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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Oct 17, 2013 - 11:17pm PT
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October Sierra ice gully bump
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 25, 2013 - 04:09pm PT
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Runnel Bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2014 - 06:21pm PT
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Anyone know of or have access to a good classic shot of 60s/70s tools in action on Ben Nevis or Cairngorms in winter? I am aware of Yvon's book, of course but am looking in support of another fantastic book in progress.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 6, 2014 - 11:14am PT
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Tis' the Season...
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RDB
Social climber
wa
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RDB
Social climber
wa
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Feb 19, 2015 - 11:53pm PT
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60 degrees here all last week. Hoping the temps are colder on the Midi next ;-)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2015 - 01:02pm PT
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Have a fantastic trip Dane!
I hope the ice is plentiful or come back and climb in the northeast where the phatness is everywhere I suspect and we are the only ones that are enjoying it besides the powderhounds.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2015 - 06:58pm PT
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So how did it go Dane?
Sounds like it was a very good year for ice routes.
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Spiny Norman
Social climber
Boring, Oregon
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Dec 25, 2015 - 09:01pm PT
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White Xmas bump.
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Dec 27, 2015 - 05:31am PT
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In the "unknown" Spain (Sierra de Gredos)... very hard climbs (as scottish ones)... 1977/80 years; with terrordactyl ice axe and whillans harness, nice pullovers and crampon straps.
Actually WI5.
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scooter
climber
fist clamp
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Dec 27, 2015 - 05:44am PT
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I heard Erik Sloan is trying to reproduce this catalog.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 27, 2015 - 07:06am PT
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Simond chacal was my go to tool in the 80's We never seemed to have matched pairs back then. i climbed with the Chacal, a humming bird and a 60cm chiounard ax w/ the blue fiberglass handel. looks like the Hummingbird is in my right hand so the Chacal most likly in my left.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 27, 2015 - 07:19am PT
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I also had a Cassin Anteres twords the end of the eightys. that was Chacal knock off but the pick was not as good. Not shure what my 2nd tool is in this shot but definatly the Chacal in my left hand.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 27, 2015 - 07:24am PT
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The pick on the simond chacal was held in place by the one big bolt and 2 hardware store rolled pins. Several times over the years those pins broke leaving your pick wobbleing all over the place. It was a bit disconcerting to say the least.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 11, 2016 - 12:21pm PT
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Tis the Season...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2018 - 06:24pm PT
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The ice back east must be epic this season.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 14, 2018 - 06:28pm PT
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Steve! Thanks again for creating this fine thread.
Even though those greedy arseholes at Photobucket have caused a lot of the historic photos on it to be lost, it's still great reading for any climber historian, or a climber looking for some great stories.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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Jan 15, 2018 - 05:44am PT
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I love my new BD Snaggletooth crampons.
But, those old Chouinard rigid crampons work better for French technique on neve and alpine ice because of the vertical points under the arch that we don’t enjoy with the new style crampons - awesome as they are. It’s fun to play around with those old style crampons on glacier ice to see what they do in their element.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 15, 2018 - 12:42pm PT
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The ice back east must be epic this season.
Epic in a bad way?
Late coming in (again). Warm temp's prior to xmas had nearly no ice except up high (although the Black Dike was gettin' done a bunch).
Then, way too cold.
Then, way too warm (again).
Too warm then too cold. Not good for building big, climbable ice flows.
(Was in Maine over the xmas/new years holidaze...left the ice tools at home...froze my butt off skiing instead).
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2018 - 12:52pm PT
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Three Burrs syndrome...
The notion of slipping out of a crampon while flatfooting is simply horrific!
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