Lambone

Ok you got me, so I don't know the first thing about baseball...but hey give me a break I'm new around here (sort of). The cam offer still stands-give it your grand salami! [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-15-2001).]

the pillsbury doughboy?

Go ahead, I'll give you my favorite cam if you come up with something I haven't heard before. It's been a long time since my home team went to the World Series, I think it was the Mets in '86. Montana didn't even have a freakin team! So I am a fairweather fan, who isn't??? Actually these last few games were the first I watched all season. So what, I don't care I'm stoaked!!! [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-15-2001).]

Thats the spirit. But who says, my oh my?

You could chop about half of the bolts at Vantage and there would still be just as many safe sport routes.

Ok yall, I ment bring on The Series... Come on, where's all the home team spirit! Can I hear a HOOOO RAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Helll YEEEAAAHHHH!!!!! BRING IT ON!

quote: Originally posted by sexual chocolate: Hey Lambone, balance on what? I remember something for my right foot down low, two little smear-bulbs up high for my hands, left side and right side....and then, futile grunting with no upward progress. What the heck? Oh sorry, I meant balance in your aiders. Come next Tuesday

I learned to Ice climb in Montana, there is tons of easy stuff. The adventure is in discovering it for yourself. Here is the beta, bring your big fat truck, chains, tow rope (winch is better), and lots of shovels. The more climbers in the car - the more pushers you have. Go fast, don't stop till you get to the parking lot. Tackle shows up in the Hyalite parking lot in his bright Orange suit and a harem of female truck pushers! I'd like to say more about it, but my freinds who still live there would kill me.

Balance, stay high and lean way right.

Cool Guys, glad to hear there is some interest out there! Kevin, yes you can sign up over the phone. The number is 206-283-4497. Warning: they will ask you to pay up over the phone. Visa or MC works, again its $5. Wallstein, thats a great idea! It would really weed out the true aid lovers. Next we can send everyone into the back room to poop in a bag while hanging from the wall (one at a time of course). To top it of we will beat everyones hands with carabiners, and grind their skin off with sandpaper! Unfortunately we will not have much time for hands on instruction. Remember folks, what you will get for $5 is an hour long clinic. It doesn't offer us enough time to get really deep into technical stuff. Hopefully everyone will be satisfied, my goal is that everyone will walk away feeling like they got their five bucks worth. Here's an idea- If you are coming, and you have a second to spare (obviously you do if you are reading this), go ahead and shoot me a private message or e-mail about what you'd like to learn. Let me know what level aid climber you are (never done it - sick A5 wall rat). The more I can narrow it down the better the clinic will be! Thanks all...

Five bucks flat, members or non-members. We have to charge something, otherwise people sign up and then don't show up. Then other people who really wanted to come get hosed. It's out of my hands, but I'll talk to the boss about getting the cash donated to the Access Fund. I don't get paid any extra for it, I do it for fun Our regular classes are forty bucks, so these clinics are a hell of a deal. The more intrest we have, the more they will happen. All of the clinics are full but mine. I don't know whats wrong with people, Aid climbing rules(when its raining)... Thanks, Matt [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-15-2001).]

Trust me, rather be climbin' or somethin. Intsead I'm workin on a paper.

Where?- Seattle Vertical World When?- Tuesday Oct 23rd 7pm-8pm (may run longer) Whats it on?- It depends on the group, what do you want to learn? Bring questions, thats all you need! The group size will be limited to about 6. There is a ton of info to cover, so we'll try to narrow it down to specific elements. You might learn something new, or you might learn that aid climbing is stupid and you want nothing to do with it. Why am I posting this here?- I'm just trying to spark interest and encourage folks to come check it out, 'cause believe it or not, I really like talking about aid climbing What else is there to do in the fall in Seattle?- Go to a movie...or bowling... or look at the internet...boulder... P.S.- Sprayers please hold your tounges, we've all heard about how much you hate Climbing Gyms, or why one Gym is better than another. It's old news... let it go. If you don't want to come learn aid stuff cheap, I won't be offended. [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-15-2001).]

Namaste Dwayner-time to lend us a little inspiration around here...

Sounds like he slipped while unroped on easier terrain. Too many tragedies this fall... what can you say.

Hanging belay on Zodiac, El Cap. The haul bags with the pipebomb weren't up yet, so I had to just clip the ziploc to the anchor+ let my buddies deal with it while I lead the next pitch. Ahhh, I can still hear the screams today... Opps- you said the Cascades- oh well...

