tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66228568934524813362024-02-18T23:17:24.221-08:00McAlpinism MUU Style"Im drawn to open country. It's where everything becomes clear, where the world makes the most sense. When I put myself out there, I always return with something new. A friend once told me: The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning, you didn't even think to ask." -(unknown) Hopefully, this blog will always be a work in progress. These posts are by no means all my adventures, just the ones a camera was present for.
MUU: Montana Underdog UnitMcAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-52116802946062551672019-06-04T14:26:00.000-07:002019-06-11T11:14:41.280-07:00BO Buttress development day (climbed 6.10.19)I found a couple of beautiful looking rock ribs that needed to be cleaned and developed last weekend so I grabbed the dog, heavy pack and hiked back out there. The first rib cleaned up really easy and took 8 bolts, no natural gear; Vitamin Steel Sport 8 bolts 5.9? The next rib uphill took a little bit of cleaning but came out really nice; Girl DEET Mixed 4 bolts, cams from 0.3-3 5.9?<br />
Both climbed 6.10.19 McAlpine, Ainuu.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-43599866355691304772019-06-02T14:07:00.000-07:002019-06-05T14:09:44.215-07:00First Gally Rally of the year: BO, FishFace, WatchtowerSam, Manfred and I took our 2019 maiden voyage to Gallatin Canyon for a gally rally. Our goal was to climb only routes we have never climbed before. We started at the BO buttress and climbed a 5.6 trad route called Constitution Crack. We moved up the hill and climbed a long 5.8 sport route. Then the rain started. It didnt look like the rain was going to stop so we decided to just hike around and explore. An hour of exploring later we were standing at the base of the Watchtower looking at dry rock. Sam wanted to climb the first pitch of the Standard route 5.5 trad so we geared up and got one more climb in. We didnt climb anything very hard but Sam got to plug some gear on lead and I found some routes to develop. Manfred got dirty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam on top of Constitution crack.</td></tr>
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-46697290244656387832019-05-25T14:22:00.000-07:002019-06-05T14:23:47.625-07:00Maiden Rock: 2019 Memorial Day weekend, 5 first ascentsSome friends and I spent the long weekend camping and climbing at Maiden Rock. The weather forecast was ominous at best and I figured I only had one climb day so Saturday Eric and I went climbing. I had 6 new, unclimbed routes so we started on those. 5 of them are up on the Backdoor Wall. The first route was Synesthesia 5.6 Sport 9 bolts. Second route was _ 5.8 Sport 6 bolts. Lap Tiger 5.9 Sport 5 bolts. Sad Howse Music 5.8 Sport 8 bolts. After those 4 routes we crossed the canyon and ticked off Beelzebolt 5.9 Sport 11 bolts. Still one left up on the BD wall! As usual, my pictures suck. <br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-83907369993226774342019-05-12T11:59:00.000-07:002019-05-15T12:08:50.335-07:00Mt. Black; Y-couloirMt. Black is not hard or technical, but its big and a long, steep way back there. I finally bagged it on my 5th attempt. Two of those previous attempts were spring ski missions to the couloir. The first of those missions ended pretty quickly when we realized some of us were in over our heads. The second got Devin and I at least to the top of the couloir but we couldnt ski it due to a partner left behind on a totally different fall line. This time, by myself, I got it. I think it took me about 4 hours to reach the lake and another 1.5hours to the top of the couloir. Everything came together perfectly and I had one of my favorite ski descents to date.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-9693767796936554192019-05-11T11:48:00.000-07:002019-05-15T11:48:25.670-07:00Village: Bug Hatch Boulder aka Bolted Boulder Jr. I somehow forgot to bolt this sweet little gem even though I had put an anchor on it. Manfred and I came back and added 4 bolts. We stopped by my project boulder and re-established in my mind that the giant thing goes and is not very hard.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-65187645980511545352019-05-10T11:49:00.000-07:002020-01-31T13:15:45.658-08:00Allenspur new route Main Crag 'Jazz Cabage'I had one more route that I wanted to develop on the Main Crag out at Allenspur so I spent a lovely Friday figuring out why its not bolted and finding a different route to work on. The result is a new 11 bolt moderate 'Jazz Cabage.'<br />
