cbcbd Posted December 13, 2010 Posted December 13, 2010 Trip: Banks Lake ice with ropegunning wife - various Date: 12/11/2010 Trip Report: A week ago I tied the knot with the decision to secure myself a partner for life. Now a week later I tie a different knot. We both love ice, had never climbed WI together, so on Sat, 12/11, we finally got the chance to test our new marriage against some icicles!! Banks was looking promising so we drove up late from Seattle on Friday and slept in the Osborn bay Fish and Wildlife camping area (none of those climbs are in). Sat we got a lazy start, overcast, temps around 34 degrees in the morning, and headed to the Devil's punchbowl area. Lots of big ice debris below many of the climbs although we didn't see anything big coming down during the day. Trotsky's folly looked delaminated at the top and ready topple so we skipped it and headed up to start with Trotsky's Revenge. The wife asked me if she could have the first lead of the day. Now, I might be new to this but I know you should not be arguing with the wife. Gotta please the woman! The topout was a little hollow, but doable. The chimneying was great fun! At that time we saw two cc.com allstars coming up - John Plotz (telemarker)and Kyle Flick. They hopped on the punchbowl while we finished off Revenge. We chit-chatted and swaped climbs, running up punchbowl before the last remaining icicle falls off. Feeling good we finished off, waved adieu to Plotz and Flick, and headed over to Pee Wee's. We beeline to the right flow, which is the better looking one of the area. It's steep but the blobs, previous traffic, and thankfully short length (we just doubled up our 70m half rope), made it doable for me with much shaking out Pretty tied up When V runs up it I'm getting antsy to get off this flow since every small kick or swing she makes just reverberates all the way up the climb, reminding one that ice is a temporary ever-changing medium Very happy with our pump we packed up and headed a little north to complete the day with huge plates of delicious Mexican food at La Presa. Here's looking to future climbs and following some hard stuff my wife puts up for me!! Quote
YocumRidge Posted December 13, 2010 Posted December 13, 2010 Very Sweet, D&V! Congrats! to that. Nice job, Doug, on a follow-up to this classified ad : So, now when is your honeymoon vacation to the norwegian ice fjords going to happen? Remember I was signed up for it: driving you guys around, shovel the snow and climb ice in between? Quote
Gaucho Argentino Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Dude, luckily you got a lot of training for ice climbing in Brazil !!! Good climb, Buddies... Quote
telemarker Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Nice seeing you two out there! Now all I have to do is meet Oleg to round out the cc.com Russian contingent! Quote
OlegV Posted December 14, 2010 Posted December 14, 2010 Мира, добра и согласия, ребята! Чтоб лед под вами был прочнее чугуна! Peace, kindness and agreement - doesn’t sound quite right. Solid ice under your feet! Quote
cbcbd Posted December 14, 2010 Author Posted December 14, 2010 Very Sweet, D&V! Congrats! to that. Nice job, Doug, on a follow-up to this classified ad : Best $5 bucks I've ever spent!! Dude, luckily you got a lot of training for ice climbing in Brazil !!! Coconut trees, ice sheets... same thing, different season. and at least monkeys aren't trying to jump on your face on the ice Quote
spionin Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 Мира, добра и согласия, ребята! Чтоб лед под вами был прочнее чугуна! Peace, kindness and agreement - doesn’t sound quite right. Solid ice under your feet! i figured out how to read the original. sounds like a great toast. thank you! Quote
YocumRidge Posted December 15, 2010 Posted December 15, 2010 Мира, добра и согласия, ребята! Чтоб лед под вами был прочнее чугуна How about that: Quote
Jordan Posted December 16, 2010 Posted December 16, 2010 WI rope gunning wife... Would it be alright if I cloned her? Quote
cbcbd Posted December 16, 2010 Author Posted December 16, 2010 WI rope gunning wife... Would it be alright if I cloned her? Sorry, there can be only one Quote
icmtns Posted December 17, 2010 Posted December 17, 2010 Cool Doug and congrats on your knot tie! Quote
obwan Posted December 17, 2010 Posted December 17, 2010 This is the most awesome TR! Congratulations! I guess I'll have to modify this old joke: When God made woman, he told Adam that he could make him the most beautiful woman in the world that could climb WI, and be your ropegun forever - but it would cost you an arm and a leg. Adam says, really? But that's a lot, what can I get for a rib? Quote
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