Yeah you read it in Climbing or Rock and Ice an issue ago. Basically this type of rockfall is not really an issue above treeline because freeze/thaw and snowmelt induced rockfall are so much more common that they strip off rock so fast (relatively speaking) that the big masses never get the chance to fail.
For instance, look at the "Perkins Pillar fell over" thread in the BC forum. That fell over because the glacier that lies under it, undermined its support. Not because of rainfall.
You need a lot of rainfall and a lot of rock. mUch more likely to affect rockfall in the valleys than rockfall in the mountains. And if its raining in the mtns that bad you are probably pulling plastic in the gym.
ice pick, used to assassinate Trotsky, or like as in "Ice Pick Slim", pimp
Ice axe, good for dorking your way up a slog route on a Cascade jewel. Best with shorts over polypro and name on your helmet.
Comprende?
Yeah... the ones that are still single or recently divorced.
Some day we will all be ugly. Wrinkles. Adult diapers. Etc. Its the inside stuff that will keep 2 people together.
some of us beat the others to the punch, though...
you mean you already started wearing diapers?
I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein
and shot billards with a midget
until the rain stopped
and I bought a long sleeved shirt
with horses on the front
and some gum and a lighter and a knife
and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back)
Then I grew up to be a fireman
Put out every fire around
Put out anything smokin
But when I put the hose down
The judge sent me to prison
And gave me life without parole
Wish I never put the hose down
Wish I never got old.
Don't forget to show off your logo-covered windshirt and blingin' Neutrinos. You see, linking a Trifecta of Cascade Jewels is a good reason to speed. Everyone slogs up a volcano at about the same speed so the only way you can set a new speed record is by speeding between the points.
Yeah, I know what you mean, the other day I went into Starbucks, and they were out of maple nut scones, so I had to get a pumpkin scone instead. Whew! Livin on the edge man, the fuckin' EDGE!