Tuesday, February 28, 2012

A Quick Trip To Canada!







































Got up to Canada with Joe for three days of ice and it was awesome. Man are the Canadian Rockies the shit or what? We went to Weeping Wall, Johnston Canyon and Marble Canyon you have to cross the border for the goods! I got to climb a line in Johnston Canyon just right of the falls which has been on my radar since I first started ice climbing. The first time I went ice climbing was with the Spokane Mountaineers for an intro to ice climbing class and I have been hooked since. We went to Johnston Canyon on the second day and I saw a climber leading a line just right of the falls and thought man that is what I want to do someday. I got to do that very line this trip and it was awesome for me to go back and get to do it! Now a days I have my sights on many climbs but this one had a special place with me.


I'm really diggin the shrooms !

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Boots Out With The Old In With The New






Boots are the most important gear item in the mountains. With out a good set of wheels things will grind to a halt. I've retired my old Nepals for a new updated pair they never let me down. In fact they are like an old friend after all these years. So after trying on quite a few different boots I stuck with what works. If it's not broke don't fix it. I'm the kind of guy who buys gear and gets some use out of it not always chasing the next new thing. With a boot like this it was hard to make them better but La Sportiva did. Lighter, warmer, lower profile and goretex all add up to a smile on my face. Once you find the glass slipper they feel like home. 







Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Snowshoe Peak Montana Ice!

Climbed some good ole Cabinet ice with Joe on Sunday! Snowshoe nine miles round trip with 110M of ice a pretty long day. Amazing country back in there so much ice to climb we have done two lines more to follow over time. Spindrift was the word of the day lots of spindrift. Trip report from two years ago <LINK>

Having fun on pitch 2

Monday, February 6, 2012

Beach Bouldering & Ice Climbing?

Climbed wet ice at Chilco with Rich in the morning and low water Tubbs beach bouldering with my son Trent in the afternoon. All minutes from my house gotta love N Idaho this time of year!



Trent's first highball heck his first boulder problem!