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It wont even let me paste it into a PM form! The SPRAY POLICE level is turned way up high today.

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: quote:Originally posted by Dru: you should move to canmore, they are sick like you there. also all they have is choss choss, moss. what's the diff? really, though, i only have one request ... tell me HOW !!! i would glady move north of my border for the wonders of nature that abound there. ah, the stuff daydreams are made of ... These gaycams img wont load on my screen THANK GOD!!! I hope you dont get me in surf trouble. As for how you move here, try THIS SITE

quote: Originally posted by Son of Caveman: I'd rather be American and 'not too smart', than Canadian and 'clueless'. According to Americans , "clueless" is how a Canadian would pronounce "clawless" - which is an apt description of our military might. Thats why we stick to peacekeeping instead of invading helpless 3rd World Countries to depose dictators we installed 15 years previously.

quote: Originally posted by RuMR: oh great...you're back I'm just really bent about work right now and was looking forward to a couple of days of climbing and an overpaid (seriously), incompetent a$$munch is screwing it up... Offer to go get him a coffee then drop a hit of blotter in it before you give it to him.

quote: Originally posted by RuMR: Get lost dru... That would be inappropriate for International GIS day

quote: Originally posted by RuMR: Dru... This is a thread about how bad work sux...please repost your sasquatch thread somewhere else... This is the sound of my heart bleeding for you : Get a job as a cryptozoologist. I hear a large hairy beast can be seen at pub club.

Squamish will be climbable this weekend. But look out for Sasquatch! Bigfoot has them talking -- again Vancouver Islanders report 'great, hairy beasts.' Mark Hume investigates. With files from Graham Andrews, Alberni Valley Times National Post Enthusiast John Kirk hopes to hear a report of a sasquatch scratching itself on a tree so as to be able to gather DNA samples. Other evidence is slim and even this image from a 1967 film is likely a hoax. VANCOUVER - A flurry of Sasquatch sightings on Vancouver Island and near Squamish on the Lower Mainland have revived hopes, among those who believe in the paranormal, that evidence of a mythical North American ape may yet be found. "It has been really quiet for a long time, but now we're getting something of a comeback for Sasquatch sightings," John Kirk, president of the British Columbia Cryptozoology Club said yesterday. Mr. Kirk, whose organization seeks to document credible sightings by interviewing eyewitnesses and searching for physical evidence, said reports of "great hairy beasts" near Squamish and Port Alberni are encouraging. "What we are really hoping for is that someone will have seen one of these animals rub against a tree or some branches so that we might recover a hair sample, or even some blood, that would allow us to do some DNA testing," he said. The latest reports came in from the east coast of southern Vancouver Island this week, where three people say they saw strange creatures between Port Alberni and Tofino. Another individual has reported hearing the animals howling in the forest. The Alberni Valley Times said in a story that Arnold Frank and Patrick Frank, his nephew, claim to have seen the creature twice. The first encounter was in the bush: They heard a crashing sound and glimpsed the creature through the trees. "We just saw some real big orange eyes, real high off the ground," Arnold Frank said. The two men reported seeing the same creature run into the woods a few nights later when they drove along the highway. "We both figured it was too big to be a bear," Mr. Frank said. "And bears don't walk on two legs." They estimated the creature to be about 2.4 metres tall. "To see something that big would scare anybody," said Mr. Frank, whose brother, Alex Frank, has reported hearing creatures in the thick woods in the area. "There's a weird howling sound going on around Indian Bay during the day," he said. The paper also reported that an elderly woman claims to have seen a creature crossing the road in front of her car: "The gigantic biped allegedly stopped in front of her car, and looked directly at her before disappearing into the bush." Jessie Hamilton, an elder with the Hupacasath First Nation, said there are references to Sasquatch encounters in oral history, including one story about a man who wrapped himself in a blanket to hide, only to be picked up and twirled in the air before being set back down. Mr. Kirk said there have not been many sightings of Sasquatch on the east coast of Vancouver Island, but he is encouraged by the recent accounts. "It's not an area that's been great for sightings. There might have been one or two over the years. But ... we think it's worth following up. "The description of orange eyes gives them some credibility," he said. "There's a reflective characteristic for Sasquatch eyes from all the sightings. ... Many people report red, glowing eyes, and orange would just be a variation of that." Mr. Kirk said the Vancouver Island reports follow closely on alleged encounters in the Squamish area, in which a larger animal was seen with two that are smaller. Mr. Kirk said it could be a female with juveniles. "One report was by a woman who was camping. She was wakened by sounds in the early morning, looked out of her tent and saw the three animals," he said. He said several other sightings from the same area have independently described an apparent adult with two juveniles. "This seems to be the same group of animals seen repeatedly," he said. Reports of Sasquatch go back in B.C. history to undated native accounts from before European contact. But despite hundreds of expeditions by amateur Sasquatch hunters, no one has ever come back with any hard evidence of the mythical creatures. Some people have recorded video footage, and others have collected casts of footprints, but in all cases the evidence has been suspect or discredited as a hoax. Mr. Kirk acknowledged that no matter how numerous or how intriguing the sighting reports have been, nobody has ever come up with proof that Sasquatch exist. © Copyright 2002 The Ottawa Citizen

