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John_Box

Ice climber
Bellingham
Jan 13, 2010 - 10:34pm PT
Ahh it doesn't look that bad... till you convert the inches into thousands of feet. One of my favorite threads, thanks a ton for posting.
David Wilson

climber
CA
Jan 13, 2010 - 10:34pm PT
it was 81 when we were there on alberta and the lowe/jones had obviously been done. yet, looking over at north twin was like looking into mordor. the sounds of rockfall echoed strong warnings around that cirque. that face has some serious gravity...
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Jan 14, 2010 - 12:07am PT
I always preach this to people who only rock climb. When you take it to the mountains, you are in a whole new world of peril. BASE jumping back in the old and dirty days of crappy gear, broken bones, and death, was nowhere near as bad as climbing stuff in the mountains. And I ain't talking the Sierra here. In the summer, anyway.

I read "Climbing in North America" by Chris Jones when I was a young and impressionable boy. It talked about the NFNT route and it sounded pretty horrendous. The kind of stuff that only a 15 year old can aspire to. Good god did that thing ever look beautiful from a distance and ugly up close (from the pictures).

White Spider is the book that changed my life. I never did the Eiger, although I went over there to do it once. I spent almost a week at the base and never saw above the second icefield. Is that little 5 foot by 5 foot shephard's hut dug into the hillside still there? I gave up and hitched back to Cham.

You can hike back to Grindelwald for beer from the Eiger. It is pretty ugly up close, as well. I would like to hear Jello's stories on that face some day.

My opinion is that the guys who do this stuff are animals, and I have always thought that. If you just climb rock in the sun in a good climate, you have no idea of the misery...And rockfall coming by just missing you. It is like tossing softballs at one of those dunk the jerk rigs at the circus. Sooner or later one will have your name on it. Minimizing exposure to that stuff is one of the most important things, and you have to climb fast with almost no pro.

That is my interpretation of alpinism in general. Kind of backseat driving to this crowd.
prunes

climber
Jan 14, 2010 - 12:50am PT
prunes

climber
Jan 14, 2010 - 12:53am PT
prunes

climber
Jan 14, 2010 - 12:57am PT
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Jan 14, 2010 - 01:02am PT
Trilobites? They were placed by the great flood!

Eiger N Face: The most of it I ever saw.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2010 - 11:53am PT
Hopefully Chris Jones will weigh in here at some point! I talked to him about joining in a while back so with any luck...Somebody prompt Greg to pull up a chair!!! I sure would love to see some more images from either of these big routes.
Hurtin Albertan

Mountain climber
Canmore, Alberta
Jan 21, 2010 - 02:21pm PT
Hi All

I've posted bunch of seldom seen pictures from Dave Cheesmond and my ascent of the North Pillar:

http://www.barryblanchard.ca/northtwin

Hope you enjoy them.

Barry

David Wilson

climber
CA
Jan 21, 2010 - 02:48pm PT
barry, thanks for those incredible photos! what an amazing journey that was.
rick d

climber
ol pueblo, az
Jan 21, 2010 - 04:17pm PT
barry-

wow!
Cloudraker

Big Wall climber
BC
Jan 21, 2010 - 04:49pm PT
Barry those photos are killer!
Reilly

Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
Jan 22, 2010 - 03:09am PT
Nah, we ain't lettin' this gem slip backwards quite yet.

Barry, while those vintage slides do have a certain charm I would
love to see them properly scanned and 'shopped'. There's
some real beauts there!
bmacd

Trad climber
Beautiful British Columbia
Jan 22, 2010 - 03:42pm PT
I'm feeling ill after looking at those pictures ...
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Mar 13, 2010 - 11:09pm PT
Good time to bump this.
Also, check out Barry's pictures: well worth a look.
MH2

climber
Mar 14, 2010 - 12:53am PT
check out Barry's pictures

What a story they tell.
tom woods

Gym climber
Bishop, CA
May 6, 2010 - 11:54pm PT
The bump is worth it even for those of us who have read this one from the start, just to make sure people click back a page and find the link to Barry's trip report.

Way cool.
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2010 - 12:19pm PT
Barry's TR is available here.

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1066321&tn=0#msg1204165
myterious

Trad climber
Joshua Tree
Jun 27, 2010 - 12:31pm PT

Cool, good to see some CA rockies action, doesn't seem like anyone goes up there anymore, haven't been there in a while myself.

MM
bmacd

climber
Relic Hominid
Sep 12, 2010 - 11:51pm PT
ended up here again from a link on Steve House.net
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