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Poll: 2009 Ice Season Teaser Shots
Ice!!!!!! Ice, ice, ice!!!!	20 / 51%
Eyez t3h kraZy 1c3 k1im8erz	6 / 15%
I'm still a whimp, just rock 4 me	6 / 15%
Sorry, my ballz haven't dropped yet, I'll stick to the Gym	2 / 5%
Pancakes!	5 / 13%
39 total votes

cantbuymefriends

Sep 24, 2009, 11:25 AM
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sungam wrote:

Hey, man! The ice is over to your right!

blubeard

Sep 26, 2009, 3:23 PM
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qwert

Sep 27, 2009, 8:02 AM
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blubeard wrote:

[image]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_S2IZIP5vVZE/SkAojBTcFNI/AAAAAAAAAmg/6tBPj0xJYQ0/s512/DSC01518.jpg[/image]

Hooray for glaciers!

qwert

Alpine07

Sep 28, 2009, 3:51 PM
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Re: [qwert] 2009 Ice Season Post Your Teaser Shots [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

Wooooo! ICE! I am so stoked for the season to start. Here are a couple of pictures from last season.

Alpine07

Sep 29, 2009, 1:34 PM
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Re: [the_climber] 2009 Ice Season Post Your Teaser Shots [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

I know its been posted around here before... but for those of you who haven't seen it yet. The Safest Unknown Method of Ice Climbing.

rschap

Sep 30, 2009, 5:15 AM
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Re: [Alpine07] 2009 Ice Season Post Your Teaser Shots [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (1 rating)	Can't Post

My god dose that really go on for 5 min? I was done with it after 30 sec. Not that funny by the way.

Alpine07

Sep 30, 2009, 8:13 PM
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rschap wrote:

My god dose that really go on for 5 min? I was done with it after 30 sec. Not that funny by the way.

I sincerely thank you for your opinion... However wrong it may be.

Alpine07

Oct 1, 2009, 2:21 AM
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Alpine07 wrote:

rschap wrote:

My god dose that really go on for 5 min? I was done with it after 30 sec. Not that funny by the way.

I sincerely thank you for your opinion... However wrong it may be.

That was meant to be a joke, hehe, didn't come out that way though eh?

rschap

Oct 2, 2009, 3:49 AM
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Yeah, sarcasm never seems to come through when it’s in writing.

joshy8200

Oct 2, 2009, 5:32 AM
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Little flow off 215 in NC

sungam

Oct 2, 2009, 9:23 AM
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joshy8200 wrote:

Little flow off 215 in NC

NC ice climbing?
Our man here puts in the effort.

joshy8200

Oct 2, 2009, 12:15 PM
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TN ice:

TN ice, looks a little thin:

Icebergs on the Nolichucky River:

joshy8200

Oct 2, 2009, 12:17 PM
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NC ice, Doughton Park:

the_climber

Oct 5, 2009, 11:16 PM
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I think this one may have been from 2 seasons ago, but I still like the pic:

swaghole

Oct 7, 2009, 1:50 AM
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Late season ice from March 2009. This was my best climbing day of the season!

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the_climber

Oct 9, 2009, 7:22 PM
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Somebody from Canmore just claimed the first ice of the season yesterday. I guess it's 'Game On' in the Canadian Rockies if you like the spicey thin.

scotty1974

Oct 9, 2009, 8:43 PM
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ah, i dunno about that! Albeit this is Alpine ice, were are gearing up here in the CO rockies! Multiple early storms and precips are leading up an early season!!

http://zclipped.com/?p=72

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the_climber

Oct 9, 2009, 8:58 PM
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It was WI not AI that this guy climbed, and it wasn't WI that formed on Andromeda Strain up in the Icefields... this was early season Kananaskis Ice. Apparently it was "Thin but fun. Up to 20cms in spots where the wind had blown it around."

sungam

Oct 10, 2009, 12:13 AM
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the_climber wrote:

Somebody from Canmore just claimed the first ice of the season yesterday. I guess it's 'Game On' in the Canadian Rockies if you like the spicey thin.

I believe darkside was out hunting today.

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Oct 10, 2009, 12:36 AM
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sungam wrote:

the_climber wrote:

Somebody from Canmore just claimed the first ice of the season yesterday. I guess it's 'Game On' in the Canadian Rockies if you like the spicey thin.

I believe darkside was out hunting today.

I am itching for it to form up here.

the_climber

Oct 10, 2009, 4:12 AM
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sungam wrote:

the_climber wrote:

Somebody from Canmore just claimed the first ice of the season yesterday. I guess it's 'Game On' in the Canadian Rockies if you like the spicey thin.

I believe darkside was out hunting today.

That's because Grant has Friday's off. I'm hunting tomorrow. Rack is already together, and rope is coiled. All I need to do is put it all in the bag and make a thermos full of Coffee for the drive tomorrow morning.

I give it a 75% chance of success for ice. But my rack probably looks more Scottish than ice... I'm always realistic about early season.

the_climber

Oct 10, 2009, 3:01 PM
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Well, 2 partners canceling and my truck has a short somewhere which drains the battery... looks like no ice hunting for me today. Unsure

Now I looked at my past notes and temperature patterns, and I know where there is a 98% chance of some early season ice where it hasn't been posted about. But I know better than borrowing the wife's car and risking getting back to pick her up from work late. I've done that before.... it wasn't pretty, quite terrifying in fact.

So, back to the coffee this morning.

gargrantuan

Oct 10, 2009, 5:37 PM
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landongw wrote:

Is that first pic photoshopped? If not, that's got to be one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.

did you even notice how easy the ice was that they were climbing? if someone falls there, it's pretty much their own fault for sucking.

btw- shades of beauty and the fluffy's routes are totally climbable.

chossmonkey

Oct 11, 2009, 10:53 PM
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the_climber wrote:

Somebody from Canmore just claimed the first ice of the season yesterday. I guess it's 'Game On' in the Canadian Rockies if you like the spicey thin.

Pics I saw weren't spice thin. Not sure if they were the chossies but would think so.

the_climber

Oct 12, 2009, 12:42 AM
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Ya, things are exploding in the Rockies. Day time highs around -5C and overnight lows in the -18C range up high. Add to that a lot of ground water this year.

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