Cpt.Caveman

quote: Originally posted by Bronco: There is no other kind of flailing I've seen. Acually, that's not true, if you've seen me try a 5.12 move (I'm not even close) then it can look pretty meager. I will bring the rope rocket and you will flail when trying to follow. It is a whole new level for me

Mounties are good. I bash on them for humor. Heheheh. I am just as gumby as dem!

quote: Originally posted by chucK: NO, bite ME! Dude, newbies drop shit. Castle Rock 5.5 is newbieland. Some newbie almost creaming you from a Castle Rock 5.5 is no reason to be railing against the Mounties in particular. It coulda been anyone? You ever dropped anything? Chuck Chuck it was not the first experience like that nor the 2nd nor the 3rd just one that I particularly remember.

Used to be a cool place a long time ago. Bummer.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: "we built cairns at every belay" - what, like you took a dump or what? follow the feces fossils? Yes look for the dook ! I dropped a coil on every ledge!

quote: Originally posted by chucK: Alright, I enjoy the occasional dumbass mounty story as much as the next guy but some of this is getting a little ridiculous. The mounties have as much right as any of you on any route out there. If they get there first, I say tough shit for you. The Mounties post their itineraries on the net. You're on the net right now genius, check it out. Phil Fortier's site has it linked. With that info you can avoid 'em if you really hate 'em so much or beat them to theclimb. It's not hard. One time I called up the leader of a climb posing as a member interested in signing up for the climb, just so I could get the exact details of where they'd be and when. I know some of you whiny sportos out there probably get a little bent out of shape because you don't wanna get out of bed early enough to beat theMounties to the Tooth. Then you bitch about the clusterf*k of newbies up there. Well, tell ya what. All the people soloing the Tooth, think YOU are a newbie too for using ropes. Follow Dharmabum's example. He encountered the Mounties out there, he adapted, he turned the situation to his advantage. Captain, Bitchin' about the mounties on a 5.5 Castle Rock route? What do you expect? Ninety percent of the people on a 5.5 Castle Rock route are gumbies, likely to drop stuff. Deal with it. What were YOU doing on a 5.5 Castle route? you f'n gumby. Do you bitch about looserock at Vantage too? And what a f'n hypocrite you are! "I dont like the large numbers being pumped into the mtns". How long have you been climbing? I'd bet less than 5 years. Maybe 3? If trendiness of climbing is a problem, then YOU are part of the problem. And Erik, "chill out bro!! and you gotta see both sides of the story here dawg."??? WTF's up with that? Let's see, 13 mountie-bashing posts, 1 mountie-supporting. The one supporting was payaso and you shouted him down. You're the one who should chill out and listen to both sides of the story. And Will, a spelling flame??? How originel. Disclaimer: I took the Mountie basic course. I think I got some good, cheap instruction, and I also understand how some of them are a'holes. But at least they're a non-profit group, a club. I think they deserve their share of the mountains as much as any of you other key-whackin' punters. I get much more p'd off by guides making money by doing shit like comfortizing Outer Space with rapbolts. There! Put that in yer pipe and smoke it in the Muir Hut!!! Chuck Chuck bite me. I was trying to climb at Castle where I had never seen them before. Come on over dickneck and I'll drop some shit on your head and we'll see how you like it. Like I said before I dont own the mtns but I also did not volunteer to get injured by them. Fuck off Chuck.

Look how many people readin that other thread heheheheh. Must be the topic of the day!

quote: Originally posted by Dru: maybe she just wanted to pick up her trash like a good girl, instead of littering the wilderness? Nah I dont think that was her initial intentions.

quote: Originally posted by James: caveman. i was at castle that day the walkie talkie came u tumblin' down... and it DID hit me. i had no idea they were mtnr's. i can't remember exactly but i think she didn't yell anything b/c she didn't know what to call out... radio? wtf! its like when you're rock climbing and something falls... rock! bitch! rock! She was topping out and asked me if I thought her walkie talkie was still intact. Stupid! She told me she was going to go and look for it too. I told her "it's probably in many little pieces and not usable anymore". Still she wanted to get it confirming the intelligence was low!

quote: Originally posted by Dru: where was your best ever trundle? Doug Wilm and I pushed some house sized boulders down the 2000' north face of Scuzzy Mountain once and started a rock avalanche. That was supremely fulfilling. Smoke and dust and that gunpowder smell. Also got some good velocity chucking volcanic bombs down a huge dirt slope on Brohm Ridge into the headwaters of the Cheekeye River. Roll roll roll bounce smack boom! The top of Toketie Wall. Super trundles by Dan almost to the lake Only about 700 feet but very gratifying.

There is so much good climbing in Utah. Walls, boulders, sporties, granite, ice. Send photos!

