 it's +1 today though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 (edited) we did not get on nw passage at all. my pussy started to ache when looking at it. proud line though! instead we went around the corner and did as seen on tv. very nice climb with a lot of character. Â Edited January 18, 2005 by glassgowkiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 shaun and aaron got 1 pitch up nw passage on friday and bailed off second pitch due to ice one half to two inches thick and two feet wide for 10-15m off the belay. rappel anchor from first pitch was a log frozen in the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Â HERE! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 rappel anchor from first pitch was a log frozen in the ice. Â Huh? Frozen logs are bomber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 i don't think anything will be left even around lilloowet, check this out: Today .. A few showers. Wind becoming south 30 km/h this afternoon. High 11. Tonight .. Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this evening. Wind south 30 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 5. Friday .. Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. High 8. Saturday .. Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers. Low 5. High 10. Sunday .. Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers. Low 4. High 8. Monday .. Periods of rain. Low 5. High 8. i can't believe this!and this is january??!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Â All aboard the Pineapple Express! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 gettin' desperate. thinking skaha this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Little chilly in skaha, but not a bad idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 depends if sun is out or not. but it is 8C in Penticton now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 This site http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?YYF Â Says its +3C in Penticton. Meanwhile Lillooet is +7C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 now it says 2C, it was 7 earlier. my point is that when it's sunny you can climb even when it's only 5C. and there is pretty much no decent ice left, avi forecast sucks, this sucks donkey dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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