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General McBush

It's in the Serl/Kay guidebook

I like flappers

Gaper has one P in it.

When they have the teeth removed for smoother service.

CBS, still winning the "Post like Catbirdseat contest"

That's cause your bikini stays on, according to something I read on some other climbing website

No ice

The Truth About Rangers:

I would expect it would be pretty thin and not entirely snow covered, it could be either quite serious or very interesting, maybe more of a low angle mixed climb up a mossy slab than a winter snow climb. Very easy to retreat from though!

About 1.5 hrs if you can walk the whole way. More if postholing.

I didn't set any New Years goals so once again I overachieved!

Gaper. Herpes. "why did the Newfie call his dog Herpes? Because she wouldn't heel."

Note N face ramp on Harvey at photo-left.

North Farce of Harvey looked pretty lean, but white, from Anvil Island on Saturday. The most gear i have ever placed on it is an ice screw and a Tri Cam, but it'd be worth taking about 4 of each plus slings to tie off trees with.

There are also free hot springs near the Wild Granites

North face ramp on Mt Harvey is a real good alpine cruise too. DEpending on conditions and choice of route from top of ramp to east ridge crest, it can vary from all 45 degree snow ramps plus some tree thrashing, up to short 60 degree WI2 and easy mixed rock

Lummox

Standard route on The Lions, or the NE buttress of the West Lion for more of a challenge. I wouldn't call Needle (across from Yak) an "adventure climb" cause its one of the most popular winter destinations around. Welch is kind of long to do as a day trip with only a 2wd. Make a good weekend out of it. Standard route on Blanshard Needle is a lot of fun in the winter. Or how about - Ben Lomond. Take the skicapilano.com shuttle up the Furry Creek road and giv'er from road end!

Being a cop in a dinky little outpost like the Ditch is nowhere as glamorous as say, being a vice cop in Vegas and measuring strippers' pasties for potential vice code infractions. So these guys are usually the bottom of the barrel failures that have reached their level of incompetence thru demotion. No wonder they over react. Short dick syndrome.

Tonopah is closer to Bishop than Ibex

Climb: Howe Sound and Chilliwack Valley-Climbing and Digging Date of Climb: 12/11/2004 Trip Report: What a great weekend Party - Friday night. Saturday morning - off to Horseshoe Bay. Board water taxi with 11 other people plus dog. 40 minute boat ride to Anvil Island. Pay off bible camp caretaker, find trail, hike to summit of Leading Peak. Fun day out with good views. There are some neat crags on Anvil but none of the rock is granite. Great views of Howe Sound and Garibaldi. Ran back down to the dock in order to distract the water taxi operator while some hikers straggled in a bit late. then it was off to the Troller for beers If you don't know where Anvil Island is it is the pointy island/mountain you pass on your left side just by Porteau when driving up to Squamish. Then on Sunday I was supposed to go climbing in Golden Ears but both Shaun and I slept thru our alarms. By the time we met in Chilliwack it was ~8:30 so we decided to just spend the day checking out conditions. Jones Lake: north faces in Cheam Range had a lot of powder snow. Looks like there is a great ski route down the SE face of Cheam to the base of Lady's NE buttress. Trevor would do it! Nesakwatch Creek: spent 2 hrs filling in the infamous washout, which has washed out AGAIN. Got Shauns truck through only to find that there is anotherwashout just past the Slesse Memorial trail fork on "Gate Hill". Great view of Slesse and thin ice on the Illusion Peaks, nothing worth climbing yet so we went and ate burgers instead Very nice 2 days of blue sky in December! Gear Notes: Beer Hiking boots F250 pickup Water taxi Approach Notes: Howe Sound Logging road

John Sherman named his dog Thimble, maybe you should name your dog Mandala

What's the best season? Seems like April might be ideal?