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We have definitely been on the weather-go-round of late. Warm, rain, cold, rain, rinse, spin repeat. Last night we were on the rain/rinse cycle for sure. Starting around 5 PM the rains started and continued in one form or another until late evening. In only a relatively few hours we got almost 1.5" and temps spiked at around 47! [sheesh] And of course the rains did exactly what rains are want to do, wash away most of the ice.
The Unicorn -
WI 4+
When it comes in, a steep and strenuous effort. In 2004 it was done many times as a full length route starting at a runnel right of Child's Play and continuing all the way to the top of the cliff.
My success rate is much higher when I'm soloing. It's easier to talk yourself into quitting when you have someone to talk to.
—Amanda Tarr
Ed Webster - climber, author, historian, storyteller and much much more. R.I.P.
Selected Ice Conditions effective December 1, 2022
It's hard to give these conditions a 1, but I gotta figure there will be something to climb somewhere in the upper elevations soon! So much water...so little ice. [sigh] What we desperately need now is cold! We finally have a gracious plenty of water "in the system". It's the cold that we're all waiting on. Although it's going to be cold at night, without any snowpack we need consistent cold both day AND night to really make it happen. So all I can say right now, is hold on a bit longer. It's not a matter of IF, it's just WHEN.
Huntington Ravine
UNKNOWN
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
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V-thread ice anchors are an easy, secure and inexpensive rappel anchor for ice climbing. In this article I will describe how to make the anchor, how to use it, what kind of gear is needed, and how to make your own tool. Everything about v-threading is easy and they have become popular at ice crags all over the world.
Climbing is a very dangerous sport. You can get hurt or even kill yourself. When you go climbing, you do so of your own free will. Everything on this site is to be taken with a grain of salt. Don't blame us if you get up some totally heinous route, in over your head and fall and hurt yourself.
