And The "You Guys Are F#@*in' Nuts!" Award Goes To...

Just wanted to throw out a quick shout for the gnarliest alpine push that I've heard of this season. Last weekend Ryan Wakowski and Ben Smith finished their week of hooking logs on a Friday afternoon/evening, and decided to charge a big line in the Bugaboos. Driving all night from Missoula, they crashed out in the Bugs parking lot for a few hours and hit the trail at around 4 a.m.

They blazed up to Snowpatch spire and proceeded to climb the S.E. Ridge route - to the tune of 19 pitches! True to form, Smith dropped his headlamp into the void, but fortunately for their asses they ended up not needing it as they topped out before dark and made it back down with time to spare.

The S.E. Ridge of Snowpatch Spire roughly follows the left skyline in the picture.

Apparently, it wasn't enough to call it a day and crash out in the hut. They then hoofed it all the way back to their truck and proceeded to drive all night back to Zoo-town, hitting the valley at 5 a.m. That makes it roughly a 36 hour straight push doorstep to doorstep! From Montana. Holy shit. Congrats, guys - that's officially bad ass, and you're officially crazy.