Lambone

The new gym opens tommorow, in Bremerton!

Thanks for coming yall, hope some of that made sense!

Hummingbirds....?? Fellas, come on now...lets get serious.

"ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!" [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-23-2001).]

You two may have to fight for the Shreiks. First come first serve.... unless you want to bid on 'em

oops, duh....

He is the man who slept on top Everest right?? I read that he fell in a crevase while crossing the Kuhmbu Icefall. I think he was alone. It was to be his last trip to Everest(suposedly).

This is tonight! I think there is still space left.

Hey TG, I bet you'd be singin' a different tune if you had a sled! How bout some ice tools, how many points will they dock you!!???

Wow, pope and I were thinking the exact same thing at once...how weird.

These weree the last two posts on that stupid pointless thread, "Hey sexy cocoa- Even though you're a oddball headcase, you still write better than dru, who seems to think he's some kind of a high fuckin authority on prose. Go ahead dru, spray me with some of your killer wit, but whydoncha try being a bit less holier than thou; ya might even get an invite to the pub for a change. Spray on genious." "Trask, I don't appreciated being used as a weapon of war in your personal struggles with DRU. If you have a problem with DRU, work it out with him; don't involve me. Now please apologize." "Are you fucking serious you head case." My question is, what took Jon so long!??? Jons a nice guy, don't talk shit about someone who is doing you a favor in the first place. As for Krackhead, who the hell cares! I think that he reduced himself to the level of a tabloid writer, but fuck it...this is America. Others have done far worse. It is easy to speculate about what a "wussie" he was up on Everest, at least while you sit behind your computer down here at sea level... The simple fact is that Anatoli was probably the only one fit enough to be out there in the middle of the night cunducting a rescue. Thats how it goes...If Krackhead had been out there too, it would have been just one ore body for him to drag back to camp.

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Here is a link to BD's page on the Shreik... http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/alpinism/icetools_shrike.html They are great tools, been used less than ten days on ice.

What is the Cliffhangar?

Wow! Burley...

Retro, Oh yeah thanks! Yes They are bent. One hammer, one adze.

I've got a pair of BD shreiks w/lockdown leashes for sale. Hardly used, brand new picks. They could be yours... $250 mlambert60@hotmail.com

Are you going to see Oysterhead!? There are still tickets available. If so mabye we can hook up. It may be a little while before the ice comes in

quote: Originally posted by carolyn: lambone, okay , let the newbie in me shine Lambone, how do you think? I guess my understanding is because plastic is stiffer it is easier on vertical ice. Although, I havent used leather while climbing vertical ice, so I dont know. Shit, I had another thought/question and Ive totally spaced it... Oh well. I think I need to go to sleep. Its much later here! Night! Eddie, pretty much said it... I like the sensitivity you get with leathers. They are lighter, and I think they are more comfortable in general. But they get wet... The cuffs of most plastic boots are not much stiffer than leathers. They may be nice at first, but you'll gain calf muscle pretty quick. Then you will find stiff boots limiting. I think that straight on frontpointing is the slowest, and most strenous way to climb ice. I'm not sure why people think its the only way to do it. Avoid it at all costs! Get crazy, throw a stem in, heel hook a cicle, drop knee that buldge! It's all alot easier with leathers. Personally my calves are not very strong, so I have trouble frontpointing for a full pitch. Instead I try to use my edges and heels, yeah...just like on rock(or plastic). Plastics have their advantages of course, I like them for long trips because you can (attempt) to dry out the liners. [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-18-2001).]

Leather is better for vertical ice

Forrest, Actually my original inspiration is a guy named Pete from Bozeman. He's taught me most of what I know about mixed climbing and establishing sport/ice routes. You may have seen a photo of Alex on Pete's route "Bulldog world", climbing 20 horizontal ft out the cave of the classic (never touches down) "Bingo World." Alex got all the photo shoots and mag hype for most of Pete's hard routes. He also put up a direct start to Alex's "Responsible Family Man." I can't remember what he called the route, something about a Delinquant Teenager. As far as I know Will Gad made the first and only acsent one day with Pete as a belayer. He called it 8+ or 9 or something...the rock is total shit, its the one with equalized bolts! Pete's just chillin now, rasing a family and playin the guitar. We did the North Ridge on Stuart together in August. And yes I did enjoy Sean's show, it reminded me of the days when I'd work routes with Pete. (mostly as a belay slave ) Mixed climbing is hella dope yo!!! Someday I'd like to apply what I've learned from Pete in Patagonia or the Waddington Range. But for now I'm just learnin' Geography. I would have been at your show if I wasn't stuck in class, I was bummed to miss it. [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-20-2001).]

That photo of Salt and Pepper that Alex posted on the thread about Ice routes. I started my training schedual today. Looks like that rock is going to take alot of cleaning!!!

nice..... [This message has been edited by lambone (edited 10-18-2001).]

I've had too much time to think about it...I changed my mind, It's off the market. Sorry guys.