Trundle!!!!!!!!

quote: Originally posted by Dru: actually i just checked the lillowet weathere forecast. today high +3 low +1. tomorrow high +4 low -1. sunday high +6 low +2. rain 60% tonight, tomorrow, 40% sunday. hope bone took the aqualung. either that or is spending all his timne up the duffy where it is reportedly colder and drier according to the avvy forecast at www.avalanche.ca Duffy would be best bet. I climbed there at about +6

I come here for the humor mostly. Then the chicks, then reports and finally beta. If these dudes dont wanna post that is their deal. I will keep intimidating and having a bad attitude here. I like it that way bah humbug! This site rocks for spray and everything else too. If it was not for spray I would never come here. Like I always say I post stuff here too

There are No dihedrals all splitters. You ever make it out my way perhaps we'll make a session there for bouldering.......

quote: Originally posted by danielpatricksmith: If a Spokane Mountaineer and a Seattle Mountaineer were to breed, would the offspring be an Ellensburg Mountaineer? The answer is: Dan Larson

quote: Originally posted by Dru: ...supposedly until the 6th. but the temp in lillooet today is supposed to max out at +7 C so maybe the dood is swimming in Pavilion Lake instead? I hope not but the ice was 8" thick last time I was there so it might take a while to unfreeze

I think he is in Lillooet with Crack.

quote: Originally posted by payaso: I feel really privileged to be amongst such a high caliber on-line climbing crew as you bunch! WAY cooler and with many more rights to be on the mountains than any disdainful group like the Mountaineers. Yeah, the Mountaineers can be awkward and laughable sometimes but so what. They're EVERYONE'S MOUNTAINS! The fact that you are already experienced climbers and they are not means SQUAT! Most of you twits that sit on this board daily are precisely the ones that give climbers a bad name. There is nothing worse than running into climbers with bad attitudes. Maybe it's because no one really cares about your exploits but yourselves. I am curious about some of you, what came first, the self-righteous attitude, or did it develop after years of climbing and following it up with self-aggrandising posts on message boards? Yes the mountains are everyones. But does that give an organization free will to put me in danger or in need of a rescue? I developed my harsh tude long before climbing. I am not good at climbing but very good at ass kicking bitch. I am soo cool hehehe. All I see above says not much about experience. More like how you gain your experience and how you gauge yourself. Turn and look at them next time you see them. I dont wanna hang with a self roughteous group of horde mongers that wont allow me to crash on the outskirts of their camping area. Yes I am the twit giving climbers a bad name Come knock me off my pedestal I have seen some good people out of their group too. I just dont condone their approach of the whole outdoor experience. It ruins it for me so Payaso I'll make sure to shoot a mud falcon your way when you climb with them. C'mon more mtneer bashing!

Great something to get the couch potatoe all excited enough to get up there.

Anyone with good stories of mtneers please post the humor. Although I think there is a good idea in having such a group I dont like the large numbers being pumped into the mtns. Now I just climb multi pitch cracks and rarely see their type. Mob those 4th class chosspiles I say. I'll be forging a new route or flailing up the steeper rock. I thought it was a trend but it is here to stay. I cant believe they mobbed the Junkyard but I have never been there anyway so I dont know what it is like. I can imagine all the hazards they might create while ice climbing because they are silly when they rock climb. Watching the gal this past spring nearly drop her walkie talkie on me at my first climb of a Castle Rock 5.5 was enough. I cant believe that chick made that climb into 4 pitches! I climbed past her with Geordie in tow and was glad to remove myself from the hazards of rockfall and who knows what else. I hope that she did not pass her course because I would have certainly failed her. Same day we went up Midway and dudes made it into 4 pitches as well. Geordie and I climbed avoiding them by taking the direct route. Maybe I should intro myself as Mtnr instructor Heheheh. I'll put everyone on 250'topropes and fling rocks down upon them for training. INstead of a name taped on their helmet I will put in a number. I know climbing is all about fun but when I see those people they seem to be able to quickly remove any fun that I was having at the time. Stay away! They seem fine and safe when at the clubhouse though

The problem with the above drawing is the building of a crack face. Not a good idea if you ask me. Make your wall your face and place your crack behind it. Leave gaps in the plywood where you want the cracks. Use large wood for your crack so you can get deep jams. Keep in mind how you may want to adjust it later for size. Trying to exlpain it on the internet is sort of hard for me to do. I wish I could whip up a good drawing Check out the tradgirl link. If you really want a crack I bet you can get it done. Erik has seen it before maybe he can help me out?

Werd Up to Will's post. These guys can make up fake names. Then nobody has to know how bad ass they are Spray it dont say it Hmm I wonder if homey is aiding a pitch like the Coral Sea right now!

The one I used (buddies) is designed a little like this one. However you do not need to make the panels so large Put the crack behind the actual wall and build face holds around it. Also you can take some wood tools to the crack and adjust it with curves and grooves. I recommend large wood but not plywood something like a 4x4 or whatever (I dont know lumber sizes well). This dude's wooden wall is the best one I have seen yet. How about an overhanging offwidth!? When you master it then just change the width. Pretty fun especially when drunk. http://www.putzl.com/~klew/wall4.htm http://www.tradgirl.com/rc/faq7.htm#crack [ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: Cpt.Caveman ]