Dru

And, the number one thing you don't want to hear from your belayer .... 1. Hmmm, looks like you read the guidebook wrong, this one's an E7 not a VS. Trask, do you have any idea what E7 or VS mean???

I am growing out my afro these days here is a recent picture

sshhhhhhh...... Yeah that's Eric Hutton's helmet in Andrew Port's hand... and it was on his pack when it got broken... but it sure makes a good photo that way. Bonus question: (for anyone but Fern or Jordan Peters or Stefan) what is that ice climb in the background? [ 08-21-2002, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Dru ]

JayB if I could respectively disagree for a minnit here, I dont belive you have to climb at a certain grade to criticize ethics. For instance, I can say chipping holds on a blank wall to make a 5.14 is unethical and that the chipped holds should be "repaired" with cement or whatever, even if I'm only a 5.7 climber. The principle of the thing is the same no matter what grade you climb at. Same goes with criticizing bolts being placed next to usable gear placements, the principle is the same no matter if its a 5.7 or 5.14 gear route being retrobolted.

quote: Originally posted by michael_layton: Best one I ever saw was on Mt.Gimley in the Valhallas. Starts out, "Came here to die...life sucks..." Next entry, "looking for bob, hope he's okay, we love you" Next entry: Sherrif's Office, "haven't seen bob" Anyway, my party never found "bob" or his wallet anywhere the base. Guess he didn't need it or his gear. Damn. Not exactly summit register but in the Mountain Lake hut logbook below Sky Pilot, some guy had hiked up and written quote: This hut is like a tiger running through a dark jungle.... Did you know a blue whale's veins are so big a trout could swim through them? Nope, didnt know that before

between the chafing and the calluses is a period of soreness or tenderness, i believe. just like blisters!

quote: Originally posted by iain: i would probably much rather climb Thermogenesis than those wacky wickwire willis wall variations... Id rather climb any of those than the ferocious Haystack...

Heres another shot. Rusty is at right. You climbed the ridge dividing rocky east face and snowy north face then up to the east peak?

ya well I am Canadian and have never really climbed in wash so here are some ideas i got from reading the guidebook 1) The Diamond - Bear Mountain 2) Burdo grade VI free route on Baring 3) North Norwegian Buttress - Index 4) Thermogenesis - rainier 5) Haystack - Mt Si 6) free ascent of Liberty Crack But why complain about spray on a serious thread if you are trask?

Plumbers Crack between the two lower buttresses on the south side of Mt Trask. I've heard it has had many ascents, though, despite the horrible bushwack.

how did that loin get to be tender? too much polishing of the purple helmet?

quote: Originally posted by jordop: The Penthouse? NO COVER!!! Naw, it was on Burrard or Thurlow in the late 70's. with a huge revolving sign of a rabbit.

quote: Originally posted by jordop: Hmmm . . . you could do some ice fishing up there on a ski trip. Cut the hole with an avi saw. Nothing like scotch and trout. Yumm! I prefer my WHISKEY neat, with no pollutants in it like ice or fish, thanks.

I once went on a road trip and the guy who drove had only one tape, BEE GEES best of, and we listened to it for 12 hrs each way....

there used to be a restaurant in Vancouver that sold Bunny Burgers.

I can tell that by the way you walk...

ya, post it twice stefan!

Here is a little tip for register builders 1) Put any paper in a ZIP LOCK BAG 2) Make a drain hole for water. The register above was put on the summit of Isolillock by a Hope Outddor Club group. They took a PVC tube, caulk sealed one end and put register and pencil inside, screwed other end down tight and put it in the cairn. Only problem was, no waterproof bag. During spring, highwater pressure in the snowpack penetrated the PVC tube through the screw seal, and turned the register to papier-mache. Got up there in June and the tube was FULL OF WATER cause there was no drain hole, it got forced into the tube at high pressure but not sucked back out at low prssure.

quote: Originally posted by Bronco: Nice job Ray and Becky. Great picture, does anyone know the best way to clean drool out of your keyboard? How many fa's do you think Becky has? 100? 500? Just curious. He used to make about 30 or 40 a year so... lets say 25 (conservative) x 50 years of climbing (also conservative) = 1250 FA's.

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: So is that prominant rib the North East Ridge? If so, looks sweet! Left hand skyline? The rib in centre is the north rib that Beckey climbed last year, i think.

Ray - you up for Pagoda next year?

quote: Originally posted by salbrecher: If the rangers use the boat to rescue people I can see, but not just to go fishing for fun. And how do you expect me to "mellow out and relax" when a sensative alpine lake is slowly being destroyed DAMN RIGHT STOP THOSE CIVIL SERVANTS FROM HAVING FUN... TAKE AWAY THEIR COMPUTERS SO THEY CANNOT SPRAY ON THE INTERNET... TAKE AWAY THEIR SUVs GUNS AND POWER BOATS... MAKE THEM WORK HARD THEY ARE ALL FAT AND LAZY Do they or do they not still land floatplanes in that lake? If they have a powerboat on that lake for rescues, it will be used for fishing - guaranteed. I once saw a guy portaging a canoe up the Rubble Creek trail, he had a case of Extra Old Stock in each hand... You know that all the fish in Garibaldi are stocked, right?

i have heard squirrel pie is a popular dish down South. probably with maynonnaise icing

Whale meat is full of PCbs and dioxins. Thats why the Makah had to stop hunting the gray whales. are you suggesting we poison the poor?

Go buy a CD of Whale music cause SPRINGER REUNITES WITH HER POD