Ice Climbing This Weekend

[peter]

This is where we are going:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ience/home

Who is in?

[Zamboni]

when do we start training?

Cb.

[granite_grrl]

I don't know, seems like it'd be an expensive trip.

Woulde we be able to car pool?

[prof]

I was about to enquire if there's anything happening this weekend. Seems like this answered the question! So is there any ice left either here or in NB?

[peter]

Thom, Dave and I made a run to New Hampshire (Mt. Washington, Huntington Ravine). The weather was terrible, which made it interesting, but the climbing was therefore not great. Pictures to follow.

[waterat]

Sounds like a grand day out for you guys... over here, spectacular early spring conditions saw us do Point Five gully on Ben Nevis today.... 1000 feet of mostly Grade 5 (which is quite steep....) a sit in the sun on the roof of scotland in zero wind (almost unheard of here) after the climb...superb...icing on the cake was to find not 1 but 2 BD express screws !!...would post a pic but am too stupid to figure out how to do it...cheers all.

[peter]

Sounds like a great day on Ben Nevis. All that plus a parking meter with time left on it, would add up to a perfect day for a Scotsman. Cheers. Peter

[waterat]

uhhh.... what exactly are you trying to say, dude ???

(Last time I dropped a quarter I bent down to pick it up and it hit me on the back of the head...)

[Stevo]

Congrats on Point Five man, I hear you have to be super hard to do that route, I even had a sleeping bag named after it!

Cheers

[waterat]

Thanks Stevo...means a lot coming from a guy like you (ha ha ha )....good conditions continued here, and yesterday two of us managed Zero Gully, quite steep and poorly protected, but it was a good day out...March on The Ben, always a good time.