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McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-51015313348832818342019-05-04T11:41:00.000-07:002019-05-15T11:42:06.098-07:00Crazy Peak; North Face BC skiingBC skiing is a great excuse to not go climbing (and re-injure my shoulder) and Crazy Peak has been on my to do list for a long time. Hoping to ski the Crazy couloir, Merilee and I left Bozeman at 4:15am knowing we had a big day. There was too much snow to drive to the TH so we had to walk an extra 1.5hours round trip. It tooks us about 3 hours of miserable skinning to reach the lakes at the base of the mountain. I was feeling fairly defeated because the snow was sticking to my skins and each ski weighed 20lbs or more. Luckily, a crew of four was booting up the North face so we skied over to their bootpack and got in line. An eassy 1.5hour bootpack put us on top of the shoulder. It was too windy for us to tag the summit and both of us had been there already. A pretty steep, wind affected entry lead to some hero turns down in to the bowl.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-20268256640406848352019-05-03T11:19:00.000-07:002019-07-03T15:08:22.692-07:00Allenspur 2 new routesIm nursing a rotator cuff injury and trying not to climb. Bolting isnt climbing though! Sam, Manfred and I put up a new 8 bolt route on the Obscurity Crag called New Car Smell 5.10a. Then we put 6 bolts in on the 711 crag, 'Vitamin Steele' 5.10+. Both have been redpointed on top rope. <br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-8274136066257773462019-04-06T11:02:00.000-07:002019-05-15T11:17:41.494-07:00Beartooths BC skiing; Project X(?)One of the lower hanging fruits of Beartooth back country skiing is a couloir called Project X (I have also heard it called Professor X, Super Couloir, Lake Couloir, Pencil Couloir) up East Rosebud. Its about as straight forward, in your face as it gets. I made it up to the rock band but didnt take it to the summit plateau (which Im sure it goes). A little taller and longer than it looks! But thats the Beartooths for ya.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean, if youre a skier and that doesnt scream "ski me" than I dont know what does. </td></tr>
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-19562484464965456762019-03-19T15:31:00.000-07:002019-03-25T15:31:16.093-07:00Hyalite Ice: Upper GreenSleevesMerilee, Manfred and I found an afternoon to enjoy some amazing spring break weather so we scurried up Hyalite for some ice climbing. I figured (correctly) that Upper GreenSleeves would be in the shade and have good ice, plus Merilee had never been. The crux of this route is always simply getting to the ice. Which we did, eventually. I led it, left the screws and Merilee pink pointed it (climbed it with pre-placed gear). We had to leave because I had tickets to the G.Love show at the Rialto!<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-73433262729941908072019-03-17T15:49:00.000-07:002019-03-25T15:55:05.520-07:00Hyalite Ice: Bingo Cave; New Route 'Shamrock Monkeys'I noticed that the Bingo Cave ice curtain was really building up thick on the non-traditionally forming left side. So much ice that two new flows/daggers appeared below the lip of the cave. I checked out where the left most route exited the cave to the ice and wouldnt you know it, I had found a new route! Bull Dog world finishes at least 10ft to the right of my line. I returned with my drill after work one day and bolted up to the ice. I used the same first bolt as Bull Dog but added 4 newbies beyond it. I came back to climb it with Jack T later that week. I gave it a go, no luck but I finished the cleaning and got the tick marks all done. Jack made a great effort but had to sit on a bolt or two. He was able to get to the ice however and pushed the route to the top where he installed a chain anchor. I came back the next day, St. Patrick's Day, with Kyler. I gave it a go and got the draws hung but didnt make it. Kyler, like a boss, sent it onsight! Onsight meaning he had zero knowledge of the route and had never tried it. I followed with a hang dog on one bolt and again once I got to the ice. I almost made it to the ice without sitting. Shamrock Monkeys M8 20M 5 bolts was born this day. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two flows either never form, or never form this big. Im not really sure. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can barely see my rope running up to the ice. The last bolt is up high in between the two ice daggers. </td></tr>
