Dru

i hear many cougar attacks have occured on givlers dome.

I found this little list in the fAQ... Posts Title 0 Lurker 10 Wanker 50 HC Lover 100 Chief Wanker 200 Chronic Gumby 500 Zen Spray Master 1000 Spraydaddy 2000 SPRAY LORD you know what it reminds me of... DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS like this means i am an 8th level sprayer cause i have ammassed over 2000 posts!!! hee hee. oh man im having flashbacks to being 12 right now

ya mean there are people that weren't using the todays threads to get it?

get coffee and cinnamon buns at homefires bakery in der morning before you climb...

beacon rock?

5555 as of so far today... where is the smart guy with calculator and slide rulewho predicts when 10 000 will be reached? [ 08-08-2002, 01:13 PM: Message edited by: Dru ]

Does the CAG say anything about an obvious gully to start the ridge??

dig out a calculator smart guy. or write 30157714 on a piece of paper using old skool LED numnbers then flip it upside down and it should say.... hILLSIDE!!!

yeah they're all too high maintenance for me anyways!

i used to use 4m of 5.5mspectra cord but mostly nowadays I just use a double-shoulder length sling and a daisy chain. that's belaying off the harness though. if you are gonna be using a reverso or b52 or whatever using a 'lette becomes more important to get the high power point to belay from. i guess my point is, if your cord isnt long enough, extend the pieces out with slings then tie off the extensions with the 'lette.

Solo toproping system. Get a Ushba "Basic Ascender" or Petzl Shunt. Tie rope to top of cliff at anchors with a big ol' knot. Weight the other end of the rope (bottom of the cliff) like with a pack or by tying it to an anchor or just making a hanging coil with the extra rope. Put shunt/basic on rope. Clip to tie in loop with locking biner. Best to use a DMM belay master or similar to avoid cross loading potential. Climb route. Shunt/basic slides up rope as you climb. if you fall it locks off. {if you cant do a section, you cant just grab rope and lower/rap off with the basic, you need to have a prussik to take on to takeweight off basic so you can get your rap device set up) At top, rap off.

use a spectra webolette or 5.5mm tech cord or what the hell, just tie in with the rope.

Ropes stretch more the thinner they are, generally. Also trend to stretch more with lower impact forces, as more of the force of the fall is absorbed thru rope elongation and less is transferred to the pro. 7.6mm is super thin, low impact force, hence very stretchy. Like, say you see someone on ICy BC, which is a 40m pitch, TRing it on a 8.5mm, it is not uncommon that they go to "take" on the rope 5m off the ground, and with rope stretch, end up touching the ground even on a TR fall.

Snafflegoat sez: "I want your URINE"

Im noteven a hacker but i translate "DFA is way more eleet than you noobness...." or words to that effect... it must be that all my tagging reading practice is paying off!

I thought Icefloss (7.6mm!!) is marketed as a light twin rope for hard alpine and ice climbing where the low impact forces will be less likely to pop out your ice screw or sketchy piton- not as a glacier rope to avoid falling in crevasses.?? They really sell it as a 37m length for glacier crossings? Dude if you fell on a single strand of that you could deck out on the crevasse bottom from the stretch!

they should rename the fisher chimneys the Hisher Chimneys so people could call it the HC route...

if'n Capt. Caveman was not off in the Ramparts with Dennis Harmon and Fred Beckey (I laugh just thinking of that trio) he could give you some advice about how to climb when you can't see your feet....

quote: Originally posted by plexus: Talked with a guy yesterday and told me that in May, he went in with a mountain bike. Never mentioned it being a major pain in getting past the washout. Then again he's also been crazy enough to try getting to Stout Lake !! there is a lake of stout??? woo hoo

CASTLE MOUNTAIN

Recently me and bro were gonna crank at Back Of the Lake so we racked up in the parking lot (dumb). Of course some tourons stopped to look but one couple started trying to talk. THEM: "Oh!" THEM: " Are you going to stay out overnight" ME: "No." THEM: "You have pretty small pack!" ME: (wishing they would go away) "Yup" HER: (proudly pointing at Him): "he used to do this... many many years ago." ME: "Too bad you stopped" HIM: "Oh too old now." HIM: "What are these for?" (looking at rack of cams) ME: (figuring I would have sum fun since they weren't moving on) :"Fight off bears." THEM: "Fight off bears?" ME: "Yes!" THEM: "Oh - really?" ME: "Yes, bears are Dangerous!" HIM: (skeptical) "Really? I didnt see bears!" ME: (sad) "Sir, bears have killed ten of my partners!" HIM: "Ooooooh - 10 partners!! Dead!!" (big eyes). "Why different sizes?" ME: "Bears are different sizes!" HER: "You hit them with those?" ME: "Yes. And put in the mouth to stop biting!" HER: "Well I hope you don't hurt them..." ME: "Oh, not fatally - just enough to make them stop attacking!" THEM: (pretty impressed by how dangerous climbing is) "Well - bye bye!" ME: waving PARTNER: sitting in the Subaru putting shorts on, has turned purple from choking back his laughter...

I HAVE NO AVATARS

how about a sticker of Calvin peeing on a Mountaineers logo

A0 covers bolt ladders, hang dogging, chipped holds, artificial holds, French Free, stick clipping.... in short, pretty much all sport climbing is A0!!!

quote: Originally posted by Geek the Greek: Mmmmmm... dunno about that (been in the evil empire long enough to forget me french!) ...I think breasts are seins or tetons "Lurker was way cooler than wanker" Yeah but www.babelfish.com is down for upgrade so we're gonna have to guess. I betcha tonnere doesnt really mean Thunder either!!!! but say "Ah zut, cawlis, tabernac, tonnere de brest" a few times and see if zat does not make you feel a littail Fron Says!!! [ 08-07-2002, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: Dru ]