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quote: Originally posted by johnny: Thanks Carolyn!! Tradgirl is a prett cool site. Those comments made quick sense of all the thoughts in this thread.....I especially liked the beginning, I guess it is all in a name after all! OK, on a slightly different track, how many of you out there use a devise (ATC,etc.) to belay a second up to a stance? I have begun using the munter hitch almost exclusively. It seems to simplify the whole anchoring/ belaying process; less gear to futz with. A clove hitch on my end of the rope for my own anchor and another locking biner on the anchors' sweet spot with a munter to bring up the second. Less gear, less time. Any thoughts??? Are you saying that you clove hitch directly to the anchor? One thought on this is that you are taking away the dynamic nature of the natural give of your body when you take it out of the system.

quote: Originally posted by AlpineK: Exactly!! Why telemark?! Oh wait you must want to be more in touch with nature. You're anger toward somethng that is alien to your experience is manifesting itself as bad sarcasm. A round of beers with some Hippie Dippin' bretheren will put your soul at ease my friend. Seek out the relief from what ales you.

I just recently bought a new pair of Crispi CXA's from this company. Except for two european sites, I couldn't find a better price in the USofA. Nice guy, small business. They sell skiis and bindings too.

quote: Originally posted by pope: That one's from me, ScottP. quote: Originally posted by Jman: There's 5 from me, as well. I know how it feels to be unpopular. So buck up, little camper! We all think you deserve to be popular, too! You guys are tops in my book.

Did we ever get an answer to the original question? It seems like nothing more than a popularity contest...something I have been losing all my life.

quote: Originally posted by payaso: Do you "develop" this desire to lead rock? Once again, if anyone found themselves in a similar situation please share your thoughts. Thanks. I believe that after doing only two rock climbs, your lack of interest in jumping on the sharp end of the rope is normal. As you do more rock routes, gaining a better sense of balance and movement, your confidence level will increase; perhaps it will to the point where you want to lead. I have climbed with a friend who has done dozens of routes, but still has no desire to lead. You might be different. You might not.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Maybe Kennedy was an alien?? Did they get autopsy footage? You asked... http://www.celebritymorgue.com/jfk/jfk-autopsy.html [This message has been edited by ScottP (edited 10-24-2001).]

quote: Originally posted by Retrosaurus: 'Bone, I wonder if your opinion would be any different if you had just spent the last 8 hrs above 2,000 ft in the death zone? Let us know when you get there. -Mitch I gotta agree. Hindsight is cheap. When the human body goes into survival mode, non-essential functions are shut down (Less circulation to the extremities to preserve core warmth for example). This applies to mental functions as well due to how they are linked to physiology. To say that "...it's an unwritten rule that if a climber or team of climbers is in trouble and you are in the area, you drop what ever the hell you are doing and go help out.." is easy when you aren't just able to keep yourself alive.

quote: Originally posted by sexual chocolate: I think the pause is only noticeable at very low film-speed, which would allow us to view a natural body reflex mechanism. When a body-part encounters a resistance, it compensates by moving in the direction of the push, does it not? And if the push is so sudden, and of such high velocity as what a high caliber bullet would cause, there would be a pause before the body would be able to reflex, no? Anyway, this was just my theory, after seeing the film for the first time. The show that I saw (on The Discovery channel) didn't talk about skull fragments moving rear-ward...they alleged that the skull had been doctored. Looking at the film at normal speed, IMO there is still a pause. As for the fragments.. that's why Jackie scrambled onto the trunk of the car-to retrieve the pieces.

Matt, IMO Darrington is the finest climbing area in the state, equalled only by WA Pass and the Enchantments for ambience and character. I sincerely appreciate the activism you have bestowed on the area. Thanks. Scott Presho

quote: Originally posted by sexual chocolate: Yeah, but you guys are forgetting the video. I think it clearly shows that, at the moment of impact, his head jerks backward. But you know what? When I watched it again, I thought that perhaps it was a recoil, which would justify the government's position. I took a lot of flak for this conclusion, but heck, I had to say what I believed. If you watch closely, you will see that there is actually a pause between the forward motion and the backward motion. also, how do you explain the skull fragments moving toward the back...?

quote: Originally posted by chucK: Went and climbed the Tooth in the warm sunshine. Nobody was around. I do think I spotted ScottP up dancing naked on Chair though. Glad I didn't have my binocs. Chuck It would have been a truly ugly site, indeed. (I almost shit my pants climbing over a wet streak on the NE Butt once. If it hadn't been for some stout branches, I would have been nothing but a grease stain down the East face.)

I've climbed the Tooth on several occasions where I was the only person in site. One time I danced naked on the summit just for the hell of it.

"but isn't artificially heating your body's core a bit much?" Is it that much different than using a box on one's desk to find out the conditions/gear list/beta of a route one intends to do so as to improve the chances of success?

I once shared belay stances with Krakauer on Centerfold at Index. From this perception, he is as humble and pleasant as everyone else who has met him has mentioned here. Defining someone based on their writing style seems pretty myopic to me.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: I put Jon Krakauer in the Outside School of Journalism with guys like Tim Cahill that can't write three sentences without mentioning themselves. You notice they don't ever write "The landscape was beautiful and desolate", they write "I saw the landscape as beautiful and desolate." Unending me me me me me all thru every book. Is this really a good reason to despise someone?

"pounding the porceline" "hunch and scrunch" "squeezing of a maltese"

quote: Originally posted by willstrickland: OK, not the Cascades but a classic nonetheless, the saddle privy between the Grand and Middle Teton. I'll second that...coiling a cobra while the sun sets over the Sawtooths in Idaho and people are sitting on the boulder over your left shoulder enjoying the same view is hard to beat.

quote: Originally posted by OfficeSpace: ScottP, Do you expect us to believe that you succumbed to your partners begging if he was belaying from the ground? I would find it hard to believe that your partner would be begging while sitting on the flats. Tell us to how much of a hard man you are. So what's got your undies in a bunch spaceboy? I guess he didn't want to see me rip my gear and hit the ground. I wanted to see if it would go without clipping the bolts, but used the chicken bolts after 5 or 6 placements. Not quite the hard man material you're looking for, I suppose. I do find it interesting how you read that into my post. Inference can be a bitch sometimes. [This message has been edited by ScottP (edited 10-15-2001).]

quote: Originally posted by Matt: How many of you who have aided this crack have clipped the bolts? Just curious. I remember lots of creaky hook moves... I remember using lots of tiny rp's and thinking that I would rip them all if one came out. Several placements up I succumbed to my partners begging that I clip one of the bolts.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: So now we got S&M - meteorological vinculation is starting to sound like "golden showers". You guys can sure name your routes down there at Index! Read some Freud into this one: "Brad Discoll Outnumbered His Guests By One, But A Good Time Was Had By All."

quote: Originally posted by Dru: what is meteorological vinculation anyways? sounds like SPRAY to me. "vinculation" is a bonding or tieing together. What it has to do with meteorology and why only 10%, I don't know.

quote: Originally posted by Matt: Dru, you are right. Amandala is the arete. Is the crack directly to the right of the Amandala arete called Ten Percent? I'm not sure what it is. I think it is the second pitch of Iron Horse.

The directions to REI? (Sorry, I couldn't resist)

That's a mighty big area you are asking about. If you are visiting the North Coast (Humboldt County), there is: http://www.cranc.com/index.html Good luck Jim.