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John Lunsford
Trad climber
Newark, Delaware
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 22, 2007 - 12:46pm PT
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I am planning on the Nose in March for spring break (I'm a teacher from Delaware) Any beta on plan of attack/March weather? Thanks.
John
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Sep 22, 2007 - 02:50pm PT
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yer gunna die!
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 22, 2007 - 02:57pm PT
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waiting ....
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Sep 22, 2007 - 09:39pm PT
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What can you expect on El Cap in March? I was on Tangerine Trip the last week of March this year when a predicted short rainstorm turned into a full on winter storm with raging winds, and constant snow for about 36 hours. Lots of big sheets of ice coming off the top bringing down no small amount of rock with them, and an overnight temperature of about 14*...glad I wasn't on the Nose for that one.
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spyork
Social climber
A prison of my own creation
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Sep 22, 2007 - 09:48pm PT
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Not the same but...
I was going to do Leaning Tower this April, but it turned into a raging storm. We gym climbed and drank beers. Then we climbed it in May :)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 23, 2007 - 12:49pm PT
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as you know, weather in the spring in NoCal while not totally unpredictable can be a big issue... most likely you will get good reports of possible storms, but forcasts of the severity of the storms is all over the map. Werner has a weather web site he uses, as do we all, it's a crap shoot.
If you are into the whole mountaineering thing, then taking a chance on the weather is not a foreign concept to you. Just be very prepared when you go up with storms forcast. You might hit a perfect weather window on your ascent and have a fantastic time. You might hit a perfect storm convergence and have a fantastic epic story to tell. You definitely want to avoid becoming a statistic in ANAM.
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