20101227 Lightning Couloir

TRs for the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Taco
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Johnny and I set off to do some stuff along ACH early this morning. Turns out, ACH is closed to about a mile east of Vincent Gap. No bueno. We went to Wanker Flat and decided to see if Lightning Couloir was in any sort of shape.

We had plenty of snow for climbing the route, though it had not yet consolidated. We had a few stretches of ice, which made for some fun moves, with the rest being knee deep powder and some consolidated snow and snice.

Pitchers:
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Johnny

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Time to start swimming

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Lightning

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Consolidated

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Spindrift pouring down all day

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Spindrift engulfs Johnny

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Powder made for some silliness

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Climbing up the start of Safety Dance

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O HAI

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Upper part of route

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Johnny and the route

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End

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The route

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Going down

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How did that get there?

Now for ACH to open...
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He219
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Post by He219 »

Nice, guys!
Now for some freshies on Wednesday!!
:D
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Post by lilbitmo »

Nice work Taco and Johnny - no rock assult either :D Season is starting to take shape :D
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Post by obie »

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Upper part of route



Arraggh....excellent!
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Post by norma r »

snice is nice! 8)

Taco happy?
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Taco
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Post by Taco »

Getting there.

ACH must open for maximum happy.
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Johnny Bronson
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Post by Johnny Bronson »

=D

Please ACH open!

Snow level dropping to around 2,000,temps lowering rapidly...Sounds just about that time to freeze some waterfalls haha


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(blame photobucket for any screwy pics)
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Taco
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Note my new high speed headlamp. 8)
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Post by Burchey »

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O HAI


There's just something sweet about a stare-off-at-a-random-angle-mouth-open-winter-mountain picture

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Post by mve »

Sweet! Nice umbilicals you rigged up there Ryan -- nice job!
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Post by GigaMike »

I see ice in them pictures :D
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Taco
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Post by Taco »

Just a tiny bit, but there will soon be more in the range. :-)

Thanks guys.

MVE, those took a lot of time to make.
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