Lambone

Although the Aliens are priceless and irreplaceable... I just love the feeling of a nice .75 camolot stuffed in a crack above a long runout.

Jonathan, I think you will be happy if converting to butane. it's faster, lighter, easier, cleaner...etc,etc... I have used a pocket rocket since it came out, I couldn't pass up the price tag. I have never had any problem with it. Sometimes it seems as if there is no gas left when there really is, but if you take it off and rescrew it to get a better seal it works fine. I have been able to get all the furl out of the canister save a drop or two. One thing the MSR guy warned me at the climbing gym: Be sure not to wrapa wind screen really tight around the stove and fuel canister. I guess the PR actualy burns hot enough to exede the temperature warning on the canister, thaey have been known to explode! My partner claims that the Primus butane stoves are more fuel efficient, but I'm not sure. If you do lots of winter stuff or high altitude mountaineering, go with the Stormy/Markill hanging set-up, it rocks!

The new one is the same size, but the pull says YKK. We'll see...

I talked to Colin today (nice guy), he just did it last weekend, said it was easy to descend with one rope with some roped downclimbing.

REI replaced the tent no-questions-asked. Went with another Bible hoping it was just a fluke. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I just love REI. I've worked at four shops in the past, and none of them would have taken the tent back and given me a new one on the spot. Thunbs up to REI customer service!

yeah I think I have it at home... most manufacturers warrenty their zippers. But I'mnot sure I really want the same zipper

any sign of the warranty policy?

well, sometimes laughing in the face of tragedy is the best thing that can be done...

hmmm, yeah... hey I actualy used one of em in a place where onyly a two cam alien would work other wise...it was cool.

Yeah, second pitch of DH is full on 10a, another pumpy corner with cool stemming and bomber jams!

phuck yeah! just took my last final for a month time to climb, get drunk, lie on the beach, get drunk, climb, get drunk...oh, and get married somewhere in there! [ 08-22-2002, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

I think pretty much 99% of all new gear made today is a knock off on something else. With a few exeptions, Splitter Cams...Zero's...I can't think of any others...

damn... hey is it Beer-thirty yet?

"All you're Base belong to us" was my personal favorite of dwayny's quirky links... but jon's weeeeeeee was good for a laugh too. I know they are faily common on the net, but I saw them here first.

vey sad news. I didn't know him, but it allways just sucks to hear one of us went down in the hills. DFA, although I think your hummor is a great addition to this site, you may want to refrain in accident threads. It's no laughing matter...0.2$

quote: Originally posted by erik: rogers corner blows.... do the lizrd route and travers in from the top of the slab....more solid rock, more vaired climbing. breakfast is good..... oh come on now, so you have to deal with a couple of moves on choss, but then you stem up that sweet verticle corner with cool jams. Roger's kicks ass, two thumbs up. Not all the rock at Index has to be perfect, it's even got the ancient rusty 1/4 incher for added ambiance, I allways clip it just for fun! Still havent done Lizard, but I will havta try that recomended variation.

I'm suprised noone has said it yet, GO DO "BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS" Solid 10a, perfect hands, cool exposure, pump factor and solid pro the whole way! Great climb! My favorite way to do it is to make one short pitch from the grounsd to the chains on Rogers Corner, then link the second pitch of Rogers with Breakfast. Clip the slings on the tree and keep going. If you are smart about your pro you can do this with one set of cams. Take up to #3 camolot, maybe 2 #1's and #2's if you like to sew it up. The fall is totaly clean. Also with two 60m ropes you can do one long spacy rap to the deck, very cool added bonus. Becarefull, as I have experienced rock fall from the top in that area. Have fun!

Check this out: Ben's Beta pretty spot on. the ridge is eaisier to approach than the west ridge, but the descent is worse. Climbing is pretty straightforward, and never too difficult, although sometimes over large very loose perched blocks. Some rally cool arete traverses. Have fun!

quote: Originally posted by trask: Geez Bone, you've got a real way with words. Is there anyone around here you haven't insulted, mocked or pissed off? ummm I don't know, is there? I don't thik erik minds whenI flip him shit, you on the oherhand...are soooo sensitive

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: Regardless, the Forest Service under previous administration was prevented from performing clearing operations that would remove excessive fuel from forest areas. Potentially, this has led to some of the fires we have seen in the past 6-8 years. Controlled thinning sounds like a responsible MANAGEMENT of this resource. Why don't you wait to see the fine points of this plan before the kneejerk reaction? Just a thought. Greg W Clinton passed a bill that gave so many millions towards the clean up of forest litter around Lake Tahoe, and general maintnence ofthe basin and Lake. Don't know all the details, but it was a big deal down there a few years back, and is still going on.

quote: Originally posted by Gary Yngve: In John Long's "Close Calls," there is a hilarious account of some big-wallers who pack some clubs and a few hundred balls into their haul bag, and once they found a suitable ledge, turned the Valley into a driving range. Innocent tourists were getting bombarded, car windows were getting smashed... Fights were breaking out in the parking lot... The rangers were trying to figure out where the balls were coming from but couldn't. That would be pretty damn fun, youd need a big ledge though...or else clock your partner up side the head! Bring a helmet for that one!

just kiddin about the secret lover thing... I just get a kick of how you talk up Mike like your his agent! Reminds me of Jerry Meguire! defenatley a badass

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by Lambone: since when do you find putting greens next to big walls? He better becarefull not to impale himself with that ice axe! What big wall? ell, it might be a big wall???

quote: Originally posted by b-rock: It's a helluva fun way to spend NYE... Besides very NYE show I've seen was more an excuse to get a raging crew together in the city; the show was gravy. Mmmm gravy. So I guess I'm sad and my devotion is pathetic No, I won't make it this year as I no longer live on the right coast. werd http://www.petitiononline.com/Phish02/petition.html pretty cool idea, except the guy who wrote it mispelled "the"... figures I guess hopfully we see the Gorge on the circut again! [ 08-22-2002, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

quote: Originally posted by iain: quote:Originally posted by sk: I live in hippi central, I remember when phish came out... I just don't care because the don't touch the place in my heart that is moved by music. I don't identify fish fans as hippies at all, though I'm sure many catch their show as they pass through. Phish has nothing to do with the classic eugene scene and I'm glad. I never said they were bad, I just think it's sad that people plan each NYE around a show. Makes them look like a Billy Graham deal w/ that kind of devotion. I think it's pretty hard to find any real hippes these days. Or any real rastafarians for that matter. I think most of the once middle class white kids whove chosen poverty and dreads for the sake of Jah, just don't have any other direction. Then theres the trusties Hippes never did much to change the state of the world that they hate so much anyway... I just like the music and the lights. And that feeling you get when every one screams and freaks out at once, just like at a Mariners game...