Heres a pic of the Lillooet Icefield for balance. The ski plane is a cheaper option than flying in. If you want easier snow climbing and peak bagging this is the place to go Incidentally note the 8====D Ivan is kneeling on here

I have lead 10d trad but the hardest thing I ever bouldered was V2 and it was a slab. V4s are beyond my puny arm strength at the moment.

And this is not a picture of it and those big faces and free standing towers are not unclimbed

more brawling

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quote: Originally posted by Stefan: What about this Pantheon range? Have you guys been there? SSSSSSSSSSsssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh There is no Pantheon Range

quote: Originally posted by iain: here's one photo but it doesn't show much. This was on the approach to where I camped above Houston Creek, above the waterfall. The peak on the right is Proteus. Most routes in the area are 5.7 or so, but some are walk-ups. Many require glacier crossings. We found the Putnam times to be a little on the short side. For scale, the central buttress on Proteus facing the camera is an 18 pitch route IIRC. [ 11-20-2002, 09:35 AM: Message edited by: Dru ]

It snowed to 4500 foot level in Chilliwack overnight. Colin, what the hell big face north of Hope????? Do you mean N face of Cheam, WEST of Hope? You cant see the N face of Robie Reid unless you have a helicopter support or a kayak. [ 11-20-2002, 09:15 AM: Message edited by: Dru ]

You can find lots of Melville Group photos in selkirks south guidebook (Dave Jones,2001, Elaho Pub.)

It would be about 1.5-2 days walk/bushwack in from the road or 15 minutes by helicopter. Its between Wadd & Pantheon Ranges and W of Niuts.

yes. BUT, east faces are still steeper than west faces due to Coriolis Force effects!!!

what are the forums trask is cutting and pasting this off of? who is this cooper fellow? BTW: When Baffin Island got sattelite TV in the 1980's one of the channels they got was the Playboy Channel. A local minister reported coming into a home one day to find two elderly Inuit women watching the aforementioned channel. He was a bit surprised but thought he would use this as a discussion point for a sermon or counselling. Then one of the women spoke to the other one: "Look at that Millie, the white people take off their clothes to make love !"

quote: Originally posted by ehmmic: Personal disappointment - letting someone else's comments/ego get the best of me and psych me out of a lead I was really excited to try... MEN!!! I knew I shoulda made you lead that last pitch of Super Slab

yeah make that server Eat a 8=D

OH MY GOD!!! I was startin to go into Withdrawal! I even did some WORK today

Lets face it it is the ass end of climbing season right now, no ski, no climb rock, no ice. So we are all fervently talking climbing and chestbeating etc. cause we cant actually climb. SO to get the real bruising of the ribcage going the topic is: what 5 climbing accomplishments are you most proud of over the past year, also what was your biggest failure of the year? mine 1) snootli express 2) niut range trip, finally made it into the REAL COAST RANGE 3) Castle Mountain in the Rockies finally! that trip was maybe funnest trip of the year. 4) mad science at the rehabs, been eying up that line for about 7 years now 5) 3rd pitch of gibraltar wall rock variation with only a spectre hooked in a crack for pro and the big failure is a toss up between a) bailing off Slesse yet again or b)not climbing Queen Bess, hell, not even hiking in to Queen Bess

real alpin hardman is too trad to sportclimb also the lycra makes his legs look too fat.