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Lazlo
Feb 24, 2010, 3:17 AM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Speaking of which, the wife and I are trying to figure out how to get in some downhill in. The inlaws are pretty tied up, so no weekend babysitting. Our two boys are both in school, at different times so its a pain to schlep them back and forth, but a least the same place. Therefore, even local skiing is hard to coordinate. Spring break is coming but babysitting is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at the mountain. Its actually cheeper to ski at $87 adult.  sigh. go climbing, it's cheaper. btw - you got snow. i saw it on the the mountains yesterday. Yes we got snow.
Babysitting, that we don't got.
True, climbing is cheaper. But I love skiing.
So does the wife. So I just can't grab a boy and go skiing, without upsetting the wife. Just can't grab the wife and go skiing, with out a babysitter for the munchkins.
Its kind of complicated.   fixed
Heh! Wow. No falls allowed indeed.
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Lazlo
Feb 24, 2010, 3:18 AM
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Work got rained out today....
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Lazlo
Feb 24, 2010, 3:18 AM
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so you know what I did?
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Lazlo
Feb 24, 2010, 3:19 AM
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I grabbed up all my gear and went up to the hills for some afternoon skiing
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Lazlo
Feb 24, 2010, 3:24 AM
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The main road in town here is called 'skyway' and starts down on the valley floor, comes up through Paradise, and then heads uphill through two more small towns until it turns into a fourwheeling road.
I drove up there past the snow line, parked, and skinned out until I found a hill.
The particular hill I found was probably an old clear cut that had been replanted. It was clear except for 5-10 foot pine saplings. Made for some awesome powder slaloming.
The conditions were 6 inches of fresh powder on older snow. Great afternoon!
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 5:53 AM
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Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: MDDFTW!!!! ugh?
meeting Double D FTW!
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 5:54 AM
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Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: i can't wait to hit the back country now. I'm sure my new love will be ski mountaineering. I have a soft spot for winter mountaineering any way already. well, we always needed a winter climber in these parts anyway ('specially now that Sunny is gone). Is this need for entertainment purposes?
well someone's gotta represent the winter stuff, 'cause I aint doing it. 
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 5:55 AM
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Lazlo wrote: The main road in town here is called 'skyway' and starts down on the valley floor, comes up through Paradise, and then heads uphill through two more small towns until it turns into a fourwheeling road. I drove up there past the snow line, parked, and skinned out until I found a hill. The particular hill I found was probably an old clear cut that had been replanted. It was clear except for 5-10 foot pine saplings. Made for some awesome powder slaloming. The conditions were 6 inches of fresh powder on older snow. Great afternoon!
wow - you're moving along quite well for someone who hasn't skied much. well done.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 5:58 AM
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donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Speaking of which, the wife and I are trying to figure out how to get in some downhill in. The inlaws are pretty tied up, so no weekend babysitting. Our two boys are both in school, at different times so its a pain to schlep them back and forth, but a least the same place. Therefore, even local skiing is hard to coordinate. Spring break is coming but babysitting is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at the mountain. Its actually cheeper to ski at $87 adult. sigh. go climbing, it's cheaper. btw - you got snow. i saw it on the the mountains yesterday. Yes we got snow.
Babysitting, that we don't got.
True, climbing is cheaper. But I love skiing.
So does the wife. So I just can't grab a boy and go skiing, without upsetting the wife. Just can't grab the wife and go skiing, with out a babysitter for the munchkins.
Its kind of complicated. [image]http://fotosa.ru/stock_photo/Brand%20X_JI/p_416369.jpg[/image] fixed Heeeyyyyyyy I got one of those. But have 3 munchkins, Yea, we need to figure out what we want to do.
chrise, have I gotta think a everything round here?
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Lazlo
Feb 24, 2010, 3:55 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: The main road in town here is called 'skyway' and starts down on the valley floor, comes up through Paradise, and then heads uphill through two more small towns until it turns into a fourwheeling road. I drove up there past the snow line, parked, and skinned out until I found a hill. The particular hill I found was probably an old clear cut that had been replanted. It was clear except for 5-10 foot pine saplings. Made for some awesome powder slaloming. The conditions were 6 inches of fresh powder on older snow. Great afternoon! wow - you're moving along quite well for someone who hasn't skied much. well done.
