Dru

And 2 seconds of pulling the cord back and forth is going to magically mitigate that?

And remember "The best climbing in Oregon is in Washington"

You can hike up Mt Si wearing plastic boots for 'training'. Look out for cougars!

Although it is now "calendar winter" you would do much better to wait for good "winter conditions", ie cold, frozen, low avvy hazard - instead of warm rain and isothermal avalanche prone snow.

Pie

You haven't tried it, have you

My knowledge is empirical while yours is theoretical. Or hypothetical. Or even fanciful. try it sometime. It's easier to get a flat sheet of ice to fracture than it is a rounded piece with a diameter equal to the width of the flat piece.

Pillar of Pi

Thank you for your valuable contribution CBS. NOw go back to discussing something you might have a clue about It is easier to fracture a flat surface than a round surface and a round surface is easier than a pointed surface - basic mechanics. Try it sometime with an icicle!

How about Ergos for Pulsars? I have some Pulsars I will swap for any Ergos you don't want.

Is this the "whine like Gary Yngve thread?"

"most difficult" except for the Breach Wall routes maybe lets not even get into "highest freestanding mountain in the world"

thoe are technically puncture wounds... you can get them from bb pellets too you "round off" guys are wasting your time, as a few seconds of experimentation will demonstrate

w00t!

What are the savings to the program when the participants die?

Free drinks for alcoholics!!

Googlism for Chuck Norris:

Try, just try, to cut anything with ice. There is more chance of your cord cutting through the ice than there is of ice cutting through your cord.

The dog, man

Beware of fat, naked men behind you.

Holes in schoeller don't get bigger. I popped a little rip in the knee of my Scoeller pants 6 years ago and it's still the same size.

Iaim Norris

It's not a singularity, it's an asymptote

Ice melts under pressure you dope. A sharp angle in the ice isn't going to cut your rope.

Whatever, you use velcro mittens