Bronco

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by Bronco: sound like a real cluster f@ck to me. but it has potential..... Have you ever been to the J Tree New Years Party on top of Intersection Rock? no, never been to J tree, is it a good time?

sound like a real cluster f@ck to me. but it has potential.....

I noticed a 40ouncer fits right into the crampon pouch of my ice pack. Crampons or Beer?

My wife sent me this in retort: Men & women compliment each other by the unique traits we were each given: Women: Women have strengths that amaze men. They carry children, they carry hardships, they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and joy. They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous. Women wait by the phone for a "safe at home call" from a friend after a snowy drive home. They are childcare workers, executives, attorneys, stay-at-home moms, bikers, babes & your neighbors. They wear suits, jeans, and they wear uniforms. They fight for what they believe in and they stand up against injustice. They walk and talk the extra mile to get their children in the right schools and to get their family the right health care.They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.Women are honest, loyal and forgiving. They are smart, knowing that knowledge is power. But they still know how to use their softer side to make a point.Women want to be the best for their family & their friends and themselves.Their hearts break when a friend dies. They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left. They drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you. The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin! Women do more than just give birth. They bring joy and hope. They give compassion and ideals. They give moral support to their family and friends and all they want back is a hug, a smile and for you to do the same to people you come in contact with. MEN: Men are good at lifting heavy shit and killing bugs.

I like poptarts. really, lots of calories and carbs and not too much sugar for a pre-climb brekfast or a snack. Especially at altitude where oatmeal tastes like ...oatmeal.

I dunno, I've used that trailhead a fair amount and not seen tickets on anyone else's windsheild, (I have a permit through the summer, ha ha ranger), despite the ranger station just up the road a bit. The skykomish rangers are always nice anyway. Your time sounds pretty good to me, I am planning an expedition up there to check out that line up the south face and wondered if I need a chainsaw yet. Sounds like a fun overnighter to me. Of course "fun" is relative to being used in the N. Cascade Mtneering context.

Seems like someone posted this a long time ago, but anything worth doing, is worth doing.......redundantly. We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note ... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE! > >1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us bitching about you leaving it down. > >1. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again! > >1. Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it. > >1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be. > >1. Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her. > >1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way. > >1. Crying is blackmail. > >1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it! > >1. We don't remember dates. Mark birthdays and anniversaries on a calendar. Remind us frequently beforehand. > >1. Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress? > >1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. > >1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. > >1. A headache that last for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor. > >1. Check your oil! Please. > >1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days. > >1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys. > >1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We refuse to answer. > >1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one. > >1. Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic. > >1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself. > >1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials. > >1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we. > >1. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends. > >1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. > >1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that. > >1. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you. > >1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle. > >1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear. > >1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. > >Really. > >1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks. > >1. You have enough clothes. > >1. You have too many shoes. > >1. Foreign films are best left to foreigners. Unless it's Bruce Lee or some war flick where it doesn't really matter what the hell they're saying anyway.) > >1. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together. > >No, it doesn't matter which quiz. > >1. BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you. > >1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know we really don't mind that, it's like camping. >1. I'm in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Nice, TR Mr Stanton. However, I was there sunday and saw no tracks... just kidding, (I guess that is getting old by now, huh) how long of a day was it? did you get a ticket for no trailhead pass? Inquiring minds need to know!

good website mike! there goes another 2 hours of my career down the crapper

BATTLE CAGE!!!

Juan: At first I thought your thread said "free rope GUN to good home" and I thought WHOO HOO, clean out the Garage! oh well. time for coffee.

quote: Originally posted by sk: climb on!!! wife and family should bring joy, not be a burden everyone needs time and space to themselves, especialy parents what is this "space to themselves" thing you are speaking of? I live in a single wide with 38 children, cousins, (sometimes the same) brothers, sisters and various relations. Fathers day for me means I get to use the crapper first and hold the remote control, ALL DAY!!! Who hooo!

quote: Originally posted by erik: listen up you ass monkies....i am no one but myself and no one is me, but myself.... quit dreamin.... thanks for the link bronco....i liked reading that slam on hollyclimber......she's kewl GOOD TIMES!!!

did you sign up to be his belay woman on sunday or sumthin? I don't want to start a lovers quarrel here, wait yes I do!

Hey Greg: Don't you think goin climbin on fathers day is a good way to get locked out of the house and have to bivy on the couch when you get in?

I'm with dru, I think you are erik's alter ego: see here: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000069;p=2 spare me the PM dan, it's just good ole' spray and I don't have a problem, I think you are just cranky from having to cancel your planned climb for yesterday and today which incidentally turned out to be great weather from where I am. God know's I'd rather be out in the mountains than reading & contributing to this load of crap.

quote: Originally posted by trask: ... I was so pissed that my cheap sierra rainpants didn't have side zippers, I cut the fuckers off with a knife. Hence my new quest. way to keep your head in a stressful situation, didn't you notice the lack of zippers when you put them on? Seriously, if you get some schoeler pants, you can avoid the entire taking off and puting on matter, except first thing in the morning of course. Schoelers breath well enough to climb in and are water proof enough for glissading, and tough enough for bushwacking. I have the BD version which are cut a little more generous through the thighs so I dont look like I have sausages for legs and they have the gripper cuff at the bottom so you can get away with no gaiters in all but the worst postholing. carry on.

Yeah, maybe just give him some "special" handloads I made just for him.