Free your mind-your heels will follow. My opinion- Steep terrain = high avi hazard. New backcountry skiers should stick to rolling hills untill they can confidently read the snowpack. Ohhh, wait...I forgot we were in Washington- nevermind.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?!!?!?!?! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING STRONG I AM?!!!!!!!" -Stevie Haston after he failed his guiding test due to improper belay techniques

Hahahaha, so you do remember...no hard feelings ok. All I have to say about comps is that the kids that climb on our team at the gym are super fun to be around, super positive, and super driven. I think they add something to the climbing scene(how much is realative to ones own opinion), I'm happy to support 'em.

With all do respect haireball, and I do respect (almost) all "old schoolers," here again are some of my agruments about this silly little insignificant tool of our trade... "-prior to the advent of tools like the reverso, guides and instructors used a technique called the "alpine clutch" to belay multiple following climbers. The alpine clutch was a "hands-off" top belay which involved threading the belay rope through a pair of matched carabiners in such a way that the rope would only run in one direction, but would lock when pulled in the other direction." -It sounds like you are refering to what some people/books call a Garda Knot. My opinion is that it works well for hauling a pack and such, but it is almost impossible to release it while its loaded, without riging a mini-haul to unweight it. This would make lowering a climber a real pain in the ass! Am I wrong, or are we talking about two different things? "-- in my opinion, then, the inventors of the plate and tube style belay devices were not creating a superfluous product - they created a product that could approximate the stopping capacity of a munter hitch, and was easier to use. I have not used a reverso, but judging from the questions and issues raised in this thread, I suspect that it would not easily meet these criteria for being a significant improvement - i.e. performs as well or better than the competition, and is easier to use..."[/b] -personally, in my opinion, I think that the Reverso is the best thing out there for what it does (belaying two ropes independantly off the anchor). It is smoother than a Kong Gi-Gi, and you can also belay the leader with it. The fact that it doesn't twist the hell out of your ropes makes it worth carrying, and the twenty bucks. And if you drop it, than you can allways use a munter hitch. [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-14-2001).]

Hey D, We climbed on the same day! I actually remember seeing you travers below us on the North East Face (we waved to each other). I remember thinking, shit I'd better not kick anything down right now! Truley an impresive solo climb, Congrats! I heard you walk past our bivi spot sometime in the night. The Wind!-man it was blowin up there. It never let me sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time. I didn't think it would let us climb, fortunately it died down in the afternoon. This is a perfect example of why I like this web site. Without it our passing would just be a distant memory, two strangers exchanging waves on a remote peak, never close enough to exchange words. Anyway, it was good to see your trip report, it brought me back to that beautifull day! [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-14-2001).]

I love that Montana is never mentioned in Ice climbing threads on this site. They don't have any ice to climb over there anyway, better to go to Colorado.

Yeah Pope, that works. I use yet another Petzl gadget called a Gri-Gri. They work real nice, you should check 'um out. It is the most static belay device on the market though, so its important give a dynamic belay if the gear is sketchy. Jon, don't feel guilty about buying Petzl stuff. Every company advertises, but only a few make really good + inovative products. Petzl is one of them, the others are just nock offs. Don, sorry if I came of sounding like an instructor. I know well enough that you don't need a punk like me "telling you how it is!" I don't think many begginers would have any use for a Reverso, but thats not who its geared towards. dahrmab, I was just kidding... Everyone else on this site has called me Lamebone, or I-am-a-bone, so what the hell difference does it make if you do to... welcome to the club! Yet, I'd argue that "multi-tasking" at the belay is an important part of getting off long routes before dark. Especially if you climb a slow as I do! Anyway, Kevins right- Reverso's kick ass (but too bad they make alot of noise when clipped to your harness ). [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-14-2001).]

"Hey Lamebone, if I ever got up to the anchor on a route that I thought you were belaying me on, and found you digging in your pack or taking a piss, I would shove my arm up your ass and speak to you with your own penis-sock puppet." -dahrmabum "I shouldn't have said Lamebone, that was inappropriate, I don't even know you. It came off more dickish than I meant. Sorry." Its Lambone you asshole , I don't expect to be climbing together anytime soon. Unless you don't mind me pissing on your head. [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-13-2001).]