philfort Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Does anyone have a recent pic of the Coleman Headwall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steddy Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Â i was pretty lazy on the camera with this one; i should have my hands on photos showing more of the complete route in a few days. PM if you want higher resolution i don't think the photo will help you too much. my photo posting skills have deteriorated or its mozilla - see attachment. Â climbed the route on thursday 6-14, luckily the best weather day of the week. fun stuff! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 i think he meant: cool pic by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steddy Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 wow! i'm such an idiot today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Well now that you went and got yourself a betamax photo like that, with it lookin' SUPER-PHATTY, I'd say you're pretty much obliged to go ski it Phil. Â Oh yeah, sweet photo man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steddy Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 again - the details ain't too visible with this betamax. i was thinking about those who have skied it while on route - the upper parts are a sweet angle to ski, definitely under 40 degrees, but those lower parts right now, this time of year -- bow to the person who charges that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 it sure looked good yesterday from Hwy 1 when I was driving home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Well now that you went and got yourself a betamax photo like that, with it lookin' SUPER-PHATTY, I'd say you're pretty much obliged to go ski it Phil. Â Oh yeah, sweet photo man! Â OMG that looks good... haha, maybe I'll ski it tomorrow then meet up with you guys on Sunday... haha , yeah right. Â Might have to take a day off next week or something... hmm. Anyone? Hope it doesn't melt too much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 route - the upper parts are a sweet angle to ski, definitely under 40 degrees, but those lower parts right now, this time of year -- bow to the person who charges that! Â Looks clean on the far left and right (maybe there's nasty multiple-bergschrund-heinosities that aren't visible in the betamax though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 We tried to go straight up the center earlier today. We did a few hundred feet of glacial ice (fun, more ice than on the NR) before the snow ramp that we thought would take us to the upper snowfields turned out to be a jumble of detached snowblocks. We didn't see a way to stick to the ice, and we thought the snowblocks were too sketch (along with a general "things aren't going our way today*" vibe) so we aborted, and I pulled out the coathanger to start v-threading. Â There are two bergshrunds higher up that can definitely be end-run to the left. Â Sorry I don't have any pictures; my camera passed away sometime in the preceding week and I didn't discover it until today. Â We ended up seracing some on the Lower Coleman before heading home. Â * We took longer than anticipated to get out of camp and weave our way to the base of the route. We weren't climbing with the speed and confidence that I know we are capable of. While we were packing camp, there was icefall right of the Roman Nose. During the pitch before we turned around, the headwall was having some indigestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot'teryx Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Taken 6/25/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Here is a picture from this weekend, courtesy Chris Woytko, of the route and our highpoint. Â Â The sketchy soft hanging snowblocks that we would have had to cross looked like this in my semi-accurate artistic rendition: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Man that should be a Mike Layton shirt design except it's too artistic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Are those pubic hairs on the left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 No, the route's not rated VD4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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