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is that the one sharma does in rampage where he gets the double toe hook and cops a no hands rest?

warning - if balsdamic vinegar can leak it will leak inside your pack! put the nalgene inside a zip lock.

for breakfast in the alpine i like granola and dried cranberries. just pour in bowl and eat while waiting for tea to boil. dinner is the real cooking meal. sooo you are going to want to seriously rehydrate. most of my alpine dinners are based around a soup base with stuff added. the objective is to make a 1 litercup full per person. start opff with a packaged dried soup, i dunno why these are hard to find in grocery stores inthe us they are as common as dirt up here. anyways my favorites are the knorr cream of leek, orthe harvest soupworks veggie soup. now into that soup throw some carbs of choice either red lentils, rice or pasta. boil that up and meanwhile dice either a red, orange or yellow pepper, some horsecock, some onion, some garlic and/or sundried tomatoes, and or powdered cheese, curry powder and/or even raisins will work. chuck it all in and serve when it gets hot. for extra flava bring one of those 200mL nalgenes along filled with a mix of balsamic vinegar and olive oil and add some shots of that. for dinner those jello instant puddins are great. bring whole milk powder, premix powdered pudding and powdered milk then just add water and stir.

tall skinny ppl is an unrepeated 10c chimney full of loose rock, moss, running water, orcs, and lycra tearing sharp objects. its supposed to be a rreal classic and you need two #4 camalots it leads up to public image which is the obvious wide crack at the right end of astro ledge. dean hart ended up wearing 2 different shoes for this one - a slipper for his outside foot and a taped up Fire for his inside foot. it goes at 11c and features 5.11 chimney and 5.11 offwidth. i dunno if it has ever been repeated either? its one of the mostest obvious lines in squamish after u-wall though.

none of you can cook can you?

speaking of talking shit about wide cracks you or i haven't done the ultimate squamish o.w. day would be linking tall skinny people into public image...then blasting up bop till you drop, boogie till you puke and the scimitar on the walk out down the backside trail.

if you get lost just hike all the way to third summit and then walk east until you trip over the top anchors at the cliff edge, and rap in.

how many nazis climbed 5.13 - none. so merv, here is your chance to shine. but remember the money shot period is ticking away.

the perfectest day is the one having the mostest fun

yeah encountering loose belayer slayers is usually a clue. you guys DID trundle it right?

i don't see the 37 pitch first ascent of splitter alpine granite all free in a day, or massive doses of hallucinogens, on either one of those lists?

d00d i am looking for a partner to rope gun me up banana peel, iiss th@t 2 extreem for u?-

hike up the trail to the third summit and fork right out of the gully at the only place you can. there is flagging.

There wasn't a time-limit and I'm not accepting money from the guffawing frat-boys who offered it. How about concentrating on your own abilities? i'm interested in how my friends are doing.... there was a time limit.... my own abilities are just fine for the level of climbing I do, thanks for asking I remember last year how you said you could climb 5.13 if you wanted to. That's why the money was offered up, to help your motivation level. Guess even with the $$$ offer it's still out of reach for you huh? Oh well ya know what they say - this applies to Mikley Layton too - don't let your mouth make promises your ass can't deliver!

se chimneys of grimface... 600m route with 400m of chimneys!

how's it going on working your 5.13 dwayner? are you gonna send within the year time limit and get the money that was promised if you could send?

yeah but if you rock climb you will hold enough falls you don't have to specially practice belaying.

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"My advice is don't ever go where there's any slide alder or devil's club"

I think I have been using an ice axe for 20 years and the total amount of time I practiced self arresting was about 15 minutes. What I have practiced is balance - not falling over. Hence my suggestion. 1 oz. prevention (not falling over) = 1 lb. cure (self arresting). Also to CBS point - I find when I have fallen over, about twice in the last 10 years, both times it has been due to wearing crampons and catching a crampon point in a leg or gaiter. So don't just assume if you have the poons on you will not be toppling either. Inbcidentally I have managed to self arrest in all seriouis falls just fine even with just those 15 minutes of practice. Including a 90m bobsled run down the lower ice approach pitches of Cascade Falls! I swung my ice tool into a bush as I whizzed by and it held Fear does more for my self arresting skills than any amount of boring practice falling would.

whois the climber having the most fun? alex lowe said it was the bestest one.

isnbt it on the other side of the ridge ie north facing rather than east facing?

what is the rock like, that long curving north ridge right of gordy's couloir looks pretty good in the photo.

did they reform or something? Devo Last I heard MM and GC were playing surf music as the Wipeouters.