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quote: Originally posted by sexual chocolate: And yes, advising someone to go soloing is dangerous advice. I've soloed alot, but would never recommend it to someone I don't know, especially the context in which the advice was offered. Just my opinion, for which you asked for. Which hand did you use, moondancer

YeahI wanna do Nirvana this year. I have a copy of a TR some guy wrote for it climbing it in 1969 in stiff soled boots. Acid sounds Xtra fun but you will have to supply it b4 my ascent.

No. Low angle ice is fucking easy with a Quark. I led many WI2's with them last year no problem

the scree isnt all that bad. you can make it to the col at the bottom of south ridge in 3 hours or so from the west canyon parking lot.

I got that CD I will let you burn it for $22.99. You save 1 dollar plus shipping costs!!

depends what the rock is like on point 7372.

conglomerate makes other choss look solid.

Sort of like a sprayer but can actually climb too.

quote: Originally posted by Darrel: Dru, one other time by the neighbor's wife. I got mistaken for a wolf one time by the neighbors wife.

Ducks waterproof themselves with an oil from glands in their bills. Humans can do the same trick (waterproof themselves) with an unwashed sleeping bag. Let the good oil seep into you...

quote: Originally posted by Darrel: Really do hate the woods. Bad animals seem to always be lurking about...too many places to hide. Get me out of the woods asap. One time on an Alpine start on the road to Montie Cristo my friend and myself ran into wolf...heard more calling him from up the creek. 20 years in the woods of the N.W. never heard or saw any thing like it. After climbing Gothic and coming back we called the Rangers in Verlot and they told us to call there staff Bio-lady in Bellingham. She told us that wolf travel from Canada down into the states all the time. Just more reasons to get above treeline as fast as these old feet will go. But if I must be there for any time at all, I smoke a big fat bowl of BC to calm myself. Do you often get mistaken for a deer or only by wolves

dont take sleeping bag just a lightsabre to slit open belly of snow beast then crawl inside to stay warm

I kinda feel sometimes that peak bagging is incidental to the whole climbing process. I would rather do a route than tick a peak. But I know there are people out there for whom the act of summitting is everything and dont care if by sweet route or choss slog. So i guess my question to everyone is, how many summits do you bag per year (not counting multiple summits of same peak, to eliminate those who run up Si every day after work)? I know Beckey as a youngster would reportedly often climb 30 or more (mostly first ascents too) in a year and I believe in the 60's he once did something like 50 or 60. A while back i saw some profile of some 'mountaineer dude' where all he did was bag peaks and he did over 50 in a year. I guess a full time climbing bum focussed on summits could do 100 or more especially if doing traverses and climbing 10 peaks in a single trip. In the rockies this year some weirdo hippy had painted a bunch of little stones with a mountain picture and was handing them out to various people at the Yamnuska parking lot to celebrate his "100th summit". I counted the ones I remember up and I figured I recalled about 120 or so.... I think I ve climbed about 15 so far this year. And you? Is peak bagging even important? Seems like it can be a good indicator of how active you are but also maybe serve as a surrogate for not being good at anything but choss slogs.

quote: Originally posted by jordop: Yes, but how many peaks have any of you "toppped off"? Well I joined the Mile High Club and I wasn't in any airplane

I thought we still used Martin Mars bombers for firefighting - you can see em over at Sproatt Lake. The only reason I know about Seawinds is cause my uncle owns one. And he is an American and lives on the San Juans. But there is one just down the waytoo - ill shoot some pix next time I see it. the porsche of seaplanes!

Its cool he had a job and he still liked to play dirtbag. Me too! Anybody got any leftovers?

Hey Beavis, figger8 said Ripcord

quote: Originally posted by Anna: Hey Dru, noticed you capitalized "Going Down" Is that a subliminal message or somethin' If you wanna see a picture of a Seawind let me know and I will take my digital camera over to the airport next door. Those things are so rad looking.

quote: Originally posted by Stefan: Dru,Dru,Dru,Dru…. You would call me a peakbagger and many of my friends do…….I don’t look at it as peakbagging. Some stats: This year so far I have 108 peaks to my name. Last year I did 107. The year before that I did 111. A couple of my friends hover in the 200 area because they don’t have kids to take care of. A peak to me has at least 400’ of prominence (in Europe it is 100 meters) and/or is officially named. So why the hell do I do it? 1) First I like getting to the top of something. It makes me feel like I have accomplished something when I have no higher to go. I call it the “God complex” – everything is below me. I cannot do a rock route in the middle of a wall because I feel that I have not completed something—you can always go higher! 2) I love to be where there is noone. The Cascades do a wonderful job of that. (I know the Canadian peaks are even better for this, but they are too far away….) I feel suffocated with too many people around when I have been to the cragging places of Index, Leavenworth, or that place along the Columbia River. But why do I do so many? 1) I love the exercise. 2) I do not like to repeat. That repeat thing is the same to me for restaurants – I do not like to go to the same restaurant twice. Why go to the same restaurant when you have so many to choose from? You only have one life. Why live it the same any time? 3) I feel like I have accomplished something when I push my physical limits. That’s why I do so many peaks in one trip. So by that criterion (named and/or 100m) if you count things ike the Marsupials at Smith I could double my count of 20 up to 40 something !! Also 400m hills in downtown Vancouver like Little Mountain and Burnaby Mountain.

yellow snow is yummy!

quote: Originally posted by rodeo: WonderTwin Powers... ACTIVATE!! Form of.. 400 feet of WI4 You get the picture.... Shape of - VIPER!

Mullet = Ray Bonbon

quote: Originally posted by krazy 1: yeah and according to "Back to the Future II" the frisbee was actually a pie plate. imagine that! i was a kid in the 70's, my friends were superman, spiderman, wonderwoman and everyone outside of the hall of doom. me to oexcept i didnt have a Tv so I had to go over to friends' houses or grandma's to watch Superfriendz.

it is totally safe to use a Gri Gri and let go of it at any time despite what Petzl says. ropes are for wimps. snafflehounds do not carry rabies, so feel free to eat'em. it is totally safe to top rope with a rope run through a single strand of webbing. bolts should be added to all routes you feel unsafe leading without them. the safest place to stand during a thunderstorm is right on the summit, holding all the gear you can grab.

you should give me all your money and go solo 5.13s.