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-31210453391276396212019-03-06T15:35:00.000-08:002019-03-25T15:36:03.383-07:00The Cottonmouth (Ice climb)Matt and I had plans to go to Hyalite but when we got to the dam, the road was closed. The heavy machinery operators were not sure when they would get it opened so we changed gears and drove to Middle Cottonwood. We couldnt reach the TH so we walked an extra couple of miles round trip but walking on roads is easy. I was actually able to show Matt a chunk of ice he had never even heard of before! Its short and sweet but worth knowing about. I led it first, then Matt. <br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-63733545924637882492019-03-05T14:01:00.000-08:002019-03-15T14:04:11.525-07:00Hyalite Ice: Unnamed Wall New Dry Tool Routes I huffed a bolting kit up to the Unnamed wall with a certain route in mind but while I was traversing the cliff over to the target, I noticed a sweet little less-than-vertical cliff of relatively bomber rock that could host a couple of dry tool routes so I started here instead. This is the cliff/wall immediately climber's right of Magically Delicious. I bolted two 15M routes: Borborygmus (scientific term for stomach rumble) D(ry) or M5 8 bolts to chain anchor (left route) and Discoteca D or M5 9 bolts to the same shared chain anchor. Matt Cornell was my partner for the day. These routes are really fun but technical enough to keep you moving slowly and deliberately.<br />
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McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-8789142040898857052019-02-24T14:05:00.000-08:002019-03-15T14:19:05.598-07:00Fort Peck Ice Fishing We made it to Fort Peck this year! After last year's weather debacle and the bad ice all the way through January this year, it was looking like we might strike out again. Luckily, some really freaking cold weather showed up and stayed for weeks creating tons of ice on the reservoir. Fourchette ice was still a little unknown so we went somewhere new, Crooked Creek. Crooked Creek marina also had cabins to rent so we left the campers at home. We left town before the Snowmageddon of 2019 hit western Montana and got back right after it was over. Between my Dad, Jeff, Travis and I, we caught a few fish. My holes were pretty slow this year but I still managed to pull a couple of pike through the ice. We really only caught one big fish which was my dad's at 39.5" 18lbs. The high tmep one day was -12 so the funky weather definitely through off the fishing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were literally on the edge of the storm. I have never seen such a striking, perfectly straight line all the way across the sky like we got to witness. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bottle of Makers Mark made for some good stories!</td></tr>
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-58012920483811632492019-02-16T13:50:00.000-08:002019-03-15T13:51:14.275-07:00Cody WY; South Fork Ice: Too Cold to Fire, Mean GreenUsually Im ice fishing president's day weekend but this year found me down in Cody ice climbing with my good friends Lucas and Bailey. We showed about noon on a Saturday with just enough time to climb Too Cold to Fire WI4. We solo'd the approach pitches and I led the main pitch. This was a fantastic climb that I have tried to climb pretty much every trip I have taken to Cody. This year, the approach pitches were in and fat! I took a pretty good chunk of ice to the helmet and expected to find a crack upon inspection but I guess I got lucky!<br />
Sunday we got a fashionably late start (very common theme with me) to the Mean Green 5 pitches WI4. It was a beautiful day but very cold. Luckily, a party of 3 was ahead of us cleaning off the ice and putting in the boot pack! Early bird doesnt always get the worm! I led every pitch but the final, easy, namesake pitch; my partners were cold and done. Time to get back to camp and start a bonfire!<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-7082329700336333532019-02-11T16:25:00.001-08:002019-02-11T16:25:34.070-08:00Cooke City Ice climbing first trip: Fossil Cave and HydromonsterI had never climbed in Cooke City before but decided enough was enough and made plans to go camping and climbing out of that crazy little town. Usually during MLK weekend I go to Cody but Sam couldnt go this year so I roped Kyler in to going to Cooke City. Our first day was Kyler's day. We went to the Fossil Cave where he dry tooled a super hard cave route called Blonde Ambition (?). There was no time for me to climb by the time he was done. I dont even want to talk about the 'ski' out of there. Lets just say I suck at skiing in mountain boots.<br />
