Dru

i was just eating airport pie an hour ago fresh local blackberry-peach slice $3.50 yummy. If the food is not good eating what's the point? Notice I did not contribute anything to the Ramen thread. NB In Canada it is usually called Ichiban and not Ramen.

quote: Originally posted by philfort: Hmm, it was nice and sunny up above Spray Park yesterday. Once back into the clouds and drizzle (below 6500ft), got to hear hikers whining about the gloomy weather... including a woman in the parking lot, decked out in full gore-tex to protect her against the refreshing light mist: "no one's making it up there today, with this weather". i thought this here was SprayPark

quote: Originally posted by David Parker: quote:Originally posted by mattp: A special place to put crampons on a pack is probably the least important feature that one could look for in a pack. . I like to roll my crampons up in my Thermarest. It helps protect the points from getting dull when you throw the pack down on rocks. i prefer to use my newest ultralight gore tex jacket it keeps the crampons from getting wet...prevents rust

quote: Originally posted by Anna: I can't buy land up there, eh? I suppose since I am not a resident. Thinking of finishing my flight training in Canada though.... That hasn't stopped the non-resident Germans and Americans buying up land in the Gulf Islands and interior and suchlike... i dont think Canada has a law against foreign ownership... finish your flight training in chilliwack, the airport has 5 star pie

here is a picture (not mine) of fresh snow in da rockies aug 17 near Canmore. take advice about "most Years" with a grain of salt as this summer has been generally cold and snowy on and off for most of august.

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: something like snagglepuss That was a different TV show than Capt Caveman though wasn't it?

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Little bastards are persisitant. Raffi Bedayn made up a cool name snafflehound imagine if raffi had been a cat person then they would have been snafflepuss not snafflehound.

it carries the fleshlight and folded up blow up dolly.

shoulda been in BC it was cloudy sunday but never rained. but climbing in the fog was cause i could hear alpineK but not see him. i think being ingulfed in a cloud of vapor (smoke) is natural state for him though cause he was not bothered at all by it just like inside muir hut.

I hear there are many slots available on Rainer and Baker better take your z+C pulley

At the moment permits are only required for Canadian National Parks like Banff and Fort Langley Altho' that could change with current BC gov't trying to copy American ways of stealing money from taxpayer for public services Grizzly bears have been seen to cross borders in N cascades without going thru border crossings, I suppose same method is also Ok for Snafflehounds and other alpine primates

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: I like how the rating changes every time I hear aboot this route it is rated, and has always been rated, "4th class" which as everyone knows, is a highly scientific grade and commonly applied to obvious gullies and descent routes.

quote: Originally posted by Ropegun2002: Red Rocks - 12a, Fear and Loathing - 11d, Yak crack Yak Crack is a climb on Yak peak in BC... Yaak Crack is the one in Red Rocks!

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: The funniest thing I saw in August- This dude eating spaghetti with a tree branch. Duzzn't he knoiw that you're supposed to eat food with a LOST ARROW to show you're a hardman?

erik where did Snoop go?

ya those protestors probably listen to phish, therefore they suck.

quote: Originally posted by Gary Yngve: quote:Originally posted by Rodchester: The Mountaineers are going to mad at you guys. Tisk tisk tisk. Hey, I was with the Mounties on the Eldorado Glacier and the Sahale Glacier and we didn't rope up. As for some recent trips that come to mind, we didn't rope up on the Triumph Glacier, but we sure did rope up for the Challenger Glacier. you shoulda got injured so you could sue 'em!

Muir on Saturday Godzilla

i recenntly did a route in cheakamus canyon that is almost all bolted but i was careful to leave a mandatory #4 camalot placement unbolted just to piss off the sport climbers

PineyK and I went in to the Old Settler on the weekend. We hiked in on Saturday, smoked a bowl, napped, then climbed the W Buttress of the S. Peak (3rd classed - 1 hr up). Back to camp for dinner. Rained a bit on our bivi sax overnight. Sunday we got up in the morning to clouds. Hiked up to the S ridge anyways and wandered over to the unclimbed East side. Picked a line on this side of South Peak before clouds came in. Climbed it - 3 pitches 5.7, 3 pitches of scrambling, then 3 more pitches of 5.7 and some involuntary soloing in hiking boots. This is a really clean and solid route. The rock is a bit different from the west side - it is bluer in colour, steeper and there are more pockets. After this we hiked out then went to the Old Settler pub in Harrison Hotsprings and tried manfully to get free beer for climbing the pubs' namesake but no luck.

arcteryx nozone with the webbing belt instead of the foam one, and the crampon patch and staysheet removed. Golite gear sure is lite but i heard you can use a pack for 1 extended trip and then expect to throw it away......

Marble Canyon is full on fun. The guidebook is now out of date (sorry Lyle) and contains many sandbags (routes Lyle had not climbed at press time). Pavilion Edge is a contender for Worlds Toughest 5.8 or so Ive heard. Pretty cool that it was free climbed by Hank Mather in 1960. HANK MATHER IS GOD!!!! There I've said it.

The route is much harder to start this late in the year compared to in the early summer. I've heard of many parties failing to get on the ice in September. Ps Dante way to lift my TR off of www.bivouac.com with no attribution mate! Where are my royalties I accept [ 08-23-2002, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: Dru ]

Jens there should be water ice frozen up on the NF of Old Settler by mid-October... in the mean time SERAC Y'ALL

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: quote:Originally posted by Dru: Thx Lowell. Also anybody knowing the two people in yellow clothes let them know I have a bunch of pictures with them in, that I can email them if they are interested. That's what I thought you were asking about in the first place! With a nasty comment like that I'm glad I kept the booty I found on Oregon Jack last winter.