Mt. Rainier, Nisqually Icefall

[CascadeClimber]

I climbed the Nisqually Icefall Fri-Sat, March 29-30, and skied from the summit to the Nisqually Bridge. Glad to have gone back and finished this one up.

 

http://www.cascadeclimber.com/blog/?p=236

[kurthicks]

How was the ski quality?

[ScaredSilly]

Great Brownian motion!!!!

[grandpa]

I climbed the Nisqually Icefall Fri-Sat, March 29-30, and skied from the summit to the Nisqually Bridge. Glad to have gone back and finished this one up.

 

http://www.cascadeclimber.com/blog/?p=236

 

Fine tr, and a nice read. I wish I knew how to ski...

[mattp]

Nice one!

[CaleHoopes]

Excellent send Loren!

[bdcast34]

Talked with a couple climbers who were on the Gib Ledges that said they saw you over there. Very impressive. Great work man!

[Dale Farnham]

Good job man,

Tried it with Matt Christensen and Jim Merz in...'88 I think. Matt would know.

[ckohnstamm]

Great read, heading up there in the next few weeks for that route.

 

What movement skis?

 

You also said you brought technical tools, and poles, but both poles are whippets...so you brought a pair of whippets and technical tools?

Edited April 24, 2013 by ckohnstamm

[CascadeClimber]

Movement Logic X.

 

Yes, two technical tools and a pair of Whippets. I climbed the route to 13,100' last April and the icefall is (or was) in tougher shape this year. I could have managed with one walking axe, but I was faster and had more fun with two tools. I have a pair of Venoms for routes like this; they don't weigh much more than walking axes, so it's an easy call for me.