Sunday was my day and I wanted to climb ice. One of the longest ice climbs around is called Hydromonster. Its pure ice and a within my abilities.... usually. For some reason, upon seeing the monster, I psyched myself out mentally. But we carried on. I try not to ever back down from a climb until I am standing at the base, harness on and roped up. It gives you time to think about things and calm down if needed. I calmed down and we free solod the first little pitch up to the main flow. I lead until I ran out of screws and had to belay Kyler up and he finished it. I had to sit on just about every screw because the pump in my forearms was too bad to climb continuously. That usually means you are over-gripping and using poor technique which means you are usually battling demons in your head. Whatever the case may be, we got to the top with out any falls.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-33289091037318946562019-02-08T16:30:00.000-08:002019-02-11T16:32:18.277-08:00Hyalite Dry Tooling: Bingo Cave; Panamal Canal. Next Day Twin Falls with Merilee. Kyler and I got out of work early enough to spend a couple of hours in the Bingo Cave dry tooling. Kyler put the rope up on Panamal Canal M8 or 9 and I was able to top rope it 3 times, once completely clean. Meanwhile, Kyler sent his project of Northwest Pasasge M11 cleanly. Its fun to watch people climb routes that you know you wont ever even try!<br />
Followed this by a day up at Twin Falls with Merilee (her first time up there). I was scouting our project (Abandon Ship) as much as I was climbing. <br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-80451820381028921082019-02-02T15:55:00.000-08:002019-02-11T15:56:05.756-08:00Hyalite Ice: G1; Cameron's first ice climbI dont know how many people I have taken on their first ever ice climb, but its up around 15 or 16. Im pretty sure just about all of those people have been back for more. Dont knock it until you try it! We climbed well in to the night and had the place to ourselves!<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-91333040593207905242019-01-27T16:53:00.000-08:002019-02-11T16:53:38.261-08:00Hyalite Ice: G2 laps with Sam and ManfredSammy boy needed to get in to the mountains to take his mind of things so naturally, ice climbing we went! G1 was packed so we hiked up to G2 and had the ice to ourselves until we made some new friends who were also escaping the G1 crowds. We set up a top rope with a directional and got to climb a few variations. We also got to climb on the neighbor's rope so pretty much every possible line on G2 got climbed. It was supposed to be cold and snowy but we somehow dodged it and had a wonderful day!<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-81115595962933561932018-12-15T16:04:00.000-08:002019-02-11T16:04:52.078-08:00Hyalite Ice: Genesis Area free soloingThe Genesis area is way too cool of an option to have for us Bozeman climbers. In just a couple of hours, you can drive up to the trailhead, climb 3-4 awesome pitches and be back in town no sweat. I have frequented the area so many times over the years now that it is a very comfortable environment for me. I have seen it at its worst (I hope) and I have seen it at its best (?). Its also a great way to walk the dog. I solo G1, come down and grab my gear and my dog. Hike up to G2 and cruise up that. Then on to the Hangover (no pic) that takes me longer to rappel than climb. I watched the sun set from the base of the Hangover. Then I slid down to Lower Greensleeves to wrap it up.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-63446091392318747562018-12-07T16:34:00.000-08:002019-02-11T16:47:45.521-08:00Hyalite Ice: Abandon Ship ProjectI went up to Abandon ship to throw in some more bolts but I brought the wrong size socket for the bolts so I couldnt do very much. I was able to add a rap anchor to the approach pitch and cache some gear but that was about it. I walked back over to Cleos where Kyler and Bud were working on that crack line I mentioned earlier and loaned them my unused batteries. I cam back the following Friday with all the correct gear and did some more work. I got up to the high point (solo lead aid) from November but decided that I did not want to proceed anymore. I had everything I needed and a strong head but the rock became scary. I was in a dead horizontal roof and the rock seemed like it was actually a bunch of blocks somehow glued in place waiting to fall. Just like all the ones laying on the ground directly below me. I didnt dare place and then weight a bolt connected to that rock. You would be connecting yourself to too high of a potential for disaster for me. Hence the name Abandon Ship. We will probably go back and try the climber's right side instead of the left side next time. I bumped in to some friends climbing the Matriarch, Jack and Matt. I tagged along with them and got to top rope to mega classic in all time conditions.