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quote: Originally posted by ScottP: I personally appreciate the pictures that Tom has put up on his website. Particularly this one: Is there a route on that arete way over on the right there?

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quote: Originally posted by Bronco: I just like the roar that comes off of an 044. hey, I made a rhyme! MC Bronco in da house wif my pimps and hoesGettin down to da roar of an 044Now when I pull da cord dat shit is werdAnd I cut my way thru da trees to da plantation of da herb...

how was Liloowet anyways? wet? (Buhler....Buhler?)

quote: Originally posted by hikerwa: I am not sure as to most of that, you can ask him yourself on wednesday. Next wednesday the 27th will be John Roskelley live at 11am. And you can all ask him for huntin' and shootin' tips. Isnt Pope John Roskelly?

You Guys were all seen doing it again, GUESTS I mean you too, everyone post a reply to this thread NOW even if it is only to say "Hi/Dan Larson Sucks/I know Carlos Buhler/Dude, where's Muir Hut/I chopped some bolts at Vantage/I can climb 5.6 at Si so I am ready for Slesse/I want to sell my GriGri/whatever."

I'm gonna rate the next boulder problem I do VHiker.

quote: Originally posted by kevin page: One thing I've noticed about dogs in JT is the way they attract coyotes to your campsite. It seems like they try to seduce dogs into coming out into the desert at night, where they are gang raped, ripped to shreds and eaten. Better just leave fifi at home. I noticed that leaving pots and pans out at night also brings in the coyotes, while having a campfire keeps them away. So what would happen if you barbequed a dog on the campfire?

Thanks TG but i can't look at that stuff at work.

Wyoming, colorado, same thing right? Theyre both rectangles. [ 02-18-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

Dat rock looks like choss, must be Rado or something.

Ryan Lawson - is that guy gonna put a bolt on every inch of Smith rock that Watts didnt or what? Not that i mind cause i read the website and then go down there and do brand new super loose sport routes that the crowds stay off of. but some of those routes are only ever going to be 1-star lines....even when they clean up.

according to your image it is called GanPeak but who knows if Gan is its real name or short for something...

I thought it was amazingly well protected compared to oh, say, Question of Balance or White Lightning. But the latter two are probably even harder when they're wet!

what does Mad Max use in the thunderdome?

quote: Originally posted by Beck: I think it's a blanket rule in ALL national parks that prohibits pets in ANY backcountry- pets on leashes in parking areas only You got a leash for Teddy, beck? Only you don't call it a leash, you call it a Gimp Holder, right...

so its someone stealing my fashion techniques.. you can tell it aint me cause 1) I would never wear one of those lawrence of Arabia style neck hankies under my helmet... 2) my ugly helmet has stickers all over it

quote: Originally posted by specialed: Rain just follows you around, eh? Sounds like an adventure though. I thought Merci Me was exciting enough when dry! I think it would be a good route to dry tool your way up as all the holds are edges.

Imagine being him or her and trying to walk thru an airport metal detector....

Fred T and I had been planning tyo do the S ridge of Atwell due to the perfect conditions. Then Fred invited Ivan, the real life worlds toughest Milkman, along, so we could not leave before Ivan finished his milk run on saturday at noon. Weathe was forecast to crap out starting Sat afternoon. Friday night I call up Fred and say - maybe we should go up n face of Cheam instead, shorter approach and we can come down in the rain Ok. But Fred wasnt all that keen on maybe getting caught by bad weather half way up. So he bailed and I called up old buddy Andy C for some cragging at Squamish. Andy got off shift at 7AM and promised he would be ready to go, even if not awake, by 9:30 AM. So I left Chilliwack around 8 to a clear sky with increasing cloud. Showers started 5 minutes away from Andy's place in West Van. Andy was actually awake and we discussed possibilities on the drive up to Squamish. Going past Murrin we considered climbs under the Big Daddy roof but did not stop. Instead we screeched in to the Grand parking lot with our sights set on Merci Me based on Andy's assertation that it was "under a roof" and therefore would remain dry Hiked up the soaking wet Flake trail and scrambled across to the base of MM which I had never climbed before (saving the Grand Wall for the onsight, see ) There was a steady drip coming from the grey skies as I began climbing the first pitch Cairns style with thick wool socks under my slippers. It was certainly damp but all edging so I did not peel off through the celebrated runouts and eventually arrived at the belay only kind of wet. A huge slime strewak was pouring downthe next pitch but Andy said it "didnt look too bad" and headed off anyways./ The crux, conveniently only about 5m past the first bolt, is actually a friction type move but Andy put 25 years of technique to good use and somehow stemmed up past it on bizarre non holds and eventually ended up at the belay. I was quite glad to be on TR to follow this pitch which is 5.8 when dry. The interesting crux move involved some shenanigans that probably were not necessary when dry but was good fun with water running down my neck and arms in what was now a steady downpour. Arrived at belay and we began rappels. Ropes were now soaked and the familiar "brown fountain" spraying out of the rappel device was certainly something I would have felt quite happy to do without. Got back to base, quite damp, and hiked back down to car. strangely there were few to no boulderers out enjoying the cool temperatures so conducive to good friction Went into Squamish. drank coffee. Bought climbing magazines. Shot the shit with Robin about his new Unimog truck. Shot the shit with McLane about him cracking the whip on Serl and Jones to get their new guidebooks out. went home. I figured out I drove about 300km to climb less than 100m of rock. That's pretty good for February. Strangely enough it neve rained all day out in the Fraser Valley and bouldering conditiions near Hope wre allegedly ideal. Of course I went out there on sunday and it just chundered down. Sat under a dry rock for an hour waytching the drizzle descend on the frozen lake, and swirls of smoke arise from my pipe...hobbit style. Oh the joys of late winter rock climbing. PS it was 16C and sunny in Squamish on Friday.

RAINBOW COALITION

was it an FA or not?

Since ol' Yvon is from the North Woods there on the Quebec border i will guess it is something in the Adirondacks.

Did Yvon have a sex change or what?

Im wondering cause "They appear to be..." don't you know? How did you acquire? Fall out of a truck into your hands or something?