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pheenixx
Oct 12, 2004, 6:14 AM
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In reply to: ...but I thought it would be cool to get an ice/snow climbing partners thread going. My ice partner seems to have fallen off the planet so I have none now. I need one! I currently climb WI4 without flailing. I'm interested in trying alpine ice this year and leading WI3. Anyone else looking for ice/snow partners, post here so I can bombard you with PMs. Okay, so if you don't like me, post here anyway so someone else can bombard you. It's a good thing, really. :-) I know this is a little premature since the ice hasn't formed but hey, some of us are EXCITED!!!!!!
I can't read the rest of this forum because our site seems to be spewing code -- but
HEY... I'M EXCITED too...and I want to throw my Hell-Mutt into the ring and say "I'm interested" in ice/snow partners this winter. Put me down for a WI3 -- WI4+... :wink:
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sharpie
Oct 12, 2004, 2:27 PM
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They got ice in AZ :?: :?: :lol:
You should hook up with Reno, he's a displaced Pheonix ice climber...maybe you two could road trip this winter...
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pheenixx
Oct 12, 2004, 4:35 PM
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In reply to: They got ice in AZ :?: :?: :lol:
Yeah, at the Circle "K"... :lol:
In reply to: You should hook up with Reno, he's a displaced Pheonix ice climber...maybe you two could road trip this winter...
Our schedules usually don't coincide -- and he never wants to bring the sheep... :twisted: but thanks for the suggestn. Sharpie - I know its a diff post but when are you arriving at the Ice fest..??
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sharpie
Oct 12, 2004, 7:29 PM
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Probably Monday night...
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sharpie
Oct 12, 2004, 7:33 PM
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In reply to: Conditions were near ideal and the weather was on our side, unfortunately Timmo reaggriavted an ankle injury he had suffered the week before and we had to back off Lamb’s Slide near Alexander’s.
Here is a look at the conditions in the Notch last sunday (10-8):
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=41475
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timstich
Oct 13, 2004, 1:39 AM
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Now that's a cool current conditions report. Bada bing.
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mother_sheep
Oct 18, 2004, 2:34 PM
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So did anyone get out on ice this weekend? I DID!!!! Got in 8 runs yesterday. Granted in was on only 2 routes but still, the climbing was comperable to $ex!!!! And the ice wasn't even at it's best!!!!
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sharpie
Oct 18, 2004, 4:43 PM
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Ice in October??? I don't believe you...
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mother_sheep
Oct 18, 2004, 4:56 PM
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In reply to: Ice in October??? I don't believe you...
Hmmmm. . .perhaps it was all just a dream. A very nice wonderful dream. Hmmmmmmmmm . . .
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mickymac1
Oct 18, 2004, 5:01 PM
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In reply to: So did anyone get out on ice this weekend? I DID!!!! Got in 8 runs yesterday. Granted in was on only 2 routes but still, the climbing was comperable to $ex!!!! And the ice wasn't even at it's best!!!!
8 runs? Were we skiing or ice climbing? I know Loveland ski area opened this past weekend but haven't heard of any others opening.
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mother_sheep
Oct 18, 2004, 5:05 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: So did anyone get out on ice this weekend? I DID!!!! Got in 8 runs yesterday. Granted in was on only 2 routes but still, the climbing was comperable to $ex!!!! And the ice wasn't even at it's best!!!! 8 runs? Were we skiing or ice climbing? I know Loveland ski area opened this past weekend but haven't heard of any others opening.
poke poke. . .kick kick. . .crackle. . .poke kick poke kick. . .CRASH. . .poke poke. . .kick kick. . ."THAT WAS AWESOMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!"
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mickymac1
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: So did anyone get out on ice this weekend? I DID!!!! Got in 8 runs yesterday. Granted in was on only 2 routes but still, the climbing was comperable to $ex!!!! And the ice wasn't even at it's best!!!! 8 runs? Were we skiing or ice climbing? I know Loveland ski area opened this past weekend but haven't heard of any others opening. poke poke. . .kick kick. . .crackle. . .poke kick poke kick. . .CRASH. . .poke poke. . .kick kick. . ."THAT WAS AWESOMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!"
Oh sh1t!! I just got a twinge you know where reading that!! :shock: Where did you go? What routes?
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sharpie
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There is NO ice..I repeat there is no ice...mother_sheep is pulling the wool over your eyes ( :lol: ). Do not believe anything this woman says. Don't waste you last few valuable sunny weeks of rock climbiung looking for the fabled, pie in the sky, ice...
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mother_sheep
Oct 18, 2004, 6:14 PM
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In reply to: There is NO ice..I repeat there is no ice...mother_sheep is pulling the wool over your eyes ( :lol: ). Do not believe anything this woman says. Don't waste you last few valuable sunny weeks of rock climbiung looking for the fabled, pie in the sky, ice...