Thank you. I must admit though that the conditions were near perfect.
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:06 PM
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Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: i can't wait to hit the back country now. I'm sure my new love will be ski mountaineering. I have a soft spot for winter mountaineering any way already. well, we always needed a winter climber in these parts anyway ('specially now that Sunny is gone). Is this need for entertainment purposes?
I'm dieing down here in Sunny so cal.
If its not raining, I'm doing some family thing
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:06 PM
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Lazlo wrote: donald949 wrote: Lazlo wrote: I got my BD gear!!!!! I love it! Woooooot! Useless without pictures. I'll have to take some 'action shots' or something. I also need to take a picture of my gear wall. ...I love my gear wall 
Liegha PM'd *AGAIN*!!!!!
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:09 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: gonna snow, rain, rain, snow, snow, rain the next couple of days - here's hoping it stops for Sat. So you got hit by the weather here. Left as it gets better. Got back in time to get hit on the east coast by the same storm. Timed that, just about perfect. I HATE timing!
Actually, given that it rained while you were here, you lucked out ptretty good. Only really rained Friday night and Sunday night.
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:09 PM
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Lazlo wrote: donald949 wrote: Lazlo wrote: Leigha started sking this weekend. She loves it. she had such a great time. I'm stoked that she can go skiing with me now Alpine or Backcountry AT? I thought you two already downhilled together? Leigha has snow boarded before...but it's been awhile. I talked her into skiing recently. She took some lessons and is loving it. She wants to do some touring with me, but for now it's inbounds.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 4:11 PM
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donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: gonna snow, rain, rain, snow, snow, rain the next couple of days - here's hoping it stops for Sat. So you got hit by the weather here. Left as it gets better. Got back in time to get hit on the east coast by the same storm. Timed that, just about perfect. I HATE timing! Actually, given that it rained while you were here, you lucked out ptretty good. Only really rained Friday night and Sunday night.
I LOVE timing!
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:12 PM
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Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Speaking of which, the wife and I are trying to figure out how to get in some downhill in. The inlaws are pretty tied up, so no weekend babysitting. Our two boys are both in school, at different times so its a pain to schlep them back and forth, but a least the same place. Therefore, even local skiing is hard to coordinate. Spring break is coming but babysitting is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at the mountain. Its actually cheeper to ski at $87 adult. sigh. go climbing, it's cheaper. btw - you got snow. i saw it on the the mountains yesterday. Yes we got snow.
Babysitting, that we don't got.
True, climbing is cheaper. But I love skiing.
So does the wife. So I just can't grab a boy and go skiing, without upsetting the wife. Just can't grab the wife and go skiing, with out a babysitter for the munchkins.
Its kind of complicated. [image]http://fotosa.ru/stock_photo/Brand%20X_JI/p_416369.jpg[/image] fixed Heh! Wow. No falls allowed indeed.
Yea, thats why I've never actaully done it.
I've seen people ski like that.
I've thought about climbing TR like that, but have never actually done it.
The kids like hiking in the backpack, they get to pull off my cap and yank on my hair. Elizabeth is 3, so she's getting a bit old to go for a ride like that.
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:14 PM
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Lazlo wrote: The main road in town here is called 'skyway' and starts down on the valley floor, comes up through Paradise, and then heads uphill through two more small towns until it turns into a fourwheeling road. I drove up there past the snow line, parked, and skinned out until I found a hill. The particular hill I found was probably an old clear cut that had been replanted. It was clear except for 5-10 foot pine saplings. Made for some awesome powder slaloming. The conditions were 6 inches of fresh powder on older snow. Great afternoon!
Wow seriously, much jealosy here.
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:16 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: MDDFTW!!!! ugh? meeting Double D FTW!
Hey, that was me...
Now I can saw I've met a famous climber.
So famous Misty writes about him in her blog.
Even more famous than...