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-15951757136500416672018-12-01T15:48:00.000-08:002019-02-12T15:01:55.637-08:00Hyalite Ice: Treasure Hunter PilgrimageSeeing how I am about the only person who knows where this climb is and that it appears that I am the first person to find it, I figure I better go and climb it at least once per year. So, on a solo day with nothing better to do, off I went. I built a little log bridge out of standing dead trees before I remembered that you cant cut trees down if they are close to a creek. Oops! I dont think anyone will notice or care. The first pitch was pretty covered in snow which means the second pitch is as well. Therefore, I just bypassed them both and hiked up to the 3rd pitch where the real climbing is anyway. I free solo'd the steepest section only to put myself in a terrible avalanche scenario. Pitch 3 mellows out on top and there is the quintessential snow 'slab' to climb through. I luckily got to the trees without incident but every hair on the back of neck was reaching for the sun. Yikes! I have never felt the heebee geebee's up there before but something about that slab had me on edge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new bridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slight of Hand across the valley.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The steep left side with the middle curtain barely visible. </td></tr>
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-80685246965473938942018-11-12T15:36:00.000-08:002019-02-11T15:41:23.397-08:00Hyalite Ice: Abandon Ship (Project)After scouting a crack line on the Cleo's wall the day prior, Kyler and I huffed the requisite heavy packs up to the wall but changed gears quickly when Kyler spied an ice line that we considered 'in' that had never been 'in' before. We found our way to the base and began the development process. Kyler lead the first meandering, all rock, approach pitch up in to a cave, aiding off one bolt. We drilled a two bolt anchor in the cave and I belayed Kyler while he bolted his way towards the ice. I dont remember what the limiting ingredient that day was but we stopped after Kyler had placed 5 bolts on that pitch. We had big plans to come back and finish it but Kyler has not been back since. I would come back later and try and finish it but was unsuccessful. (See later post)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kyler checking out the Matriarch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The climb pretty much goes up the middle of the picture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a massive cave to the left of the ice where we set up the start of pitch 2. Pitch 2 would end somewhere above the uppermost ice seen here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kyler trying to find a way up in to the cave. I would eventually come back and place a bolt here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silhouette bolting.</td></tr>
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-87497722861614332132018-11-09T15:20:00.000-08:002019-02-11T15:21:11.754-08:00Hyalite Ice: Twin Falls; First Ice of the seasonI usually get the ice climbing bug about the time it gets cold. Twin Falls is tucked away in a sunless alcove at a relatively high elevation and usually provides the best early season ice in Hyalite. I also wanted to scout a line to the right of Cleo's that Kyler wanted to bolt so I was able to kill two birds with one stone. I fee solo'd a little ways up Twin Falls Right before down-climbing and calling it good. I had planned on v-threading my way off but there was not enough trustworthy ice for me. I walked over to the base of the crack line Ky was talking about a took a couple of photos.<br />
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<br />McAlpinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00414921801641863362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622856893452481336.post-15595858095471897012018-11-06T15:08:00.000-08:002019-02-11T15:12:35.448-08:001st backcountry turns of the year on BridgerKyler and I skinned up the ramp and skied Wolverine Bowl a couple of times chasing early season powder turns. We found them! I think this was election day and yes, we both voted.<br />
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