Bronco

I think dogs at the crags are good training for alpine climbing, gives you the element of the unexpected, listening to whiny partners, and you can eat them if you get hungry. It's the owner's fault, throw rocks at them.

How do we know you are not the "fake" Lambone and the real Lambone is still up on Glacier Peak? This whole thing may be a left wing conspiracy to cause further damage to the economy (I'm not getting any work done) and create more dependence on the welfare system. HMMMMMMMMM

I like to take my phone to check my stocks, chat with friends about the M's, call the wife to tell her how beutiful she is and I won't be home for another day or 2 but, don't need a rescue. Very handy, I've made that call once myself. It happens. Lambone's conditions sound epic to me, 3" of ice and only light raingear is a suckfest for sure. Glad I was at home in bed those three nights. Lambone: you know it's the mountain gods punishing you for all of those bolting and sport climbing trolls, right?

Since Lambone is being such a good sport about this, I have a gaper question. Did you attempt to build a wind break (snow blocks, rocks, empty beer cans). I've rode out a couple of good (although shorter) storms snuggled in my Walrus behind a good snow wall. PS: I get real conservative when climbing with my wife and make decisions I wouldn't make with my regular climbing partners. I think you did the smart thing.

quote: Originally posted by Keith: ..... Because they are Gore-Tex there is no breaki-in period.... What does Goretex have to do with break-in period?

This looks funner, they know how to party in Montana, check out the pics! rocky mountain oyster festival [ 07-30-2002, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Bronco ]

good post geezer! I'd rather read that than the oil drilling thread, what the hell does that have to do with climbing anyway? (it doesen't but because it's a greenpeace/sierra club topic, the whiners here feel it's appropriate somehow) By the way, I forwarded this to my wife, thanks.

did someone say breasts?

here is the link at www.bdel.com BD Ice Pack If any of you gear sluts need a recomendation, I have one and it has treated me pretty well, you can put coors or coors light cans in the tool tubes and the pack has held up to all kinds of abuse pretty well. One thing they don't mention is that the waist belt removes and combines with the top lid to make a nifty fanny pack if you're into that kinda thing. In fact, you can attach the top lid to the back of any harness if you wanted to carry a jacket or some water or beer or something.

That's a typical chevy driver. Do ya think the bar on his saw is compensating for anything? What the hell is he doing to that poor little log between his legs?

quote: Originally posted by CascadeClimber: I'll play... That looks like J'berg. Were you the guys who are so tough they needed to sleep on the gravel in the Cascade Pass parking-lot friday night? PS thanks for playing

hmmmmm... must be a good 'un

What did you climb over the weekend or recently? I wanna know! Depsite being foiled by heel blisters the size of silver dollars, my wife and I had a great time on Sahale via the arm even though we didn't summit and turned around at high camp. She's a trooper, the trail from cascade pass to the parking lot is misery, if you go take some tennies or sandals for the first 3.5 miles instead of wearing your mtneering boots (her's were almost new, ouch). anyway, who else got out there this weekend?

either of those would work great, I've seen an older guy who really knows his stuff wearing the sportiva and some lightweight crampons really tearing it up, but I say go with whichever one fits the best.

Greg, fortunatly I have not had the pleasure of making her aquaintence, although I have heard reports of her beauty and charm, or lack thereof from friends in Sultan.

quote: Originally posted by Dennis Harmon: Coolness! Keep me a breast. DH A female officer of the law stops a weaving pick-up on HWY 2. An obviously drunk man is behind the wheel. She cuts right to the chase - "you are under arrest, anything you say will be held against you" The drunk man smiles and responds "breasts".

I wonder if they would care if someone used a 50 cal to clear the logs. That would be fun. who says you need trails anyway, avvy debris and blow downs keep the gapers away. One other bitch, the deer at cascade pass are totally out of control. My wife and I (illegally) slept on the "grassy knoll" at Cascade Pass over the weekend and were almost stampeeded by a rowdy group of deer. And maybe stop the hanging glaciers of J'berg from calving durring the night. Thanks-

I almost used the wedge of cheese but, it was far too appropriate. how's this one?

uhhh, I briefly spoke with 2 grizzled looking alpine vetrans in the Cascade Pass Parking lot Saturday 6am who were headed up the "1951" route, which as it turns out is the one outlined in Vol. II of Selected Climbs. They didn't look one bit scared either. Fiberglass helmets, old chonaird harnesses, ovals and wool sweaters. You could say they were old school I suppose except they drove to the pass in a new Explorer instead of a '49 Ford. Nice Picture Ray.

"that looks interesting" - potential epic "that was interesting" - survived epic "Hmmm, sounds interesting" - just described epic

I didn't bother reading the Schram statement, but, you wussies should come out to my neighborhood to ride if you have it so bad. I have attempted to ride for training and went back to running for one reason - It really hurts to ride your bike into the ditch. The folks out here don't give a rats ass if you are a pedestrian or cycler, they figure roads are for driving trucks and cars on you fitness freak! Stay off the road! Erik: it's good to see an adjuster not taking things too personally in the handling of one's claim.

Up in the Cedar Ponds area between Sultan and Duvall there is a nice big cliff that was popular for kids to steal cars, drive up there, hammer down and jump out at the last second to see who could trundle the cars the farthest. There must be 200+ cars in that heap dating back to the 60's. It's pretty fun to trundle rocks onto the cars now although I wouldn't mind shoving a car off of it if there were any volunteers. Who says country folk don't know how to party?

quote: Originally posted by russki82: ...you people are really lucky - i've been to the cascades a number of times and they are totally boundless... It ain't all good, we have to make hard decisions all the time; which one to climb, how can I combine a couple or 3 in one weekend, etc. There is serious stress living around here. Then, just when you think you have it all figured out, someone takes you to Cascade Pass for the first time and WHAM! major reprioritization of the tick list is needed. It's not a bed of roses around here by any means, you should stay out east, (and everyone else should stay away from Cascade Pass 'cause you could die without a GPS)

I actually saw a post by a concerned sprayer at another BB regarding the status of CascadeClimbers.com: "wha happened" I just assumed I couldn't get on the website cause my "retractable cup holder" thing broke. It turns out it actually plays CD's as well.

TG: You might look into cloning to get a good partner you can tolerate. On the other hand you may end up fighting with yourself the entire climb if you are really that hard to get along with. Have a good weekend!