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go for it!

Tele skiers are the shit on the mountain. When you see a good tele skier you think, "man that dude/chick is a bad ass." But for reasons mentioned above I am a randonee skier.

I sense a sequel to Bridge on the River Quai.

I can show a form of the Texas Prussik. . . .

Is Dennis is sk's bitch now.

While we were negotiating the shrund on Sat an oven sized block fell from right below my partner on the snow bridge. When we went up there were not signs of climber in the coulouir until we descended those nice cut steps kicked by 3 parties after us. Norman or MMan, were either of you guys the ones camped under a tarp up on the glacier on sat night?

As for the trail maintenance didn't you see my team of snafflehounds gnawing down those trees. Unfortunetly they got ambitious and ate my t-shirt and backpack.

Ha ha, No forest pass, no camping permit - no problem. Another poached trip in the backcountry this weekend. If you camp up on the glacier the rangers are too lazy to stomp up the snow to check for your permits.

This rare photo of the a swimming snafflehound was captured by a hiker at an undisclosed alpine lake. There have been more and more sitings of these elusive swimming snaffles. Top people in the snaffle world tend to think this photo is a hoax but the photo was analyzed and showed no signs of tampering or trickery. Be on the lookout for these rare animals.

As a member of the Sensitive Climbers Against Trundling (SCAT) I am appalled at your behaviors. It is one thing to accidentally knock off rocks and boulders but quite a different matter to intentionally knock off xenoliths which have been perched on the abyss for millenia. Who are you to decide when a rock is to fall? Are you God? The next thing you know we will be trying to create kids in a test tube. Personnally I find a monolith sitting on the edge of the nothingness one of nature's most beautiful phenomenons. Thanks to our members dollars we are educating students across the country about the destruction, dangers, and stupidity of the insiduous act of trundling. I can see from the posts here we have a long way to go. So remember to hug a rock and not shove it.

In my mind there are people who climb and climbers. In the "people who climb" category I put everyone from a first time beginner all the way up to the weekend warrior. They can even be very skilled. To be a "climber" however means you live and breathe climbing. Your job, if you have one, allows you to climb extensively and you probably work only seasonally. You always want to talk abou t climbing and are planning your next road trip. In other words climbing is your life. It may not be everything in your life but your life revolves around climbing. Not everyone wants to do this. It seems to be a romantic idea to call yourself a "climber" but there is nothing wrong with not being this dedicated to climbing. You can't tell by looking at someone or even asking how hard they climb. It is quite simply a state of mind.

Climbing is play. I like to play.

What is this about Jk?

Wow, I think I entered an alternate universe. Is this cascadecookers.com

And for all of you who drove SUV's to work on nothing but highways this week, you caused a several meter square ozone hole to open up this week. I took the bus all week but next time you need to use less gas. Your vehicle was cleary labeled "ANWAR DRILLER". Whatever happened to carpooling? Next time you should pay more attention to what you are doing.

Maybe its us Oregon and BC climbers that you see in the mountains and not the so called "washington climbers." Not to be too snotty Jens but be careful how you define a real "climber". I get into trouble with this all the time. You realize under your def I could go toproping on 5.5's for two weekends and call myself a climber. I hear what your saying though. Every time I ask a serious question (like about how much horsecock a certain climb needs) it seems the same people have info on routes. Makes you wonder how many wankers there are out there.

Pulled a watermelon size limestone piece off while pulling our rope. It whizzed by and sailed about 300ft before exploding on the rock below. Luckily no casualties. Scary!!

How about this weekend. I want to do something worthy of alot of horsecock. I could be in Seattle by Thurs evening!

Now that your listening. I was all set to climb Slesse this weekend but found out my partner injured himself this week. I am still up for doing Slesse in a day or Liberty Crack or some other big, sick climb. I am just off a roadtrip and can lead all the aid and hard stuff. Just looking for a partner to climb fast on easier stuff and can haul their share of horsecock. If you are interested email or pm me today!!!!

I have done both epinepherine and the stanely/burger route in the last 4 months. The chimneys on epi seemed kind of wide in places and definetely a little runout. The one chimney on the south face is protectable the entire way. You can stick in gear at any point on the chimney. The climbing itself is different than the epi chimneys in that it is tighter and more of a thrutch. I found it quite enjoyable and secure but just slow going for a bit. It is not a death chimney but you might find yourself wishing you had a little extra horsecock. It is a great pitch as well as the pitch behind the chockstone and the last pitch. I would call the last pitch 5.9+ to 5.10. I thought the last pitch was harder to protect than the chimney. Oh but you'll still die in the chimneys!

I am not a diabetic but I am addicted to sugar!

I must admit I had similar beliefs to Mr. Mtn. Being from TX and the land of oil and cattle we I didn't really believe the whole "were destroying the environment thing." I have since changed my mind. There have been some compelling studies (ask senor Xenolith for more details). In fact some people are even saying we will see dramatic affects in our lifetime. It is troubling to think about. Even if were to be able stop all pollution right now the effects would continue to degrade for some years. I hope someday we will learn but it doesn't seem anytime soon.

Thanks Matt, Do you know if Andy is the rep for oregon too? I was thinking about getting involved down here in Eugene and am just wondering who to talk to. Sounds like my access dollars are actually working.

Damn I guess your right. Actually I really would like to learn to drill this summer. I would mainly be putting up anchors on new climbs though. I have never put up a first ascent but think it would be really exciting. This weekend I did some scouting and may have found a new "secret spot." Anyway, if anyone really has knowledge on placing bolts where they belong then I am interested.