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Mmmmm guacamole eggnog. Actually, a friend of mine introduced me to avocado milkshakes & smoothies by ordering us 2 at a Vietnamese restaurant. I though they would be rude, and only started drinking to humor him, but they ROCK. Avocado is the worlds most nutritious fruit. Has both fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. MMMMMMMMM.

There is no "us". Just look at Sean Penn.

The knot that stays taut under weight then comes free when it is unweighted and you shake it... you think UIAA approves that one? In Lambone's case I think it would be better to use the bodyweight break method: tie the rope end to the anchors with a little something that will break when it is weighted with 2x bodyweight. each of you raps in turn (=bodyweight only) then at the station you set up a pulley on the other end and pull until the top anchor breaks and the rope end drops down to you

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Well good, perhaps he will go back to inventing useful stuff like the Internet.

Iain, do you mean because they grew dope, held slaves, or organized an armed revolt against their then-current government?

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Thanx Peter, wait, what am I thanking you for, you give 5 to everyone Did you notice that if you hold your cursor over the stars, you can see how many times a person has been rated? For instance, I have been rated 20 times at this point... Smoker 3 times...Allison 37 times that girl is popular

When Bruce Hendricks soloed Supercouloir on Deltaform, he dropped one of his plastic boots at the bivi and finished that route off with "a Superfang on 6 pairs of wool socks" on one foot. My understanding of UK sock use was that it was done, not on ice, but on wet rock climbs where nailed boots or tennis shoes gave no grip. Nowadays the Japanese make special felt-soled shoes like fishermen use specifically for climbing wet rock during summer waterfall ascents.

Went exploring near the Fraser River in another installment of the Quest For the Unknown Super crag Area. Saw no real crags but spent 2 hours bushwacking and hiking along railway tracks, lots of rain, mud and quite a bit of ghost fish (good phrase) and a few of these plus a blue heron or two.

Go to Wanaka, go to Mt. Owen near Buller Gorge, go to the Quantum Fields near Arthurs Pass.

I hate to think what my rating would be if not for all the avatars who rated me 5 stars

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OOOPS! I forgot to get anything for Scott'teryx! Maybe an Iridium-enabled laptop/digital camera combo so he can post live as it happens updates to nwog.org as he topropes Potholes Direct Direct.

Yes but I sent her COD so you'll need to cough up first.

Angle piton on a locker as a single-bar brake bar substitute, maybe? I used this set up once when i forgot other rappel gear and it was extremely low-friction so might work well on a taut fixed rope? In your scenario though, its probably better just to down prussik. Except: you probably used your prussiks to escape the belay, so what do you do then??? Hopefully you have enough slings & stuff....

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I got my shopping done today. Alpine K: Husqvarna bong DFA: Petzlmatic 2003 GriGri with MP3 player built in Capt Caveman: Keg of Guinness Jkreuger: Robot Nanny so him & muffy can climb together more than 1x/year Muffy: dictionary Iain: pet snafflehound Erik: "A Bob Marley Christmas" CD Fern: 4 feet of powder Mike Adamson: Flamethrower Trask: mail order bride Fairweather: $20 donation in his name to Sierra Club Mtn Goat: palm tree for front yard (to be enjoyed in future high temperatures) Texplorer & Highlander : fog proof glasses & GPS for next Slesse attempt Colin & Terminal Gravity: case of Gu each for alpine solo pushes PMS: wig for the next time Cavey shoots pix of his chrome dome Allison: pen for Xing off names Fence Sitter: cocoa butter (that fence has got to hurt) Timm@y: plab freshiez and creatine supplement for big muscles Carolyn: mountain for her flatland SnoBoy: pimp lights for Unimog Greg W: lump of coal (environmentally appropriate fuel source) E-rock: 2-man bivi sack Stefan: 300 lb climbing partner to bounce test anchors Off White: GPS'ed location of unclimbed granite buttress Sexual Chocolate: Retrosaurus: new crowbar etc.

I think is end of Jan or start of feb. i think there is a web site now too. check www.lillooeticefest.ca maybe? if thats actually a porn site i take no responsibility.

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Dang thats almost as good an idea as Predator vs. Alien

If you dont plan to ice climb at all in them, you might be able to go with something lighter like Lammy suggrests. They were definite factor in my taking 3 attempts to climb Prussik, like what was I thinking to wear them???

Ya Ive got the blue ones. Now that they are broken in I can and have done 16 hr days with them on, no blisters. I think getting them wet helps to break them in. They are definitely more of a mountaineering/pure ice boot than the various Trangos Lammy was mentioning which IMHO are more for crag sport ice and/or summer mtneering like for approaches not for 3000' north faces. They'd be, for instance, perfect for a summer/fall ascent of the Central Couloir of Joffre. If I was gonna take boots to the Bugaboos, Id probably go with something lighter. Comprende?

Ya but when you see that film of 2 guys snowboarding the Macho Couloir on Mt Blanc du Tacul and it only takes them ~15 minutes to descend despite all the hopping and they have an ice tool in each hand, surely it is faster than downclimbing. I mean not that I can even ski on flat ground but I can definitely appreciate the antics of the extreme skiiers even if I dont want to emulate them. Just like I will probably never be on a route where going leashless will be more efficient but I still think its cool for those M11 climbers to do it if they want.