Dru

must keep this thread alive

those snakes are actually getting it on according to the biologist i asked. apparently there is one female in the mixed up with 20 or so males.. she is choosing which one to mate with somehow or maybe there are just 19 snakes getting sloppy seconds... i read somewhere that many snakes have two penises... someone on this website no doubt has more details on that fascinating trivia... is that enough thread creep ??

metolius and onsight make webolettes that a re cheaper than the mtn tools one i do believe... especially if you buy the onsight one at MEC.

Canada has a Navy... we have 3 whole oceans to patrol with our 8 ships!!! As a matter of fact we have an overwhelming naval superiority over countries such as Switzerland, Bolivia, Slovakia and Mongolia... cause they are all landlocked

and speaking of snakes...

quote: Originally posted by icegirl: reminds me of a day out a Middle E. Wall at vantage. Partner backed off a BEAUTIFUL crack 'cause it hissed at him. Twice. I saw a garter snake chimney up a hand crack in the smoke bluffs once. its pretty impressive that a snake (no hands) can climb a hand crack...

Talking Heads, Devo, Rush, Cyndi Lauper as a wrestler... man i spent 10 years of my life living in the 80's

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....