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Gear which was already identified: - 60m dry rope (Zach, bertfivesix) - 4 pickets (bertfivesix?) - 2 x 10cm ice screws ( TDB ) - slings/runners/biners ( TDB ) - crevasse rescue pulley ( TDB ) Maybe after the next storms pass we can get together for a rehearsal/test run and hopefully have some fun i...

I've got some pickets I can contribute to the anchor, and a dry rope.

There's probably two good ways to do this - rap down on an autolocking belay device like a grigri or cinch, or tie into the end and have someone lower you off the anchor.

Pretty awesome deals on all ice climbing gear that never seems to drop below MSRP unless on used/closeout status. piolets and technical ice tools, ice pro, crampons. Venoms for 114 (prolitegear has them at 111 but out of stock) Cobras for 267 stainless Cyborgs for 159 and Sabretooths for 135.. much ...

My Contacts rust like they're menstruating.

I have the regular Contacts, and I'd love them even more in stainless. They're plenty for anything in the SG's.

Wow, there's some tin-foil hat people over there..

I got onto register ridge around noon and it was nightmarish. I got knocked off my feet a few times and called it quits. Going down my tracks had disappeared. Fun. Saw someone in a little hatchback pretty much flooring it around icehouse, just crawling uphill spinning his tires. Fuckin' hilarious.

Nice. I'll be headed up in the morning to ruin all that virgin snow.

Yeah, it blew yesterday. I got soaked just on the way to the register, and from there I could see it was probably another 1500+ feet in the rain before i hit the snow level. I just bailed.

I'll try again in a day or two, after the colder fronts move in and drop the snow level.

I'll drive if that'll change your mind. this: M.L.King Day: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 34. Windy, with a south wind 25 to 30 mph increasing to between 35 and 40 mph. Winds could gust as high as 65 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 26 to 32 inches p...

awwwwwwww yeah, that's a rad forecast.

oh man, i totally forgot about shotshow this year..

Monday-Tuesday will probably be best for rad conditions and solid snowfall.

THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND...THEN A SERIES OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TIMING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS...BUT THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE VIGOROUS...AND COULD B...

According to weather sites, looks like we're getting snow on wednesday, and then starting late sunday/early monday (17th-18th) there's a multi-day system rolling in. Anyone up for an overnight in a WINTER STORMWATCH 2010!!!11!?

ain't no party like a UXO party

consolidated and added a bunch of sites to the OP.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/de ... ites-italy An Italian minister today said he was "fed up" with mountain rescuers losing their lives trying to save people who were the victims of their own imprudence. Guido Bertolaso, the junior minister for civil protection in Silvio Berlsconi...

What a fun mini epic to start the season. Mostly due to poor planning/choices on my part. I didn't bother to sleep the night before, nor did I hydrate or eat much. Kind of a bad start. I got on the trail around 0530 or so, kept a nice slow pace all the way into the middle of the bowl, where Ryan and...

See you guys up there. I'll be headed up a little earlier (my out of shape ass is probably going to take a while) to test out my tent with the deadmans I just cobbled together. Is there enough snow up top to bury guyline anchors?

I don't know. But I think a few members of the "LA County Natural Resources Management and Sales" office should start patrolling the area with cashboxes and receipt books.

You guys should go into Manker with fake badges and start charging by the cubic foot for snow loaded into pickup trucks.

I really liked Three Cups of Tea as well. Didn't actually read the book until after I met Mortenson (pretty randomly, he was giving a talk at a private event in our restaurant), but even before I read the full extent of his accomplishments it was easy to see how he was able to get so much done in su...

It think this has been posted here before but it's worth a read http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/5 ... l-sun.html

INTERESTING

Ah, the quarry.

http://mountainproject.com/v/california ... /105902982

BOSS

HOLY SHIT. I'm buying an Avalung.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/6581009

Mt. Baldy chamber of commerce has free* ski passes available first come first serve. http://mtbaldychamber.com/promotions.lasso?from=b *Really, it costs $50 for some arbitrary "fee". I don't use the ski area or lifts enough each season to warrant buying one, but I figured I'd pass on the i...

Brand new, never used, just took the tags off this impulse buy that I absolutely don't need. Color is "Jasper" (red). Guaranteed to make you 35% cooler, climb harder, live forever, and last longer during coitus. $225 picked up in 90720, $245 shipped CONUS (oversized). paypal: bertfivesix[a...