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there is a route called "Payanoia" at Easter Island craglet in the Smoke Bluffs. real soft and easy for 5.9. Kevin told me he is going to rate it 5.7 in the next guidebook so go do it now!!!

This isnt this weekend but I wish it was.

klenke - there's a little trogdor in all of us I guess we like to BURNINATE

i dont think this is tex... where is the duct tape? where are the carhartts? nice try tho.

Your post reveals either a desire to spray or complete ignorance on the history of “Islam” and current political thought as publicly expressed by Iranian leaders. For example, Hashemi Rafsanjani, the powerful chairman of Iran's Guidance Council, has talked of "the elimination of the Israel problem with the use of one nuclear bomb." PP Sounds very similar to Ronald Reagan "My friends, I have passed legislation outlawing Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes. Wait a sec, is this mike on?"

like you wouldve driven 11 hours from portland anyhow.

no S over P? isnt that one of the 50 essentials? shock horror!!! putting lives at risk!

dox - building gear anchors on the ground, and on a ledge, works the same. mostly the difference is on the ground you have your whole rack to choose from but on the ledge you've placed half of it. as i recall saber has bolted anchors anyway. martian diagonal at peshastin, or r&d route on icicle buttress would be other good first multi pitch leads for the new leader.

if u already do a bunch of scrambling and glacier climbing i think you'd learn more doing a session with a rock guide or with a couple of friends who already lead, than with a big group course like the mountaineers offer.

what's agonizing? it sounds like being bit by razor sharp teeth should be pretty painless. being bit by DULL BLUNT teeth would hurt a lot more. like if you covered yourself in p-nut butter and were attacked by a snafflehound

dox did you have enough trust in your gear you felt confident falling on it? if yes then skip those pre practiced 5.4-5.6s and go directly to SABER at castle rock. do not pass go - do not collect $200...

Hey what about RURP is he banned or not?

I read a lot of Dwayner TR's. They all go "I am in (insert name of far away place lacking bolts) and I'm DRUNK!"

Jordop and Steve H and I went in to climb this granite spire type peak. Jordop had tried it 6 times already without success and felt sure it was unclimbed. We did a nice scramble type route up the ridge carrying heavy racks of gear which were never used. On top we had a view of Enchantments-type ridges of towers and splitter cracks. Also of a big summit cairn. Turns out jordop's "unclimbed" summit had had its first ascent in 1949 Its nonetheless a sweet peak and 'twas a very good weekend out. Could have done it as a day trip but went in for the weekend. Originally planned to spend Sat climbing another route on another peak but instead ended up doing a bunch of alpine power napping and bouldering. Steve's arete problem with an active wasp nest as crux foothold was particularly spicy. Photos sooner or later

I see she is givin you some tongue <--- like this.

OMG do you mean Hot Cherry isn't a 5.8 I wondered why it felt so hard!!!

what are you talking about now jon, zima is sexy! if i drink enough of it maybe people will think i'm 18 instead of 31 you can't get zima in canada anyhow. just like red bull. i feel so deprived.

so far hands are the favorite but nothing has a majority the overall distribution is Gaussian around hands - maybe I better get a spreadsheet going and work out the statistics This is cutting edge research - I could get a grant!

In Canada 1) Handguns aren't banned 2) Rifles aren't banned. Registration of rifles and handguns was only made mandatory two years ago. Yes, it did cost a billion dollars to implement. I am not in favour of that Who ever said bureaucracy was cheap? You have had to take a gun owner education course, and obtain a Firearms Acquisition Certificate, in order to have to purchase a weapon, for quite some time now. I got mine! I am all in favour of making weapons legal, but expensive and difficult to obtain. Then only those who really need em will own em. Just like gas guzzling UAV's (urban assault vehicles like Ford Expedition and H2).

actually greg_w you don't know anything about Canada's gun laws except what you read in NRA PARANOIA WEEKLY we banned ownership FIRST then we register the LEGAL ones. you can't register an illegal weapon, so no illegal weapons have been confiscated as a result of being registered. OK?

Darin - that size is 2.5 Friend/DMM/HB or #6 Green Metolius.

didn't wal mart stop selling bullets cause of michael moore??!

i didnt read any of this beta.... i am still gonna try and onsight