Yeah. . .what he said! It was all a dream I tell you. And it lasted for about 6 hours. A 6 hour dream. Oh yeah, there was a bit of hooking and some manteling in this dream as well. Oh and another thing. . .bootie. Oh and it was VERY VERY WET!!! A very very wet dream indeed.
DOH!!!
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sandbag
Oct 18, 2004, 6:21 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: There is NO ice..I repeat there is no ice...mother_sheep is pulling the wool over your eyes ( :lol: ). Do not believe anything this woman says. Don't waste you last few valuable sunny weeks of rock climbiung looking for the fabled, pie in the sky, ice... Yeah. . .what he said! It was all a dream I tell you. And it lasted for about 6 hours. A 6 hour dream. Oh yeah, there was a bit of hooking and some manteling in this dream as well. Oh and another thing. . .bootie. Oh and it was VERY VERY WET!!! A very very wet dream indeed. DOH!!!
Dammit, i wish i had dreams, i gotta stop working sooo much.....
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mickymac1
Oct 18, 2004, 7:04 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: There is NO ice..I repeat there is no ice...mother_sheep is pulling the wool over your eyes ( :lol: ). Do not believe anything this woman says. Don't waste you last few valuable sunny weeks of rock climbiung looking for the fabled, pie in the sky, ice... Yeah. . .what he said! It was all a dream I tell you. And it lasted for about 6 hours. A 6 hour dream. Oh yeah, there was a bit of hooking and some manteling in this dream as well. Oh and another thing. . .bootie. Oh and it was VERY VERY WET!!! A very very wet dream indeed. DOH!!!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I think I need a cigarette and I don't even smoke. Was it as good for you as it was for me? :wink: :lol:
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timstich
Oct 18, 2004, 7:32 PM
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Marketa and I parked up at Loveland Pass and walked over the newish snow to the 12585 summit to the west. There's a cool basin to the left full of snow that some snowboarders were doing small jumps on. The snow isn't that firm, so we had limited glissading. But it was fun none the less.
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mother_sheep
Oct 18, 2004, 8:49 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: There is NO ice..I repeat there is no ice...mother_sheep is pulling the wool over your eyes ( :lol: ). Do not believe anything this woman says. Don't waste you last few valuable sunny weeks of rock climbiung looking for the fabled, pie in the sky, ice... Yeah. . .what he said! It was all a dream I tell you. And it lasted for about 6 hours. A 6 hour dream. Oh yeah, there was a bit of hooking and some manteling in this dream as well. Oh and another thing. . .bootie. Oh and it was VERY VERY WET!!! A very very wet dream indeed. DOH!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I think I need a cigarette and I don't even smoke. Was it as good for you as it was for me? :wink: :lol:
Even better baybeeeee!!!
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Oct 20, 2004, 3:37 PM
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Thread bump.
Marketa got some mountaineering boots and gaitors last night. Yay! She got the Montrail Morraine, which I think Tracey also has. Seems to be a good fit, but we'll see in time. You can even climb vertical ice in those since dey gots da full shank and heel welt.
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mother_sheep
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Cool Tim! I hope they don't hurt her feet like mine do! I climbed vertical ice in mine several times and they work just fine!
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Oct 20, 2004, 3:58 PM
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In reply to: Cool Tim! I hope they don't hurt her feet like mine do!
Your boots are a little too small, right? She went with a half size bigger so her toes wouldn't hit the toe box.
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mother_sheep
Oct 20, 2004, 4:03 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Cool Tim! I hope they don't hurt her feet like mine do! Your boots are a little too small, right? She went with a half size bigger so her toes wouldn't hit the toe box.
Length is good but they are a little too tight pushing downward on top of my toes I think. After a few hours in them or a few miles of hiking in them my feet feel like needles are being driven into my toes. I’ll be getting new boots this year.
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Cool Tim! I hope they don't hurt her feet like mine do! Your boots are a little too small, right? She went with a half size bigger so her toes wouldn't hit the toe box. Length is good but they are a little too tight pushing downward on top of my toes I think. After a few hours in them or a few miles of hiking in them my feet feel like needles are being driven into my toes. I’ll be getting new boots this year.
So when would be the best time to visit the Boulder area for water ice? and any suggestions for areas/routes? I would like to make a week trip to Colorado for ice.
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pheenixx
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In reply to: I think that feeling is more a result of stiff soles. Stiff soles make a good platform to front-point on but really suck for the long approaches. I figure it is something to do with the unnatural way your toes cannot bend as you walk. Different boots may work but alternating days between long approaches and short approaches is cheaper.
Gaads - mother_sheep and all of you guys are TOO FUNNY...
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I hope your all going to Ouray this year... :wink: THERE IS ICE THERE..!! ..or there will be ~ NO-FOOLIN'...!
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Grant-
Don't waste you time in Denver/Boulder for ice. Go to Ouray, Cody, Vail, Estes or Rifle...
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