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quote: Originally posted by imorris: Euschistus conspersus ? Not in my plant Book.Cannabis sativa.

After Trevanian wrote "The Eiger Sanction", he wrote a sequel. It was called "The Lou Sanction". well, almost.

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Hmm with that description maybe I did find it. Not very inspiring. BTW I asked Dick about it several times and he seemed to think it wasn't so great either. RAy -An hour approach yikes sounds like an alpine climb! Post a pic! Hee hee Ray responded to this post on the wrong thread!

quote: Originally posted by Figger Eight: I've used them in the past and have no complaints. They're a good deal for the price. Hey Dru, they made the choice to break into a car and get their ass thrown in jail. It's either this or license plates, and this world needs more carabiners, not cars [ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: Figger Eight ] Prison labor is the fastest growing labor force in the USA. It is growing as quickly as non-prison labor is shrinking. And many of those in the jail are not there cause they broke into a car, they are there cause they got caught toking.

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Heres a real simple demonstration. set a single piece anchor wire nut at top of a cliff. girth hitch a sling to it. attach 50L pack full of rocks. tie the rocks off on 30 feet of slack to the girth hitched sling then throw them off the cliff. (Factor 1 fall with 30 footfall on 30 ft of line out) repeat and see how long it takes wire to cut the sling through. but you know, if i have to join 2 sewn slings, i usually girth hitch em together. cause mostly i do this to wrap em around a tree for an anchor and if you were to use biners to jointhem in such a situation, the biners would be crossloaded by being forced against the tree.

quote: Originally posted by rr666: Stu Oatmeal, actually.

What do you call 6 lepers in a hot tub? What do you call a MWNAANL with 50 rabbits stuck up his bum? What do you call a MWNAANL and a shovel in his head? What do you call a MWNAANL and NO shovel in his head? [ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

quote: Originally posted by chucK: So are you saying that climbing White Rabbit is just as difficult as climbing Split Pillar, or that Split Pillar is like 6.25 White Rabbit's without a rest? Hey Dru, what would you think of doing the bone to six white rabbits? I prefer to link up the bone to your mama Both WR and Split Pillar are 10b, but WR is much shorter- more of a bouldery problem whereas the Pillar is a short crux (?) then an endurance (?) fest. If you stretched WR 6.25 times it might be much harder than 10b.

Just for Neri Prison labor is all about the lack of choice. The prisoners dont get to choose to be hired by Omega. They get, well, not exactly forced, but... Hey, where does the lineup for organ transplants from Chinese prisoners start anyways? All this booze is wrecking my kidneys, I could use a new pair...

pseudotsuga menziesii merbfranco

The real "Hot Henry" Barber?

quote: Originally posted by IceIceBaby: Right, and Al Gore invented the internet ok, for climbing applications then cause they had used them for frou-frou yauchtie stuff for years. hard astern trim mains'ls to leeboard and all that.

quote: Originally posted by dberdinka: Hey Dru, I was just trying to think of this 10a near the Purina Crags thats has 3 (?) stars in the guide book. Existential Exit sounds right. I recall it being an excellent route, steep and spicy compared to most crack climbs in the area at that grade. While not really off the beaten path "The Bone" on lower Castle is definitely exciting and is a great link up to the south face of Jello Tower and Midway Direct-Direct. Spaghetti Sauce might be the best 5.8 anywhere with friction, to layback, to stem to jam to chimney. Fun! Last year I did the Bone to Canary. That is a good one that just keeps comin at ya with 4 real good pitches in a row! I would like to do that again then run up to Midnight and do Wild Traverse. That would be a big day out. Assuming I can find the correct ledge to start on on Midnight this time. Has anybody done West Side Story traversing pitch on the west side of Icicle Buttress? Sounds neat, full pitch leftwards traverse.

Moving discussion over from another thread: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=000444 What pitons do you take in the mountains? Generally I take the ones noted, if taking pins. I usually only take pins if taking a hammerhead tool for snow approaches or descents. For a pure rock climb like on Old Settler I usually skip the weight f the hammer and so dont take pins, a biner full of RPs instead. Now that zeroCams are coming out maybe go with some of those although that would suck if it was your only option to rap off of. Just an example of alpine racks in general I have taken: NE face Redoubt (via rock pitches variant finish): 4 pickets for 3 people, 6 pitons, 7 Tri Cams 0.5 to 2.5 (some doubles), 8 shoulder slings w 2 biners each. Purple People Eaters on Alpaca, Mars Western on Old Settler: "Squamish rack" of 10 nuts, 6 Tri cams 0.5 to 3, full set TCUs, camalots 1-3, 12 shoulder slings w 2 biners ea., 2 double length slings with 1 biner ea. Salal creek routes: same rack as above plus 6 pins and #4 camalot. I guess a BigBro would be better in terms of weight. Its funny though, when I take the #4 I always find lots of placements for it North face summer ice couloirs like Central couloir on Joffre or Snowy owl on the Owls: 1 picket per person, 6 ice screws, 6 pins, 4 tricams, 2 friends (#2 and #3), 8 shoulder slings.

quote: Originally posted by erik: you know i am waiting for cleesther to chime in about one time while climbing with morbid tina, he girth hitched her with slings as he led by and retrived her on rappell.....though lost her when he took the whipper and cut his slings on her over bite.....what ever happend to that cleesther???? Cleeshterfeeshter is Ike Turner???!

quote: Originally posted by klar404: I just wanna know who the people in the boat are. Looks like the Hardy Boys to me. I think that is their fat friend Chet in the background. dude is probably about to go fix his jalopy. [ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

quote: Originally posted by erik: hey i heared a rumor that there was to be a slide show put on by charlie fowler.....and i think it is possibly at 2nd ascent in seattle right next to the tractor tavern....anyone else hear this and if so when is it...... is he a good climber.... just wondering????!!!!!!!

So is there any thin aid there - in other words can ya do some beakin' on Beacon Rock? preferably while eating bacon?

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Am I the only one who finds Caboose awkward and not fun? Have you ever tried it stemming instead of laybacking? Its kinda irrelevant now till they get the lower Malemute open again anyways.

Hey Willems - check a few threads next time before you post the same topic in two different threads. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001843 Whoa deja vu!! Ya see thanx to Rodchester's best friend Chris Boskoff, he already tipped us off to this DAYS AGO

you are right, Sensuous Mortician is the one in Icebox I was thinking of. As for Squamish cracks, White Rabbit (10b) on Smoke Bluff Wall gives the same difficulty of Split Pillar or Caboose in 8m instead of 50/25m. And it is rarely busy.

quote: Originally posted by BigWallBigBallsRocky: Dru sux. Guy cant even remember what avatar he is using. [ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: BigWallBigBallsRocky ] Gee thanks, Rocky! As to what those peaks in the photo from Tamihi are: Actually that is Judge Howay on the left and the Chehalis Range on the right. I just looked it up on the map with a ruler, using Tamihi Creek as the sightline. Oh well. I blame the photo quality (snicker) or my video card...

I don't think the group mentioned here is the one Gauthier is in. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0314/p19s02-bogn.html