Dru

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Great suggestions! Up the ante and I wish to suggest doing the Willis Wall on Rainier! Caveman going to take it up the ante? I bet my ante can whip your ante any day of the week? How dare you pass me as cc.com Spray God #1 Poster while I was off climbing rox and rope swinging? Must regain my title thru heavy spray-posting starting now!

quote: Originally posted by slothrop: aw, you set up the rope swing, dru? that thing was incredible! I was the belayer and "Ard Arvin" Arlin Kalenchuk got to do the aid. big props to him. visit www.buildering.net and say thanks! I was the guy jumping off the bottom boulder with the grigri to start people swingin. did you catch some air slothrop? who were you?

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Well heck Dru posts here. He's a legend ...in his own mind. My "third leg" is kinda legendary though.

Andy that sounds rad, winter or summer? you could probably do it in a long (16 hr.?) day in summer i would think, maybe north to south would be easier starting up w ridge of N Twin sister? solo or not? soloing would probably be way faster and its almost all 4th class or easier right? you gonna take 50 gu packets and no stove?

FWIW I dont think neanderthal locals are busting on Americans - they would do the same to latte swilling Vancouverites. Reynolds Hotel, Mugs and Jugs, motels, have all been good to me. ditto the Legion even though I had to take my hat off!!!! Dinas Restaurant (Greek) once didnt put the heat on and we had to wear belay parkas while we ate . Never drank at the pub across from the Chevron station I heard it is a bit more hostile but who knows? And I climb and drink with guys who wear dresses into bars and ride unicycles around in the parking lot, so....

Mec Mixed Master glove, $70ish CDN, last 2 seasons of ice plus one season of alpine, keeps your hands warm and dry.

i'm sure if you told them you had ~1700 posts on cc.com they would let you in for free any time

just got back from smiff rox. friday - drove down via i5 to 26, through huge smoke coud near warm springs. forest fire?? indian smoke signals? got to grasslands 2 AM, 9 hrs down. saturday - flailed on easy climbs (pack animal direct and crack of infinity) . out of shape! finally tag-aided scarface to the halfway and set up giant rope swing which was enjoyed by plenty of walkers by. thanks to American Charlie for helping out. charlie was that you? sunday - sky ridge and a bunch of new sport climbs on the far side of * pass. sunday night = jug of wine and Technicolor Yawns monday (Rememberance Day, Vet Day to yanks) hung over, helped the girls set up Tyrolean Traverse to monkey mouth, thanks to aid guys who caught the rope and threw it back, took pictures, rained on. went into bend for evening, no more cafe paradiso, ended up at Big O in Redmond !! Tuesday (extra day off) Teddy Bears picnic and new 5.8 next to it (called 10a in new guidebook????), then back to Van via 97 to 82 to 90. Rainy! outvoted 3-1 on hanging out with Adamson. Also on hiking up mt si with plastic boots on. Today - slept through alarm, up at 9 AM!

Semi-legendary nurse ANDY CAIRNS was seen posting here lately on the Beckeyisms thread...

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Canada is just another state A State of Mind

How did you get that weed across the border? Or was it "American Skunk"?

One time I made a serious rely to a post of sexual chocolate's. oh, what a mistake! why couldn't I have just sprayed?

As in Cybil Shepherd? Is that a sneaky sheep joke?

Adamson's stained love tent, no thanks I got my own...

No just a Spectre. Have tried to place it a few times and have yet to get it to stay in place while actually climbing. Of course I got it for $5 at a Fire Sale so... I think it was Bruce Fairley who once said (about Bridal Veil Falls in Chilliwack, with the dinosaur theme park in front) "the temptation to climb over the fence and sink a Terrordactyl into a Brontosaurus was real." What would you slam a warthog into for the same feeling?

I thought you were talking about the Discovery Channel or something

fuck it man, get a bit of everything, says I. still got some Lowe RATS and use them all the time, those wider diameter screws are easier to abalakov with anyways

any body used those grivel 360? how does the wire lever handle hold up? they looked too spendy when i could get express for cheaper but maybe they are worth the extra $$$$?

I think Forrest is saying we will only make Dennis envious of our spendy budgets if we talk about carbon fibre cobras and quarks and top machines and whatnot. maybe we should discuss those old stubais with the ring adze??

Capt, try putting your feet on the holds instead of roadrunnering them on the rock, your shoes will last much longer

ill be pullin into grasslands about 2-3 in the morning.

Which way is faster? Go down I-5 and across at Hood on Highway 26, or go across at Snoqualmie and down by 97?

Isnt it Omega Pacific? Ocean Pacific makes no-longer-trendy "surf-inspired" clothing. So 80's.

Look out for the smiley "knob" that you put on your screw hanger to turn it into a pseudo-express. 1) it can unclip your biner from the hanger according to MEC (Gord?) 2) if you don't put it on in a walk in freezer, the knob will fall off sometime when you are using it as it gets cold. there are better ways to spend $5 in my opinion.

its funny in the latest Climbing tool ad masquerading as a gear test they said the Fly had"cheaper components and more vibration" or something like that. [ 11-09-2001: Message edited by: Dru ]