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PAY TO CLIMB or pay less to epic? nothing like a randomly organized trip with internet avatars you know nothing about to generate some thrilling drama and psychological meltdowns. i suggest getting the book and movie rights locked up before you leave in case you bite it. then your survivors can at least profit from your demise.

Please relate zero point energy to calorie consumption of a cylindrical cow.

So all those with an American conviction for say weed possession can come to Canada where such activity is considered socially acceptable

its in the north cascades but THE NORTH CASCADES FORUM STOPS AT THE BORDER JUST LIKE GUNS AND PEANUT BUTTER!

hey john are you finished winslow wall yet?

same condition as last year and Slesse Creek is in BC not the North Cascades

I looked up that face on XXXXXXXX Fred was mentioning, in Don's Wadd book. It looks pretty good!

I'm certain there is a link between BMI and calories. Can someone please elaborate?

Don't miss one of Doug Scott's only 2 stops in Canada this year- this is a rare opportunity, in support of a good cause! British pioneering mountaineer Doug Scott is in town with a brand new slideshow, Sacred Summits - Sacred Moments. Scott was the first British person to climb Mt. Everest by the notoriously difficult South West face, and holds the record for the highest bivouac ever survived without oxygen (8748m) along with climbing partner Dougal Haston. His climb of the Ogre in Pakistan has also become legendary after he broke both legs in a fall and was forced to crawl down over a number of days with his horrible injuries. Doug Scott has recorded dozens of first ascents and has summited over 40 peaks all over the world without oxygen since the Ogre episode. He was made a Commander of the British Empire, and in 1999 received the Royal Goegraphic Society Patron's God Medal. The Sacred Summits presentation will cover mountaineering topics and the challenges of changing the world of alpine tourism into one that treats porters on expeditions more ethically. Climbs to be covered include Everest SW Face, Kangchenjunga North Ridge, Shivling East Pillar, and Carstenz New Guinea. Today, Doug Scott devotes his life to hlpiing the people of Nepal through his charitable organization 'Community Action Nepal'. For the August 6th presentation, there will be no speaker fees. All funds from the Sacred Summits slideshow will go towards a rescue and medical post for mountain and trekking porters in the Everest region that is a joint project of Community Action Nepal and International Porter Protection Group. Tickets are $10 at the door - cash only - and the show starts at 7pm. There are numerous door and draw prizes, and the event is sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op. Sacred Summits: Friday, August 6th, 7:00 pm, HR Macmillan Space Centre Auditorium (1100 Chestnut St., W of Burrard St. and N of Cornwall St.) Admission $10 at the door. Doug Scott is the guy who told Greg Child "You'll never find enlightenment on a full stomach" on their 2nd day without food on Shivling

what did they make that composite from, oil? hmmmm how many board feet did Saudi Arabia ship this year?

but the bottom 1/3 of the east face is hidden in freds photo.

once you hydrate you will still have lost weight a confounding factor is that the body burns at a higher metabolic rate when at higher elevations! edit i can't believe someone actually took my e=mc^2 suggestion seriously!

if you free solo it its all the first pitch

so the REAL dates to vote for are not october 8-10 but october 9-11

I honestly thought the route we climbed was not going to go until we got onto it. It looked pretty shitty from the loose choss of Tal North. But it was actually mostly solid rockand the loose stuff was just perched on ledges. There were lots of solid holds and good face cracks for pro. The NE ridge or buttress is roughly 3000'/1000m from base to summit. The East and SE faces are both about 4000'. The east face has similar rock to the NE ridge. The East Pillar has a steeper start than the NE ridge and might give 5.10 climbing. The SE face has a couple options for long climbs on what looks like the best rock on the mountain. The north face with the hanging glaciers just has lots of rock fall and looks fucking scary but maybe it could be good in the springtime? Aside from our climb and the standard route we downclimbed it is all unclimbed so if you are one of the whiners saying "All the good lines were climbed years ago" go get some!

what dates are thanksgiving?

fred sez he's not working all that hard on this one atythe moment so there's plenty of time to get those summer first ascents in the book. you can search this site for user name beckey and send an email direct to fred using the email address found therein if you dont feel like posting helpful beta directly to this thread. in fact, fred never reads this thread - but his helpful minions do occasionally. or just send beta to the email mattp posted above.

never seen cascade jewels but what about a few cascade nugs on mcKinely?

i bet guy did it naked too

weigh yourself before and after, and figure out how much weight you lost. now calories are energy so e=mc^2, multiply the mass you lost by the speed of light squared to find out the energy in calories and remember one nutritional Calorie is actually a kilocalorie or 1000 scientific calories.

when you have to cut down a 2000 year old Old Growth Cedar with your alpenstock to cross a raging river, Munday style, you will be glad you went with the extra 25cm of shaft length. its the difference between a hatchet and an axe.

looks like the finish to genius loci at the top of the left side - no i haven't done it either!

cross link to really big housecat thread!

Does your horsecock cam or is it passive only?

There were about 50 napkins plus 10 plastic and 20 paper bags filched from Save On Foods. The pointy bit in the sunset photo is Hyperion, one of the Borealis Peaks. It's even more impressive when you see the whole thing (slides being developed)