Dru

You mean "BS"? They should have named that thing "Dune" - I kept waiting for the giant sandworm to attack while I was climbing that (and that was a few years ago when it was cleaner...?). There's more sand on that pitch than there is at the whole of Peshastin. What gives??

rite on. I like that one of Erik with the kayak and that one of Mitch's with the silhouette of the Wash Pass peaks. [This message has been edited by Dru (edited 06-13-2001).]

Capt. you should get it lowered, chopped and install some of those pimplights underneath. Get a chain around the license plate and a form fitted velvet dashboard. Chicks dig it! Next best thing to an El Camino!!

it would be fun to be in project Bandaloop, and get to see Heather Bare (misspelling intentional )

Erik, I don't know, I have only seen the advanced proofs. My copy (along with the 2001 updated Squamish guide) should be arriving in the mail in a plain brown wrapper any day now. As for the smoking paper thing I think KM wants the guidebook to be a bit more durable than that. And your "zero tolerance" government would probably block it at the border if it was true!

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Deal and Oh I aint Tshirt man either in case you were wonderin... Don't worry we know now (thanks to Mike) that you are "Sock Man" not Tshirt Man.

McLane's SW BC alpine select is finally out. 158 climbs on a multitude of peaks. Lots of detail and many new routes detailed that only a dedicated Canadian Alpine Journal reader will have heard about before. The chehalis...Chilliwack Valley...anderson river range...tantalus...old settler and exotic remoter peaks. I'm getting a free contributors copy so don't believe my recommendation too much, grab a copy and see for yourself. I think its about $30 at the CoOp

What about John Middendorf and Walt Shipley dropping acid and soloing 5.11s to train themselves for the bizarre mental states they would encounter half-starved, fatigued and oxygen-depleted on high Himalayan big walls? Personally I prefer to wait till the day is done to inhale but that's because A) I tend to lose my motivation when baked and B) I have a poor memory at the best of times, wouldn't want to leave my rack hanging on a tree at the top of a route and walk away.... But, I have done the drinking and climbing thing too. Lighthouse Park, blindfolds, topropes, beers hidden on certain holds, a sunny evening, girls to go skinny dipping with -

Hey DLando, 4 year old Subarus are fuckin' pricy in case you didn't notice!!! (14 year old Tercel that smokes more than me, Erik and Caveman combined).

good luck, but better things can be done with Hemp (Hennep??) than making ropes out of it. Puff puff!

"You boys better turn down that music a bit, my boss is in the Canyon tonight and I wouldn't want you to get in trouble." Puff puff.

The grade got anorexia, just like the route name says, and is wasting away. soon it will be 5.9, then 5.6. medical marijuana is one recommended treatment for anorexia. puff puff. (Ok that was gratutuous spray. Actually I have never done the route. I'm certain Viktor will provide the insight behind the changing grade and also why Potato Chip Flake was downgraded from 3 skulls to 2. Did someone whip off it and live??)

I don't think they had women. Xcept maybe the inflatable type?? It was shitty Utah 3.2 'beer' too.

None of my fetishes have to do with fecal matter thanks very much. I had a "golden shower" once but only a few drops - trapped under a slow party with small bladders on Space Shot. We stole their beer though. Helping Karma to strike is always fun.

I think you meant a cake shaped like the EIGER NORDWAND not the wimpy matterhorn! Seriously though when a buddy of mine got married his bride gave him a #4 camalot instead of a ring. I just about bust a gut watching the marriage commisioner trying to keep a straight face as she read the vows "Do you, Doug, take from Lillian this #4 Camalot, symbolizing tradition, protection and commitment, all important quantities in a marriage" or something like that...

Well if he had defined it differently he wouldn't have had much to write about would he? What does he mean by excess technology anyways? Obviously bolts, oxygen and filmmaking equipment, but not powershield, scholler or XCR, single wall tents or GU. It's a fine line when you are the extremest of the xtreme!

i am all for women climbers. as for erik i think your plan to attend the estrogen summit has been detected now. erik maybe you should have included the woman/rodent comparison in a private email now the "girls" are mad at you. as for roaches i guess you will have to make sure to destroy the evidence puff puff. those kong frogs make good roach clips.

It was raining so hard that all we felt like doing was breaking in to get the beer. Watching them rap through all the waterfalls was pretty funny though. Actually I guess that was the weather gods inflicting payback as well. karma!

Yes, ladies, when you get together for your beer you might ask "Erika" to display some proof she is a woman! [There is of course a Tami Knight cartoon about this very subject]

Since when is Liberty Crack in the "Southern Washington Cascades" anyways?

Yeah, we all know Pope's hero is Clint Eastwood, not Peter Croft!

I agree with pope about shaving your legs, arms, back, palms whatever in the tub, the hair plugs up the drain. Better to do it outside on the lawn where the little birds can pick it up after you are done and make nests out of it, or if you shave off your dreadlocks you can auction them off like Ben Moon did!!

Let's say you are climbing in Icicle Canyon and come down at the end of a long day of climbing to find 8-Mile Campground completely full of climbers (no tourists...!) There are many campfires around and around each is a group of climbers relaxing, drinking beer, smoking herb (sorry NolanR ) and sharing stories. How many of them will be bullshitting with their friends about whatever, versus having "serious conversations" about the beta for the route they just did or whether they think Trango Cams are better than Kong Kams? This site is the campground and the threads are the campfires, sorry for the hippy metaphor, but get the point already! This site is about sitting around and talking with your friends and peers, sometimes even about climbing! If you don't like the conversation around one campfire go spark up your own and see who joins you!

You're welcome Bonko.

I assume because give the climbing bum lifestyle he led, it was cheaper to roam around North America hoovering up first ascenmts than head off to the Himalaya. Maybe after what happened to Schoening he was worried he would have to catch 8 people with 1 self-arrest?? Didn't he discover "the highest lake in the world", in the Himalaya, in the 50's, though??