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great, I'll bring my little blue sled for the descent.

our male cat. good mole/mouser, but sprays a lot! The little mofo almost went to the creek in a gunny sack after spraying my tent last summer. Then I realized I now had a good excuse to get a new one.

do the twight rodeo route

hey, I dont have a farmer john suit, but I think that thing is supposed to be your base layer anyway and you layer more clothing over it if conditions are that cold. which would be pretty frickin cold. I've got some 100 wieght bottoms that I've worn with just a shell down to 0 f and been too warm. thats my take on it. (I'm a maniac, mainiac on the flo-o-o-or, and I'm dancin.......)

Like anything else, I think you develop a tolerance for fear and learn to deal with it better as you gain more experience, wheather it's climbing, martial arts, starting your own business, getting married, whatever.....

But using the flag of Stalin (who murdered millions) as your avatar is? Do you think using the flag of a former regime who Americans fought against for a half century as your identification is somehow cute? I sure as hell don't see the humor or appreciate your hypocricy.

hunt and fish more. shop less. some of that farm raised stuff is full of wierdness.

YES AND NO, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH COFFEE I HAVE ON A GIVEN DAY.

erik: read this: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB23&Number=113927&page=6&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1 Then, do sumpthin other than scarin us with your strangeness! c'mon man BUK UP!!!!!!! That ain't the erik I know, the dude I know is intensely decisive and horny and has no time for whining/ers! Personally, I've been trying to disown my family for years and they just keep showing up!! it's driving me crazy!! I think you should take off in her explorer so you'd have some reliable transportation. (FORD!) then get a job throwing dirt with a shovel, then you'd have some sorta perspective on what the hell you are doing. Date some other chicks and see if they would even tolerate some bum who's passionate about being gone with his "hobby" all the time. Think man, THINK!! BUY HIGH SELL LOW........ we all have our issues erik, we just seem normal to the untrained eye.

Altas has a new glove this year with a removeable liner for $16.00 and they aren't that ugly burnt orange that don't match any of my gear. I might try them out. You can find them here: https://ssl2.adhost.com/seamar/merchant.cfm?pid=49301&step=4

Sounds like you might be a good cantidate for some weight trainng if you don't already. Squats, lunges and deadlifts are all good for getting your body ready for hauling ass up the trail.

possilby glissading down Mt. Adams or trying to keep up with PMS descending Boston Basin, dodging crevases while performing a beautifully executed standing glissade. Glissading is the funnest.

I know how you feel Iain, someone even gave me a hard time this week for being reluctant to be in the mountains with this weather. hmmmmm who was that PUNK? NO STARS FOR YOU EITHER!!

Gee, you sure did learn a lot while you were there. Better not go in there anymore with him being eccentric and all. I don't think being eccentric and climbing mixes very well either, come to think of it, all of the climbers I've met were very normal and conservative. NO STARS FOR YOU!!!

I'm thinking it's a trick question, someone installed the bolts and then Pete Tapley did the FA. Maybe it was Alex Lowe who put up the route and Pete got the FA?

THAT'S RIGHT, PP, NO STARS FOR YOU!

now look who's talkin smack!

here's the link: http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/SABSEA have fun and don't forget your nitro!

anyone can get the FA and name off of the Hyalite website but, wouldn't the person who put it up be the FA? How 'bout Sharp Dressed Man for the route named for Alex's son, seems like I read/heard that somewhere.

how can you know what conditions were? I know some people who have climbed Rainier in winter and carried their ice axes and crampons up and down with out using them once. While it ads an element of risk, it is possible that she made the concious decision not to use them. Personally I wouldn't make the same decision, but, some people are more into risk than I am comfortable with. why don't you e-mail her and ask her for her resume if you're so curious? it's possible she's done a lot more climbing than you think. Just because she's not climbing by the book, doesen't mean she's dangerous or stupid IMO.

I wouldn't put it past someone from Bismark ND to walk up in the winter without a rope, pons or an ice axe. The weather could have seemed mild to her. People do that stuff all the time on Rainier. I wonder if she took a GPS?

That's kinda what I figured, I suppose the problem could be somewhat mitigated by using the Silveretta's that are compatable with mtneering boots and just wear my climbing boots on flat approaches. But, I sure like the Dynafit system. Thanks for the info.

f. hanging from your ice tools with climbing boots and crampons on, legs flailing around in all sorts of motions. Because it's a lot funner than situps- NO STARS FOR YOU!

We can't get anything past you guys, you smarties!

In looking at BC ski setups, it seems most boots are designed to ski well or climb well. Is Anyone happy with climbing performance in thier ski boots, (sloggin or ice climbing)? Or would you just ski in your climbing boots if it were that tough of climbing. The Lowa Struktura looks like a good climber as well as some of the Dynafits. It seems like another piece of gear you need three of again, one for approaching, one for touring and one for really shreddin down the hill.