Dru

after doing the n couloir of joffre I was so wasted that I hallucinated a 3 foot tall mushroom growing out of the snow super marios style.

quote: Originally posted by Courtenay: 'kay guys, can we keep this area clean, please? What about those typewriters and dowel pullups then? do they work or not?

quote: Originally posted by Terminal Gravity: Dru, I am happy to hear that I was mistaking. No true Absinthe in th US. Are you the smartest guy in the world...is there anything you don't know something about? I am impressed. I know nothing at all about baseball and football trivia. Ditto guns, airplanes, standard clutches, and the dialectics of postmodernism. I know very little about classical music and boy bands. Cell biology, genetics and biochemistry are subjects I am only cursorily knowledgeable in. Can't ski at all. Can't drive standard. Can't barbeque properly, it always ends up blackened anmd half raw. Second to Capt. in posting to this bbs. I have no avatars. Cant remember rules to cribbage. Weak at TV trivia, never seen an episode of Cheers or Ally McBeal. Not familiar with much long hair tight jeans 80s rock and roll.

quote: Originally posted by Terminal Gravity: Cap.C ; Good point about the border police. I'm pretty sure I can't take kegs across the border and they damn well sure won't fit up my ass. Dru - Since you asked. Malt, yeast, water and just a bit of Fuggles hops for aroma. And then, the botanicals!Scottish Marsh Rosemary ( nothing like common rosemary), Sweet Gale and Yarrow. The Yarrow contains a chemical called thujone (sp?) which is the psychoactive ingredient in true Absenthe. (The Absenthe that you can get in Canada uses wormwood that has been bred to have no thojone in it.) Those three herbs together produce a nice old world flavor in the beer and a buzzy, happy euphoria with a bit of sexual arousal thrown in for good measure. That was step one. Now it gets good. I then took some Mandrake and steeped it in ethanol to make a ticture and added that to the boiling wort. Mandrake was one of the most sacred plants of druids. It is in the nightshade family along with henbane. In small quantities it produces great energy and feelings of superhuman strength and invulnerability (the berserker connection). In moderate quantities it can cause loss of muscle control or a coma. More than that it is fatal. The base beer is a sour mash with a bit of smoked malt brewed to be about 8% alchohol. True to form for the special occasion beers of old England. ehmmic, There may not be any of this beer left, but I promise that I will bring as many kegs as needed for the spring ropeup. Will, I do hope that we all can get together Tuesday [ 11-29-2001: Message edited by: Terminal Gravity ] You can get Absinthe in Canada with quite high thujone content. But don't drink Hills Absinthe from Czech Republic! That is the thujone-less stuff. More info www.erowid.org

Has anybody done a lat pull or a pull up in Puyallup (or however you spell it?) Courtenay, what about "typewriters" (pull up, lock off, shift back and forth between locked off arms, release, repeat). I have heard they are a better exercise for climbing than just sets of pull ups. Also, what about doing pullups on dowels hung from a pull up bar so the hands are in the same position as they would be when ice climbing. would that help?

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Nah the Tooth Wow! I never knew you did the FA of the Tooth!

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Hey tell Fred I climbed some mountain. Lichtenberg or what??

Yeah it looks horrible!

I used to just stand at the bus stop for 20 minutes at a time reading a book and doing toe-stand reps. Climbing on vertical and under-vertical walls with tiny jib footholds also worked well. Or you can put a full beer on a shelf you have to stand on tiptoes to reach. Reach. Take a sip. put back on shelf. wait 1 minute. repeat. [ 11-29-2001: Message edited by: Dru ]

quote: Originally posted by Cairns: Throw in the rumor that Alan Kearney did not report many of his FAs. McLane managed to include many unreported FAs by asking people to ask people about routes... discovered a few good ones through word of mouth. However in SWBC Alpine Select there are definitely some issues over why KM chose not to include "Opus" on the south face of Viennese and some of the Bill Noble/Kirt Sellers routes on Clarke and Rexford, or Kobus B's routes on Judge Howay...or the Meager obelisk for that matter. in fact the Judge was not included because he didnt have good pictures of it!

Pan Dome isnt at the roadside is it? I heard from a buddy that did it it is a fun hour or two when in shape. Then there is DEATH PICNIC which I heard was a mega Kearney sandbag and was more like a 6+ than 5. Anybody been on dat?

Tried a spring first ascent of "Death Route" on the east face of In-SHUCK-Ch Mountain last spring. Crawled up my partners kicked steps for 2 hrs at 3Am only to realize I just didnt have the go for it I needed. Went back to the bivi and shivered while they failed on steep snow covered slabs. I could have gone and flailed too if I had had more cardio. started riding my bike to work after that. I think I bailed mainly because I hadn't done anything using long term aerobic endurance in the last 4 months just ice climbing and bouldering. I will do some 12 hr epic slogs on skis this winter to prepare for next time.

DISCLAIMER: Snow can kill you. You can die. Use snow appropriately and responsibly. The Surgin' General has determined that snow can be hazardous to your health.

Dude in the past week you have gone from ~20 posts ahead of me to more than 100. nice!

Its raining right now. snowline up around 750m. another week and Duffy lake road/Sumallo might come in? maybe pan dome @ baker is already in - but it would probably be covered in freshiez too.

Here's one that ain't weed smoking but would be good for discussing routes. I think Outer Space is a route! [ 11-29-2001: Message edited by: Dru ]

Bill is probably glad he is testing Explorer so much.

I like this one except for the little bit at the right that doesn't vanish when it should. Anybody know of a site or some freeware download that lets you make your own smileys?

cool report. anyone smoking dope in the bivi hut?

Swim Fins would be challenging!

quote: Originally posted by wayne1112: no that wasnt the Pencil.It didnt form last year. That was the last 4+ pithces, where it gets fun! Nice picture David. Oh yeah ... that skinny thing left of his head is too high on the route and too short to be the Pencil. maybe this year..

And I always thought the BPL was invented to ensure that those fruit beers like Blackberry Ale, did not qualify as real beer and hence were labelled girly drinks along with hard lemonade and rockaberry cider. TG you talkin' shroom beer then or what? I heard you can make wine out of mushrooms... :

quote: Originally posted by Dennis the Menace: January Ascent - can it be done in Salomon Super Mtn 9 guides? I prefer to use clown shoes it keeps me from stubbing my toes.

Has anyone else noticed that the smoke from a joint will fill a mountain hut no matter what shape the hut interior is? [ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Dru ]