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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Excellent stuff.
Full, winter conditions I usually prefer to find myself on a chairlift :-)
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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the proposition hinted-at but not explicitly stated is that climbing in precipitation where the temp is "only" around 31-35 degrees is the worst.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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MISTER Donini, those are tremendous photos, illustrating bravado and derring-do and True Grit.
As GDavis states, Californians who haven't the money or time to travel to colder climes to climb are at the mercy of the weather, just as are the lucky ones, like yourself, who may find themselves in extremis in those icy places.
I am satisfied with my relatively few successes on mountains here. They impressed ME, my partners, and a few of my friends. That's all that matters, truly. Although I abhor cold, I know others have greater limits of endurance for it.
We all have different levels of ambition in our pursuit of climbing. We all have levels of discomfort, too.
Good on you for doing what you've done and for keeping it going so long.
And for sharing your experience.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Angel's Crest: an early season full conditions freeclimb. Rock hardware only... Lol
Closest i've come to the definition of "full conditions". Lol
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crankster
Trad climber
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That's some hard man stuff, donini.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Don't have a lot of storm pics for some reason lol.
A few though nothing half as cool as Donini's. Not really alpinism either.
Pioneer peak near Anchorage. Almost qualifies as Alpinism as we went light and expected 15 feet of 4th class over a long 45 deg chute. But Turned around shortly after this picture.
Somewhere on the Kahiltna.
Almost died this day a hour or so later after this pic due to the storm windloading the slope. West Butt Fixed lines
Same storm a couple days later
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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OK! I'm impressed with the Donini storm photos, and especially the rhime ice eyebrows shot,------but I knew I had some good alpine storm photos stashed in my computer.
NOT!
I also did not break out the camera in those conditions, not that I encountered them often.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mt. Saskacthawan
Mt. Athabasca's summit
white out on the Columbia Ice Fields
Vedauwoo, terrible I say!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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heinous conditions! look at that slab!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Jim,
Great photo's. In the past, when the sh---it hit the fan, I was always too busy to even think about pulling a camera out.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Damn Ed! a 2-4ft base in C4?!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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camera seems to stay in the pack in a storm. i have posted this shot of Eric before. I led the 1st 2 pitches of Fafnir in heavy snow. i got nailed by several of these heavy spindrifton the steep thin runllel leading up to the belay ledge under the final crux pitch. I chickened out of the cruxand we rapped to the base to get our packs. I then led the 1st pitch of the Dike, Eric started the 2nd pitch(this photo) at dusk. I followed in the dark and heavy snow. I led the last pitch in total darkness and a whiteout. good fun.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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conditions look reasonably full on this trip up the Dike
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Nick Cradock
Trad climber
NZ
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Jim, Good to see you firmly hanging on Maestri's bolts in your first pic...ha,ha
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Climb2Ski - that was a fun day on Pioneer. A nice grauple storm and an excellent ski down.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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good times Sandman :) I think that was the trip I did a sweet self arrest on the descent too.
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Not an action shot but a solid ass whooping nonetheless. Mt. Marcus Baker.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Was Matt or Todd on that one? Or were you solo?
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