tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Nov 19, 2012 - 04:47am PT
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sweet!
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Nov 19, 2012 - 07:20am PT
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Conrad:
Sure looks like the same season but that time I was there was 2009.
What a venue!
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Nov 19, 2012 - 08:10am PT
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 19, 2012 - 08:38am PT
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wow, I could get out some of that pre-gortex stuff, including a "60/40" parka that my wife made for me back in the day... probably from a pattern out of an old book on making your own camping stuff...
wool socks, wool knickers, wool balaclava, wool mittens, leather boots, nylon shell... got wet and stayed "warm" (the mantra, repeated over and over: "wool is warm, even when wet" was more a prayer)
wood handles, no leashes,
impossible technique
climbing ice in January 2012 was very different from the last time I climbed ice in 1995
the clothing technology made climbing movement possible and kept the body warm and dry
the ice "tool" technology transformed ascents from something akin to framing a house to actual recognizable climbing
and the popularity of the sport has turned it into a search for holes to hook (this is not such a great development IMHO)
no use dwelling on the past except to, once again, give kudos to those climbers who put up the hardest routes (many still hard) with the gear of that day
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Burchey
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Nov 19, 2012 - 09:29am PT
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I'm looking forward to 2035, when we'll have spikes coming from our palms, and the jackets/pants will be made of robots.
I'll be the old guy talking about the good ole days when all we had were nomics and Event.
Incidentally, I think I'll head up the North Fork this weekend - heard there may be a little ice below Thor. Scratch around on a little WI2 to get the season started. Chief, if you fancy an arm-wrestling match, I'll be ready.
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astrange
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nov 19, 2012 - 01:13pm PT
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Winter is coming soon! A shot from last year in Val di Cogne
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Conrad
climber
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Nov 20, 2012 - 01:47am PT
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Tim -
Kris E and I drove up after the 2004 election, totally bummed, ready to become Canadians. The Terminator headwall was super deluxe, nice and plastic before deep winter sublimates it into a brittle nightmare.
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perswig
climber
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Nov 20, 2012 - 05:26am PT
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^^
Incoming!
Bitchin' pics, all.
You guys are badass.
Dale
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Nov 20, 2012 - 08:40am PT
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Conrad:
Sick photo-I cringed.
Ha ha, I was just working with a fellow American in Alberta during the last election- he said we wouln't go home if Romney won.
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Saugy
Mountain climber
BC
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Nov 20, 2012 - 07:20pm PT
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+ 1 on the shot of Jimmy and Seton Lk.!
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Nov 20, 2012 - 07:26pm PT
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FA of Medusa, near Hope.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Nov 20, 2012 - 10:33pm PT
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Wow Medusa looks great!
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Anywhere I like
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Nov 21, 2012 - 09:01am PT
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as always with ice, never say when or where
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Nov 24, 2012 - 09:43am PT
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This thing forms very rarely due to flow volume, but when it does, it's quite the climb.
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Nov 24, 2012 - 09:54am PT
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crucible = fat!
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Nov 24, 2012 - 10:05am PT
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Bruce, there's this nice unclimbed line for you on the other side of the Crucible amphitheatre. Looks like it could take a whole rack of Big Bros...
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Decko
Trad climber
Colorado
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Nov 26, 2012 - 04:20pm PT
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CODY !!!!
Cody Why go anywhere else.....
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Nov 26, 2012 - 04:25pm PT
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might take a road trip out West this winter to get some climbing in either at Cody or Hyalite (the drive is about the same) -- which is better in terms of approach/accessibility, reliability of ice, aesthetics and so on?
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