Trip Report
Skully's second time ice climbing.
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Friday December 6, 2013 7:29am
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mike m
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About the Author
mike m is a trad climber from black hills. Who is cold |
Comments
Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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I gotta say Mike...You rule!! super neighborly & lent me your gear, etc. Gracious host to say the least. I can almost feel my fingers again....like 2 hours after getting back. Sheesh. ;-)
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Dec 6, 2013 - 12:16pm PT
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To prep skully properly for his pilgrimage back to no dak I thought it would only be proper to take him ice climbing at 5am on the coldest day around here in a couple of years. It took all of this storms freezing power to freeze bridal veil this year after the 5 + feet of snow we got in early oct. That storm and the many days of 60+ degree weather has all of the creeks as high as I have ever seen them at this time of year. Well anyway the -15 temps certainly had it frozen. I think skully had a good time and got a good pump and I had to run to work.
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RyanD
climber
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Haha! Nice!
Is that thermometer in Fahrenheit?!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Looks like good fun! I need to get over that way this winter.
Edit: The approach must be pretty chill, considering you can get laps in before work. That would be a change!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Pretty dang good stuff Mang.
Back to work with you!...hehe, see ya later.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Dec 6, 2013 - 01:16pm PT
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Definately in fahrenheit. About a 15 minute drive and one minute hike.
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WBraun
climber
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So .....
You guys always climb sideways ......
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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I'm getting hypothermic just looking at the pictures!
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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reminds me of the monty python skit climbing the sidewalk...
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L
climber
Just livin' the dream
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Beautiful ice flow if you lay your head on your desk to look at it.
Skully's face cracked me up. Like a little kid having the time of his life in the snow.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Mike's a good instructor...it was fairly exhilarating. I'll be back, for sure.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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brrrrrrrr......i would need an antifreeze injection!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, mike m... and skully....
fun share! the pics are just starting to show, and i
CAN SAY this... great shots, so far,
AND this little quote adds some spunk, as well:
Dec 6, 2013 - 10:24am PT
So .....
You guys always climb sideways ......
hee hee... well, werner says it better, ;)
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Author's Reply
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Dec 6, 2013 - 06:42pm PT
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Antifreeze was had last night
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Is that thermometer in Fahrenheit?!
It's all good—as long as it's not in Kelvin....
Double Brrrrrrrrr!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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That looks like what I had to deal with walking 8 miles to school every day.
But if it was fun then I'm happy for ya! ;-)
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Kool!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Ice is nice. Good on getting out Skulleeeeeeee! Woot!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Thanks for taking the time to post the photos and thanks for taking Skully out for "freeze-your-arse-steep-arse-fun."
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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But...but...brrrr.
Kudos guys.
I don't think I've ever seen Bridal veil look that feathered out before. Must have something to do with the extreme quick temp changes.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Cap'm Skully sir,
that's a fine
partner you
got yourself.
Keep it on
the one.
Love and respect.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Ummmm Bacon and Ice Climbing....a match made in hell freezes over
Susan
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MisterE
Gym climber
Small Town with a Big Back Yard
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Bacon before screaming barfies. Nice.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Looks like fun.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 11, 2013 - 12:54am PT
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Very very nice ice boys!! Great to see Skully getting out!! Thanks Mike!
Btw your pics can be straight if you either: turn photostream on and upload pics from that folder, or download photoshop express from the App Store so you can edit your pics before uploading them.
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