Moses was a climber.

nice story Drew. It got me thinking One time several years ago, me and a buddy were elk hunting on Timberwolf Mountain (you can drive right off the summit of that sucker) near Naches and I discovered a 3' x 7' mound of freshly turned dirt miles from any road, I thought it might be the shallow grave of an FBI informant or other unfortunate soul. I pointed it out to my friend and he gleefully shouted "I get the skull!" then frantically dug up the entire mound. There was nothing there, but I took note of my hunting parter's behavior.

GAPER TR: Me and a buddy decided the weather would be "interesting" saturday 6/8 and headed out for E. Wilmans Spire. Drove through Granite falls in light precip at about 5:20am, as we traveled through Verlot the rain picked up a bit. Between Verlot and Barlow Pass it poured hard enough to make me feel sorry for the campers everywhere along the side of the road, everything was soaked. In the fog and rain, we missed the parking lot for Monte Cristo and parked about 50' in front of the gate to the road. As we sat there drinking coffee waiting for the rain to let up we noticed it had turned to snow, and we were only at 2,200'. We hopped on our bikes and were able to ride about 70% of the first 2 miles with one wipeout, ditched the bikes in the woods and walked from there over intermitent snow and wet, rough road. The snow appeared to be 4' deep in places still. All snow from the Town of Monte Cristo up to Glacier Basin, we took the same approach directly up to the bottom of the Wilmans peaks (as mattp took) rather than the longer trail up through Glacier Basin. Anyway, we climbed up into the clouds with intermitent snow flurries and sun breaks. Good cramponing through 6" of "cotton candy" new snow over a very firm base. Several small storm cells added to that amount, then the sun would come out and drop little sluffs off of the surrounding rock faces creating some pinwheels, although not huge ones. By now we had worked our way up into the final snow gully below the E. Wilmans spire (you can see it pretty clearly in mattp's photo above). The sun came out and we stopped to take in some of the peaks around us. I heard the distinct rumble you don't want to hear in a gully like that. To my relief it was only a rowdy herd of Pinwheels gathering speed as they rolled down to us. I warned my partner to "brace yourself" as some had suddenly veered over and were attempting to remove me from the gully. "go home posers" was definetly audible to both of us as the now flying debris slapped us around like a bully in a bar. As things settled down I checked on my parnter who was cleaning snow out of his collar and I looked for the opportunity to set up a running belay to finish the gully. My parnter however, comented that he was having second thoughts about continueing. Just as he finished speaking, a large slab let loose about 60' to our left that traveled to the floor of the valley (about 2000') I thought about how I didn't want to add to the list of lives the mountains have taken this season already. So, we headed down into another storm cell and it actually got bad enough to make us take cover under a big boulder until God's sandblaster got turned off. Ouch! Glissading down was fun, we stopped to do some "alpine bouldering" then roughneck combat mountain biking to the truck (trying to force the other combatant off the road, into trees, creekbeds or snow banks) At the truck there was a notice that the sheriff was wanting to tow my truck for "blocking the gate" that I had parked 50' away from. I thought that would be nice to return to, a 30 mile bike ride to Granite Falls However, In our haste and the poor visibility that morning we had driven right past the parking lot for the trailhead. oops! Pretty fun trip, plenty of snow in Glacier Basin still if you're looking for some skiing. (although a lot of it is avvy debris)

that's the funniest shit I've read in a while! You boys and girls play safely this weekend. Good job getting down alive mike!

this is the funniest review of a product I have seen yet. from www.outdoorreview.com Summary: I purchased one of these bivy bags for a gold prospecting expedition into the mountains and jungle of Ecuador. This was a rather regrettable decision, and I would advise anyone purchasing a bivy bag, to consider the terrain in which it will be used, carefully. Anywhere in the tropics (and perhaps sub-tropics) a bivy bag is hot and allows little air to circulate. This can quickly result in headaches (in any temperature), especially if the bivy is zipped up to stop heavy rain from entering. If attackers come into a camp, it can take a couple of minutes to get out of a non-hoop bivy, during which time a large rock can be brought down on your head. Physical sickness (e.g. food poisoning, altitude sickness) while using a bivy bag, is a nightmare, as one will invariably end up sitting upright - half out of the bag - exposed to rain and insects. Lying on the ground exposes a bag to swarms of insects. Some of which can eat through bivy bag (or tent) material, on their way to the main course. There is little if any room to store any gear in a bivy bag during sleep, and so it is can be exposed to the risk of theft or infestation (especially boots!). It isn't possible to cook in a bivy bag, and the smallest wind or rain can make using a (non-trangia) stove unuseable outside. In some environments (e.g. temperate) a bivy bag is useful where weight and space is a critical factor. In temperate climates, attackers and insects are not so much of an issue. If you are entertaining the idea of a bivy bag for the first time, get one with a hoop, and you will surely be glad of this. If weight and space is not a critical factor, consider the alternatives again. A lightweight tent, an army hammock, a mosquito-net tent, may offer a far more practical solution.

then there is this tent ID Single Wall Which is tiny but, fits the bill at 3lbs 12 oz. I have pretty much decided to go with a South Col from Pro Mountain Sports (1lb 8oz) cause Jim gets them with the "light floor" option. I'll maybe carry a 7 oz siltarp in questionable weather but still under 2lbs. and around $250. Thanks for all the input.

Gator: Thanks for the advice, I was thinking the same thing this morning. Let me see if I can break it down for folks with a short attention span (like me) USE YOUR HEAD PEOPLE! It is the most important single piece of gear you have!