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donald949
Feb 24, 2010, 4:17 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Speaking of which, the wife and I are trying to figure out how to get in some downhill in. The inlaws are pretty tied up, so no weekend babysitting. Our two boys are both in school, at different times so its a pain to schlep them back and forth, but a least the same place. Therefore, even local skiing is hard to coordinate. Spring break is coming but babysitting is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at the mountain. Its actually cheeper to ski at $87 adult. sigh. go climbing, it's cheaper. btw - you got snow. i saw it on the the mountains yesterday. Yes we got snow.
Babysitting, that we don't got.
True, climbing is cheaper. But I love skiing.
So does the wife. So I just can't grab a boy and go skiing, without upsetting the wife. Just can't grab the wife and go skiing, with out a babysitter for the munchkins.
Its kind of complicated. fixed Heeeyyyyyyy I got one of those. But have 3 munchkins, Yea, we need to figure out what we want to do. chrise, have I gotta think a everything round here?
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 4:34 PM
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donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: MDDFTW!!!! ugh? meeting Double D FTW! Hey, that was me... Now I can saw I've met a famous climber. So famous Misty writes about him in her blog. Even more famous than...
YES!
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kachoong
Feb 24, 2010, 8:31 PM
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So, I finally got to meet the zeke and close the RC circle some more... Zeek I found out is not Zeckie... who wooda thunk it?
A fairly straight forward 10 hour drive had me cross through west Texas, into New Mexico and sneak into the SW corner of Arizona. That's two more states ticked off... yeah, ticked off they didn't get to experience the Aussie sooner!
It was so fucking cold a penguin's nuts would've froze off, but we pulled out some glorious pitches through sunflecks, spindrift and hard-boiled rain. Arizona had to show me all the seasons in my short visit but I unfortunately missed out on summer... oh yeah, and most of spring.
It was great to meet the man and his girl... we shared some beers, smores and stories... no ropes were cutzed, but one turned into a frickin' nightmare snaggle coil on the last 70m rap as I saved us from certain doom... and by certain doom I mean shivvering off teh mountain.
An inch of snow fell just as we were finished climbing the first day... where we subsequently returned to our doused fire which was deemed, by a fuck-tard douche ranger, to be unlawfully unattended and therefore a threat to everyone in existance and so put a ticket on the windshield with a waterproof covering, thereby protecting it from the oncoming drenching rainstorm, which was so full of rain and snow to put out the fires of hell, instead of actually putting out the fire himself.
It only hailed on most pitches, rather than all... I was happy for that... better than rain I guess. The sun was euphoric for all of about five minutes per pitch, but the quality of the climbing made up for it.
The climbing really was fantastic! After a 5 month break it was nice to take the sharp end once again.
Great to meet you, Zeek!
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 8:37 PM
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The legend exists!!!
Sweet TR. Glad you got out, even if the weather was crappy. I may be out there at some point this spring (depending on how long it takes me to figure some COBRA stuff out). So maybe I'll get a chance to meet one or both of you, too.
Nice pics btw. Where in AZ is that?
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kachoong
Feb 24, 2010, 8:46 PM
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Yeah, the granite has great texture and some fun features. The main line we did, Peacemaker, was mostly bolted with rap bolts at every belay, but some gear was essential, at least in our opinion. The climb was solid at the grade with about 10% 10b, 30% 10a and 30% 5.9.
Cochise Stronghold is in SW Arizona. We were thinking of a meet-up at Hueco later in the year once summer is over and Fall cools things down.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 24, 2010, 9:20 PM
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kachoong wrote: Yeah, the granite has great texture and some fun features. The main line we did, Peacemaker, was mostly bolted with rap bolts at every belay, but some gear was essential, at least in our opinion. The climb was solid at the grade with about 10% 10b, 30% 10a and 30% 5.9. Cochise Stronghold is in SW Arizona. We were thinking of a meet-up at Hueco later in the year once summer is over and Fall cools things down.
ah, so it was cochise then. cool. it's not all crack is it? man i'd love to find a place out west that wasn't all crack (like red rocks or something)
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donald949
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Cool deal. Nice job.
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