Dru

I love how a lot of the advice on this thread is contradictory. This can only serve to illustrate the fact that there are no rules. I like watching people play out the scripts and roles they learned from previous relationships as if nothing has changed. "My last girlfriend liked pancakes so I will make them for my new girlfriend's birthday." There is something amusing about the romantic failures of others.

Of COURSE that's Fred, who else would walk around with a coil of rope and 2 hexes nonchalantly slung over his shoulder just incase we met any girls on the trail (all we met was Mark Landreville )

Urban Assault!!! Those chunks of plywood must make it at least A0+

You can climb something like Blanshard or The Lions no matter what conditions are like so they make a good destination when you don't know how the weather's going to be. What is an easy scramble when sunny and warm, and an easy snow-climb when covered with an April snowpack, can become quite interesting and challenging with a layer of thin melting snow, verglas, hoarfrost or in the pouring rain.

Boney M "Gold"

If the first ascent of a climb is made in winter conditions during calendar winter and i later climb it in summer, can I claim a "first summer ascent?"

Slain Man's Family Was Wary Of Son's Girlfriend December 13, 2004 By DAN UHLINGER, Courant Staff Writer TORRINGTON -- A New York college graduate who had recently moved to Connecticut to begin his new career was remembered Sunday as a loving, religious man who would help anyone. Police said Brian Kimble, 22, of 99 Cherry St., was killed Saturday afternoon by a hammer blow to the back of his head by a woman he had been dating. Yong Mi Olsen, 38, of 60 Kimball Drive, New Britain, was charged with murder and was being held with bail set at $2 million. She will be arraigned today in Superior Court in Bantam. Police said Kimble was found in the living room of his apartment after Olsen walked into police headquarters and admitted killing him. He had been hit more than once in the head, police said. Police were investigating and said they could not give any further details. The victim's father, Kevin J. Kimble of Rochester, N.Y., said police investigators told him that Olsen said she lost control after seeing her photograph removed from a picture frame, picked up a hammer used for rock climbing and struck her boyfriend. Police said they could not confirm the father's statement because of the pending investigation. Brian Kimble graduated in May from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., with a degree in mechanical engineering. He started working in September for Timken Co. of Torrington, an industrial bearing manufacturer, where he had worked previously in a temporary position as part of a college cooperative program. "Brian, by anyone's standard, was about the most loving guy you would find walking down the street. He was quick to help anyone. He had a passion for mountain climbing and a strong relationship with the Lord," the elder Kimble said. Kimble said he and his son were very close and they spoke for more than two hours a few days ago. Brian had been trying to end the relationship, but Olsen kept pursuing him, his father said. "They had some disagreements and a couple months ago they agreed to go their separate ways. But she would call and come around. It wasn't good," Kimble said. His son was 6 feet 4 and Olsen was a "peanut." Kimble speculated that his son was struck after he turned from Olsen. Kimble said his son and Olsen, an avid hiker, met about a year ago at an indoor climbing wall. He later brought Olsen to Rochester to meet his parents. "I don't know a lot about her, but I'm brokenhearted to say she was here with her feet under our table more than once," he said. Kimble and his wife were troubled by Olsen, who gave inconsistent stories about her background, and by the 16-year age difference. "This lady was living in a full circle of falseisms. I said, `Brian, you got to get away from this lady before something happens.' It was a relationship we were discouraging from the get-go," Kimble said.

It can be awesome or it can be freezing with howling winds. Plan on a lot of campfires or a lot of time spent in town in the evening. New Years Eve keg party on top of Intersection Rock is a good place to get drunk and free solo. Can't think of many other details. If it's full moon look for Chongo and mention crawling around under the boulders.

blanshard needle - take a large nut or two and a #2 camalot or equivalent size hex plus a bunch of slings for trees. dont think there will be any ice it is usually snowed up rock + heather+ trees they lock the gate after dark, usually around 5 PM or so. you may have to hurry back down the trail to get out in time. mtn bikes will not help much in snow. they could be slightly faster for a few kms coming out from sky pilot (from snowline on down the road) but wont be any faster going in

Over 1/3 of bottled water samples tested have unacceptably high levels of bacterial growth. Most bottled water is just municipal tap water. I guess it depends if the municipality where they bottle it has better water than where you buy it.EG In LA even I would drink bottled water if I ran out of beer (Which is cheaper) But hey if you want to pay extra for something you already pay for just to get a disposable bottle then go for it

Those are Irbis. are Irbis the same as Titan?

Guy Edwards roped up on the ramp on Harvey once....

No you don't. If you leave a bucket out overnight in a mouse-filled cabin, half full of water, you'll get some dead mice in the morning even if you didn't bait the trap. If you use a bucket of cream instead, though, it won't work cause the mice will churn it into butter as they swim around. and then they will climb out!

I always laugh when people expect the manufacturers advertised product weight or pack volume to remotely approximate the real thing

American forecasts are so ghey. Lillooet: Issued 5.00 AM PST Wednesday 15 December 2004 Today .. Cloudy with sunny periods. Fog patches early this morning. High 5. Tonight .. Cloudy periods. Low zero. Thursday .. Sunny with cloudy periods. 30 percent chance of showers in the evening. Wind south 30 km/h becoming light in the evening. High 5. Friday .. A mix of sun and cloud. Low 2. High 6. Saturday .. Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers. Low 3. High 7. Sunday .. Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers. Low 5. High 7. Normals for the period - low -5, high +1

Hell just a bucket half full of water kills mice good no need for the waste of p-nut butter

Hell ya, Julie Delpy and Audrey Tatou are French

Why don't you borrow Dru's. I'm sure he's got five. I have 10. How dare you challenge my credentials. Hell I even have a pair of the rare and coveted 30-sided dice.

Let's say you fly to Hawaii for the winter and drive up Mauna Loa or Mauna Kea (whichever one has the observatory)on February 15. Even if there is no snow, is that an official winter ascent?

You can look it up on Google Hint: Carstensz

No shit I take a 14

What about Echo Island in Harrison Lake? Hmmm?

I was thinking of the DVD with the Snowmobile Mass.