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Stubone and Carter you guys are gettin' to be a good tag team almost like Pope and Dwayner or FooFoo and TopStep...

Some years on Robson go by without anyone climbing the N. face. That mountain makes its own weather. Suggest hiking 2 weeks of food into high camp and sitting it out until you get weather window then giv'er. some friends of mine did it, waited 8 days thru pouring rain, cleared up, boom, summit & out, it rained for another 14 days after that. For some reason best weather seems to occur near full moon time.

Must be all those fucking mods on their scooters... Squamish - still only one actual "climbing" death in 42 years, although there have been some hiking deaths and some serious climbing injuries. Squamish Highway - at least one accident a week, fatalities are about 33% of those accidents. ( i just made that number up!!!) Lots more person days of driving that highway than climbing though.

"statistically, climbing is safer than driving to the climb", especially driving to Squamish up Hwy 99 vs. Squamish climbing.

all that on one ball....

Wil, on this site you can say anything you want, just sit back and let the spray fly out your fingers. Some of us, at least, would be interested to read it.... even if its about toproping a 5.4... as long as its well written and NOT ALL IN CAPITALS (pet peeve, not directed at Jerry Sanchez who has no other option).

This site is designed to release the harmful spray pressure in a safe environment instead of in some place like a van on a road trip where an instantaneous spray blowout can cause a beating or incite your driver to laugh so hard she pees herself and wipes out the van into a barn full of free range turkeys. All hail Jon and Tim the enablers of this!

Tantalus Range is cool for 4 days, 1 day in, 2 days pk bagging, 1 day out, cheap CDN$$$, brew pub babes...

Thanks

1) Make sure your "client" buys shiny new gear. 2)Take em out in the woods, rob em, leave em in the woods, come back for next "free client".

When I was in the Bugs with Beckey he was calling the Columbia Ground Squirrels "snafflehounds". I would say they are any rodent that eats your gear.

Melting Freezing Dinnerplating Sit by the fire in the ACC clubhouse and drink scotch -ing

"I'll have two pints of BBP and a jug of Whoop Ass for my friend here!"

YEAH!!! BATTLE CAGE!!!! I put $10 (Canadian) on Sock guy.

quote: Originally posted by specialed: I hear Capt. Caveman's boyfriend gets really pissed at him when he takes off for long climbing trips. Poor Caveman That's you he's talkin' about Erik!?

Indian like New Delhi or like Crazy Horse?

The access into Cathedral from Canada is still a go. Plan on about 7-10 hrs (depending on amount of windfall and pack size) hiking from road end to the lakes in the Cathedral-Amphiteatre cirque.

Slipping into my Sigmund Freud disguise I note the symbolic linkages between soloing and wanking, and wonder about the perversions of those attracted to the soloist of another sex.... Then there is the difference between climbers, trying to get to the top of phallic towers, and cavers, trying to crawl back into mommy's womb.... ooops that should be in the Cave Ridge thread

Those "swallows" may well be "spits" "What's better than a rose on my piano? Tulips on my organ!"

I've got nothing against him personally but his history of canadian mountaineering book is kind of fucked when it comes to the coast and bc in general.

Sounds like peregrines to me. Maybe they are a bit dirty from scrubbing routes in their spare time??

When those big sloughs come off the bypass glacier, they land right on the approach to the direct start , something to think about. How was the Magic Carpet pitch, Kalun??

Chic Scott and I don't get along that well. Find out why in the book review column of the 2001 Canadian Alpine Journal.

When your partner goes into the coffee shop, put the beer at the bottom of his pack. Your pack will be that much lighter and you still get to drink the beer.

One time in the Canadian Rockies, hanging out in the ACC clubhouse, some friends of mine decided to go and explore "The Rat Hole" which is this neat cave you rap into located near Grotto Canyon, that has a preserved buffalo skeleton under a sinkhole in one chamber and other cool stuff. It being New years they set out wearing the required clothes for -30 celsius weather, at about 10 at night. I decided to stay by the fire and read old ANAM issues. Five hours later they returned but their nice one piece goretex suits were retired after that trip. ground in mud and large slashed rips from sharp limestone edges. moral of the story is, always wear shitty old clothes to explore caves, they will get trashed beyond belief. as for why cavers are so protective of their caves it is because the caves trash so easily. if you touch some cave formations with bare skin your skin oils will be enough to permanently stop them from growing. you have to be prety dedicated and a control freak to be good at caving, imho. tried it and it is fun but a bit too anal for me to enjoy.