Joe Josephson, Montana’s most vocal ice proponent and author of Winter Dance, speaks about the precarious access to Hyalite Canyon: “Often in life, you don’t realize how good you have it until it’s gone–or at least under the threat of being taken away.”
Mark Twight apparently was also experiencing hallucinations (or just a bad memory) as he appears to have confused two passages from Snow in the Kingdom.
In spite of the plentitude of masculine, heavy-duty shells on the market, I spent this past summer testing the women’s Mountain HardWear Quark jacket. Why, you ask, did I eschew various men’s models in favor of the women’s Quark? Because it’s extremely light, and Mountain HardWear touts it as the lightest (9 ounces), truly waterproof raincoat on the market.
A recent perusal of Mark Twight’s self aggrandizing (not to mention downright brilliant) “Kiss or Kill” brought me to the following passage, in which Twight references partner Barry Blanchard’s out of body experience on the mountain: “I assumed it was a benign hypoxic hallucination, remembering a story in which Ed Webster saw a taco truck pull up next to him on the South Summit.”
“They should have signs and stuff and trash cans outside,” said Pham, who climbs regularly in the safety of a San Francisco gym. “I don’t think they even clean your rocks off for you out there.”
This is the first time I’ve see Alpinist late to post news. An outstanding climb was done by Tomaz over a week ago.
Alpinist, proud sponsor of the 2007 Bozeman Ice Festival, presents this feature film highlighting last year’s events.
