Dru

Time to bump this little thread up the chart.

....that WILL NEVER end!

more news on this unstoppable plague Chirp - hope you didn't die, man.

The Borderline offwidth is bolted so the only reason you would need a cam that big is for the Angels Crest version. I prefer to use a "toprope" to protect offwidths

But is it upside down in the Southern Hemisphere, at least, like the Moon?

So are all the routes in that book Thin Red Lines?

Same stuff for half the price!

I think you can order them from Barrabees or somethin' though?

A "guide" in California is anyone that feels like calling themselves one. If you were building a house, would you hire a professional engineer, or a guy who decided one day that he'd call himself an engineer? If you need your appendix removed, would you go to a doctor, a veterinarian, or some guy in your trailer park that has a sharp knife and who's watched ER a few times?

Presumably right at the equator the top and bottom of the 8 are equally sized? And at the North Pole, you would only see half the 8, so it would look like a o balanced on the horizon.

You must have missed this part:

I think it's right at the base. Isn't it more like 7"?

In some very wild areas of the Pacific northwest, namely up the Coast in BC, north of Powell River, machetes are very much standard equipment. But it's still "leave no trace" because by the time the next party arrives, 10 years later, no trace of your machete work will be visible anymore - it will have all grown back, twice as thick and spiny.

At Squamish there are several anchors without hangers on the bolts that are used by local guides. They just add hangars when they show up with a class and then take the hangers again when they leave. This way they seldom have to worry about another group using "their" anchor.

First off he lives in Tehran where it is sunny and clear most of the year - unlike Seattle. Second of all he probably took those photos from his balcony or something. Just leave tripod standing.

BTW what are you going for on Baffin? Aiyuittuq or the Northern Fjords?

The other thing to consider is trench foot from humidity. Rich Prohaska got trenchfoot while putting up a new route on Turnweather, you may think your frostbite is bad but he couldn't walk for 3 months. Plan on frequent sock changes to ensure dry feet.

The Arctis Expe is more of a snow slogging boot, but should be plenty warm. look for the Koflach Vertecal if you want to climb rock in it Or some La Sportiva Olympus Mons or Scarpa Phantom.

CLIMBING ROPE APPLICATION 1) How long have you wanted to be a rope? 2) are you single, double or twin? What is your diameter? 3) In a crisis you are a) stretched out but holding on? b) frayed and broken up? c) maintaining the static quo? 4) Do rugs feature in your retirement plans? 5) Do you mind doing a couple of shifts in the bedroom? 6) HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE: what is Goldline? What was made out of hemp?

If here were two suns, would it be a dilemma instead of a unilemma?

I think it won't be the first time you've pushed past a rim.

But I've never climbed Rainier!

ninjas

Feeling a little inadequate, are you?

Pfft, if'n I wanted to pose, I'd blow smoke up your ass about what great performance art visionaries they are, or diss 'em as avant-garde wanksters with more style than substance. Instead, I think they've got great schtick but they just don't make my little heart go pitter pat. holy mother fucking christ. am i misreading this? somebody thinks off white don't know his shit when it comes to muzz-ack? fuck, i'm a fucking nancyboy when it come to this shit, but i still take it in the backside from offwhite.