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Freil Falls, spectacular high volume double 400m high unclimbed waterfalls at the mouth of Jervis Inlet. Lake fed, almost never freezes.

Hank Sr., Johnny Paycheck and Ian Tyson New Country Sucks

Don told me he and Andrew climbed a new route somewhere in a gully beyond Rocky and Bullwinkle on saturday. I'm certain he will have more to say but he is out climbing some more today!

DRU is 3 letters!!!!

^^^BUMP^^^ favorite useless thread?

How did Brief Respite look? ("Unclimbed Maybe Wi4" in the old guide)

8 pitches of WI3 or 8 pitches of WI2 with a little bit of 3?

One piece windsuit or Goretex = "fagbag". One piece down is even worse because of the puffiness

Racking up Soloing p1 Shaun starts up the crux pitch. Kinda foreshortened in this view

The central line of those 3 gullies behind the tourist trap. Sorry to poach "our" line Steve but there was a party already on Jackass Oh yeah Shaun Neufeld, Aaron Isbell and I climbed a new line called "The Diviner" 260m WI4 near the Peters Rd. exit today. Lower part was dry, upper part was very wet (inversion?), 2 hr bushwack approach. Lots more unclimbed ice up there but most of it was a lot thinner that what we did. I hit myself in the face with an ice chunk and knocked the lens out of my climbing glasses

Is this a human-dog thing Mike?

Look out Reinhold Messner! For those who aren't familiar with the story, Messner was called in when the body was found on the assumption it was a recently dead climber. Messner attempted to roll the body over and only succeeded in ripping part of the dessicated body apart - Otzi's genitals remained frozen in the iceand later had to be recovered and painstakingly reattached by skilled (and trained) archeologists. If the Curse is killing minor players like this what's it gonna do to the guy who ripped his dick off???

Have you sent in a report of this landmark ascent to alpinist, climbing mag, and mountainspeedclimbing.org?

the top pitch

Fern goes in search of solid ice on "Hell-O Kitty" WI3+ 100m, Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon

They work about like a Quark but from what I heard, not as good. You get whatcha pay for.

Hey neighbor, I can see Cheam from my window too!

whatever happened to thenodder? where is thenodder? oh my god!

Exactly, Frank B has the geotechnical drilling crew up at Meager this winter.

Huggy? The old one or the snoop dogg one?

Well WTF, where did those come from? With this arctic outflow they should clear off by midnight There's a comet up there too near the Pleiades but I think you need binoculars to see it.

Snowmobile will have a hard time getting through the locked gate and 45 km of "industrial-users-only-allowed" plowed road to where the snow starts.

January 7: AURORA ALERT: The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth has tipped sharply south--a condition which often leads to strong geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers everywhere should be alert for auroras tonight.

reat airline humour........from down under. After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humour. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots and the solutions recorded by maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident. (P= The problem logged by the pilot.) (S= The solution and action taken by mechanics.) P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. P: Something loose in cockpit. S: Something tightened in cockpit. P: Dead bugs on windshield. S: Live bugs on back-order. P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground. P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. S: Evidence removed. P: DME volume unbelievably loud. S: DME volume set to more believable level. P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. S: That's what they're for. P: IFF inoperative. S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. P: Suspected crack in windshield. S: Suspect you're right. P: Number 3 engine missing. S: Engine found on right wing after brief search. P: Aircraft handles funny. S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. P: Target radar hums. S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics. P: Mouse in cockpit. S: Cat installed. P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer. S: Took hammer away from midget.

Both WM and Under The Big Top were thin on Monday afternoonm and probably fat now. Mr Freeze was the thickest looking line at Superheroes on Monday.