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some years back a friend of mine wanted to go do "an easy" so I suggested Daniels from Peggy's Pond. I'm guessing it was mid-july ... anyhow, we went light with bivis, light bags a little food we each brought an axe but no crampons ... needless to say the traverse from the East Peak to the West Peak was a complete sheet of bullet proof ice and neither of us was up to chopping steps all the way across. Should have brought crampons. On our way back out to the car we pass this dude just loaded with a ton of shit, he was leading a group of 4or 5 with this monsterous 60+ lbs mule complete with 2 dozen wands, full gore-tex, 11mm ropes, you name it. When I asked which way they were headed, he says "thru Peggy's Pond" ....... ohh the irony hindsight : wish they had made lightweight alum cramps back then

well that explains a few things ..... Carper you should have warned me

hope you don't get stuck in a traffic jam coming over the bridge ..... see you cats and kittens @ Winter's pad. Wes

You got that right big fella!!! Long Live TG

didn't Yates use to make some monsters like that?

Don't forget, Volcano pass = Fee Demo ..... just say no!

and toast some marshmallows with a blow torch

when in doubt run it out .... how much time & energy are you willing to waste trying to figure out which would work better on a flake you already feel will probaly fail anyways?

along the same lines as David Parker's suggestion to avoid the crowds also consider the "Parc des Ecrin' sub range of the Alps .... Pelvoux, La Meije, L'Aliefroide and Barre des Ecrins. This area gives good access to some great routes from rock to ice and mixed with few crowds. In late summer be carefull with your water source. Some areas are still activly used to graze sheep and other livestock.

Hey Bronco ... where did you find it at for $150

here are a few local links to check ... PDX Paintball Portland Paintball Online PDX Field finder

believe it or not ... if you are good enough the answer is a resounding YES. I have several customers worth 10's of millions of $$ who travel to many countries thoughtout the world .... all because of paintball

understanding that he likes video games do you think we would like Paintball?

If he truly hates everything that makes it tuff .... have you tried mountian biking? When our oldest son was about 13 he got into a funk. He's tried climbing and really did not care for it. Got him a decent MTB, hit the trail together ... made a big differance. However I think a plus I had is that he has always been into some kind of sport. I myself was not a very model citizen as a your teenager. I always laugh when I hear the line from "Panama" by Van Halen, .... "model citizen, zero discipline". When I was 15-16 I did the Ski Resort thing mentioned above, working @ White Pass, great way to earn a season pass. Worked, ate and slept on the pass for 4 weeks straight. We had a great mentor who was the first to jump into the shit with you and get the job done and in return took no shit and expected you to pull your own. If you didn't, you were outta there. To this day the guy is one of three people including my father I look up to as shaping me as an individual .... not quite military school. Is there anything he likes to do?

Well done and just as well written. With your literary style and grace you could be on to something there buddy. Good luck and safe travels this coming weekend.

fair enough .... you and TG bringin' the crack?

Hey Gang ... sorry to have missed out last night ... sounds like a good time was had by all, and then some ... shit just got too stack up here in the 'couv and I wasn't able to break away ...

it is going to run again Sunday night 5/18 @ 6:30 pm Oregon Field Guide - OPB schedule

So in other words the voice of the customer means nothing ....

shit I'm actually going to be in town next week, I vote for the R&R as well ... just hope we don't get DFA for a waiter again

no, your not

wish I could but got shit to do .....

make sure you have at least one 60m rope, otherwise you will be very limited in what you can do by either tp or on lead

Lucky Lab sounds good unfortunatly next week I have to go to F*&@$'n Texas and don't get back until Thursday night. I guess I'll just have to propose another pub club the following week. Wes

that wouldn't be a bowl of "Fumunda" chowder would it?