Injury Downtime means summer planning

Alpine skiing tended to mean broken and sprained thumbs. I'm finding that Telemarking is giving me shoulder sprains. I'm not quite sure why this is the case, but I suspect it has more to do with the free heel bindings than with the turn itself. When I catch an edge it's usually at the same part of the turn I would in Alpine skiing: edging a bit without commiting enough with the angle - usually toward the beginning of the turn.

I've still been skiing but but less frequently and less aggressively. The shoulder was really bad last week until a fall seemed to suddenly improve things, so it must have been partially dislocated.

So I've got time to start planning my climbing season. My goals are a technical Grade V climb, reaching 5.10, and a classic advanced Rainier route - maybe Mowich Face or Ptarmigan Ridge. Then in the fall I'd like to do some slot canyoneering in Utah. I'd like to be leading on real rock by April, but we'll see if the weather cooperates. I'm hoping early summer will be easy longer climbs: Ingalls Peak, The Tooth, Mt Goode, S Early Winters S Arete, Liberty Bell Beckey. Targets for midsummer look like: Mt Stuart N Ridge, El Dorado W Arete, Burgundy Spire, Liberty Bell Thin Red Line. I'm also considering Nooksak Tower because of a nice vista of it skiing the other day, but I'm finding conflicting difficulty estimates (5.3-4 would be a snoozer and the 5.8 I've seen seems like it might be exagerated).

Also on my list, though for the name alone I think: Quien Sabe Glacier on Sahale Peak. Appears to be class 4 snow/ice, but the name is cool, so who knows? :-)