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Some people may not have figured out that I cut and pasted that verbatim from Gadd's website www.gravsports.com. Red Bulls or Dark Ales?

The funny thing is you cant even buy Red Bull in Canada cause here you are only allowed to caffeinate colas, and its not a cola and they didnt want to sell decaf. So Will gets his shipped in but the rest of us go without. So, my point is, he can plug it all he wants and it affects Canadian sales not a whit Basically free money for doing nothing you gotta like that deal Wills got there!

New Religion For the last few weeks a group of us have been going 'round and 'round the email tree on the subject of alpinism, mixed climbing, ethics, etc. I finally wrote this after thinking about it a bunch and probably drinking way too much Red Bull. The idea is that different climbing styles are religions, and attempting to convince someone else of the superiority of your religion isn't very productive for the other party or you. The spark for the debate came from an article Raphael Slawinski wrote for the Canadian Alpine Journal on how mixed climbing is affecting alpine climbing. A leading alpine climber (Steve House) disagreed, everybody wrote a lot, yada yada, "Mountain Divinity was response to it all, including my own writing... 1. The more days you spend outside worshipping the holier you are. Doesn't matter what faith or how you worship. 2. The time and love you put into your outdoor experience defines your true closeness to god. 3. The less words you spend on slandering other climbers or styles of mountain experience, even if they deserve it, the holier you are (this is a hard one to live up to). 4. The more you share the joy of the mountains with people at any level, be it clinics, slideshows, articles or in the bar, the holier you are. 5. The more total positive impact you have on the mountains, the holier you are. None of us truly belongs in the alpine environment (we're not goats). Leaving pins on rap is as wrong as leaving bolts. Ditching gear is as bad as ditching garbage. The only way to atone for these sins is to work toward mountain preservation; raise $, pick up garbage on the trail, work for local and international preservation, etc. Realize that we are all sinners, but try to make a positive difference in the long run. This is very hard; I like four-wheeling, jeting to new mountain ranges, rotor crack, etc. All faiths are hypocritical; recognize this and do better with your own faith rather than attacking the hypocrisy we all see in other faiths. 6. Staying alive brings you closer to god; dying does not. 7. Converting disciples through positive energy is allowed; using your position as a prophet to slander other faiths is a sin. 8. Climbing is only one facet of a mountain faith; a hike on a perfect day counts the same (perhaps more because you can actually stop and think) than a hard new route. 9. Arrogance with the supremacy of your sub-faith is one sure way to piss God off. 10. Public posing is allowed (like Jesus' disciples didn't work the propaganda machine), but monotheistic posing at the expense of other faiths is shallow. False posing ("I'm more bad-ass than X because he used two pins and I only used one") is not posing but false proselytizing. Services to be held every day anywhere outside (failing that, bars will work). While the above is meant only semi-seriously, it is a credo I'd like to live up to--the climbers I most admire are those who climbed lots, slandered little, and shared the mountains often before they died at a ripe old age. They had faith in what they did, and did it well.

I hear there is a cheval (actually I think it should be "au cheval" if I remember Grade 12 right) on the top of Springbok Arete too getting off that beast. Rounded and polished so better to saddle up than try and hand traverse or something like that.

A new job, and 2 weeks of -10C.

A cheval = French for Ride'em Horsie! Straddlin an arete with a leg on each side. If the arete is sharp, use Kevlar undies to avoid an uncomfortable rash.

I asked about these cliffs 6 months ago and was told by Mr. J. Henrie aka Dyno Merchant that the rock was choss even for Bellingham.

Try the AAJ, High Mountain Sports "Mountain Info" section, or type it in here wodka.

NORTH MAP: Hangin on a Heartbeat WI6+ is not shown. It is not near the other Marble Canyon routes but is found 45minutes to an hours hike up Dreamweaver Gully*, and (correct me if Im wrong on this Lyle) cannot be seen from the road or approach. Happy sloggin'? * If you don't know where this is, look in Lyle's guidebook, "Central BC Rock". Ice Snafuhound

He he looks like good ol Joe McKay, the clients friend, trolled another sucker with his photoshop skillz.

brokerage fee 50%

"Gob On You" is NOT a song by Gob, the punk band.

Iam master of the obscure if Trask doesnt know it!

"Oi live up on the 14th floor of the tower apartments and when oi get bored Oi call down to The passers by And when they look up Oi gob in their eye (chorus) GOB ON YOU! Kick you in the nuts GOB ON YOU! cause I hate your guts GOB ON YOU! youre a stupid old git GOB ON YOU and youre full of shit!" Name artist and song title!

closer

These mountains do not exist, you must have been climbing a hallucination, and all the unclimbed lines you saw were mirages you'd do well to avoid

the beer hunter

what kind of wto pictures? you beating on a patchouli wearer or something?

If you dont want to see crowds just post here on Tuesday concerning "great conditions" on a line of your choice found somewhere else, and log on with an avatar to say the route you ae planning to do is "out of condition and looks dangerous"

we need an "arctic high" everyone do the ice dance

Ow, Im getting pumped from eating this here Buddha's Feast! More

Just think if global warming goes ahead how many more whiners there are gonna be "Feb 16 STILL NO ICE waaaah. I know it is +15C and sunny and dry at Squamish but Im whining about there being no ice"

But nothing to report yet http://casbc.bivouac.com/ice0203.htm Note Adrian has a new email address this year.