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quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: I have control. I shoot my turds right on your melon. Scott Presho aka Chestbeater Number 1 Eat those dingleberries Scott. You know you wanna . You prove my point.

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quote: Originally posted by ScottP: I thought spray was more affliction than ability. ...but in Ray's case, it's a product of an adolescent lack of self-control.

I thought spray was more affliction than ability.

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: What is funny is your yankin each others peckers on this web page What's REALLY funny is how easy it is to yank your chain.

quote: Originally posted by chucK: Yeah Jeez, I feel childish as shit. What am I, like 13 or something? THAT was funny.

It's mine, all mine!Ahhahahahaha!(Well, chuck knows where it is.) [ 04-02-2002: Message edited by: ScottP ]

quote: Originally posted by Matt Anderson: Yeah, and Royal Robbins can only lead 5.9 . . . Relax Matt. No need to get your panties in a bind.The little winky thing is there to say "Don't take this post so seriously." It seemed 10c to me at the time I led it, which was a few years ago.

quote: Originally posted by Matt Anderson: beta? .10c my ass. Or are you just trollin?Matt I can't lead 10d, so it must have been 10c...

Sisu seemed somewhat contrived to me, though it did have some fun moves on it. The first pitch is really dirty due to much water flowing on it. If you are intent on doing it to the top, so be it, but otherwise, I suggest rapping from the top of the 6th. Davis Holland-Lovin Arms, while not a sport route, is a must do. Beware the seep on the first Lovin Arms pitch. I almost greased out and cratered on that thing. Centerfold is one of my favorite routes at Index. The pitch that goes through the roof is really cool. It starts out on a 10c slab past bolts and then pulls through the roof at 5.8. The last pitch up the 10c corner is really fun also. I know this isn't really beta, but like Erik says, just go do them.

Sucrose is the primary product of photosynthesis. Plants then metabolize this into fructose and glucose. In your body, the sucrose (table sugar), a disaccharide must be broken into monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose before it can be used, hence it takes longer to get the energy from it. Sucrose is broken down in the intestine to its components, glucose and fructose. These two sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream and carried directly to the liver. Some fructose is converted into glucose in the liver before it is returned to the blood for use as energy. If the glucose is not needed right away to meet energy needs, it is converted to glycogen, the starch-like compound that is the energy reserve of human metabolism. Glycogen can be converted back to glucose when the body needs energy. I know this didn't answer all of your questions, but maybe it's a start.

From the "Aid and Big Wall" course description on the http://www.mountaineers.org/climbing/ link: "Lectures, held at the clubhouse, will generally involve topics from assigned readings, presentations of supplemental information, explanation and discussion of the upcoming field trip, short quizzes on the reading material and the opportunity to discuss student concerns and questions." Wow, dejavu!. Sounds like something I experienced in high school biology...(except for the clubhouse part). A quiz on how to climb big walls. Now I've heard everything:"In 1957, Bill "Dolt" Feuhrer built a piece of big wall gear during the first ascent of the Nose on El Capitan that was to revolutionize the sport. Describe the construction and function of this wheeled equipment and it's application to big wall routes in the Cascades."

From an AP story featured on http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/news/2002/0130/1320187.html "For three winters, Gary Power, the Lemhi County Project Coordination, and Jason Husseman, of the University of Idaho's Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, recorded 214 big game animals killed by cougars and wolves. That included 160 elk, 52 deer, 1 bighorn sheep and one mountain goat. Both wolves and cougars preferred elk calves. " Sounds more like the Roosevelt elk would be in greater peril than the goats... and on a side note, an article at http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/1998/hunted.html provided this amazing bit of scientific observation: "The wolves and cougars (in Yellowstone) behave just like cats and dogs," says Howard Quigley, president of the Hornocker Wildlife Institute (HWI) in Moscow, Idaho

quote: Originally posted by Aquaman: I'll tell you what works: swim 6000 m a day in cold water. It works for me.No matter how hard you train, you won't be able to hold your breath as long as me, however. Keep trying, suckers.Bowflex is for losers who wear spandex like the Riddler! A boyfriend of my sister was going to do the West Butt of Denali a few years back with one of the senior partners of his law firm. Not long before the trip the senior partner asked him how the training for the trip was going. Jeff mentioned that he had been doing a lot of swimming recently. The senior partner responds, "Jeff, you're not going to be swimming up Denali. Get out there and start humping loads." [ 03-28-2002: Message edited by: Courtenay ]

http://www.cordee.co.uk/Books/CA304.htmWhite Punks on Dope, 5.8, Voodoo Dome is a must do. (You need some big gear.)

quote: Originally posted by Bronco: Here's a link to Clint Cumins' online guide to Index Town Walls climbing area. Crammer's guide has a few more routes in it than the website. http://www.stanford.edu/~clint/index/ One thing I noticed about Clint's site is the absence of Private Idaho

I have been up on a 5.8 (?) route called the Backroad on the extreme left margin of the Upper Wall twice now and have never figured out where it goes to get to the top. Has anyone actually done that route to the top, and if so, where does it go from the rightward traverse onto the ledge? Also, the rock to the east of the Beyond has been developed from what I hear. Has anyone done any of those routes, and if so, are they worth the walk?

quote: Originally posted by erik: 5.6- GREAT NORTHERN SLAB5.7- ARE THERE ANY??5.8- LIZARD ROUTE, PRINCLEY AMBITIONS, 1ST HALF OF TOXIC SHOCK5.9- GODZILLA, THEM, 2ND PART TOXIC SHOCK, G/M ROUTE5.10- SAGITARIUS, LIBRA CRACK, DAVIS HOLLAND/LOVIN ARMS, HEART OF COUNTRY, DR SNIFF & THE TUNA BOATERS..... MY MIND IS DRAWING A BLANK...... 5.7-Taurus, Senior Citizens in Space5.9-Roger's Corner5.10- Breakfast of Champions, Rattletale 2nd and 3rd pitch, Pork Chop Torpedo

quote: Originally posted by klenke: Is the bushwhacking any more heinous anywhere in the USA than in the Pacific Northwest (excluding the Alaskan panhandle)? I have done some whacks through manzanita in the southern Sierra range that rival the worst I've seen in the Cascade range. It is a hardwood, so there is little give and the branches are sharp as tacks.

The Tooth to Chair Peak. I can't say I have done it all in one trip, but the ground in between the two is a pleasant scramble (except for that short, forested bit on the W/NW side of Hemlock Peak).

The approach would have to be the one into the Southern Picketts in the mid 80's. Ran out of water early on and ended up really dry before hitting the spring up high. That and seeing the massive NOLS party camped where we expected solitude made it particularly aggravating. The descent would have to be down the Stuart Glacier Coulior to get cached gear from the notch after doing the full North Ridge. It was done in early July and was raps and downclimbing snow in rock shoes with no axe. Especially ennervating after having to reverse two failed attempts to gain the ridge crest on the way down and having to hit the glacier before regaining the notch. We then crossed over the glacier and down to Lake Stuart and out, rather than out Mountaineer Creek, which would have been shorter in retrospect.

Commonwealth Basin up at Snoqualmie Pass is where I used to ski with my dog. Close to the road, no access problems to speak of and the avalanche danger is nil (if you stay to the flats). [ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: ScottP ]

Sierra Nevada range in CA Superstition Mountains in AZ.

quote: Originally posted by imorris: Sounds like a Wickwire climb. What's "Thermogennises"? An illness? Thermogenisis literally translated means "generation of heat". In physiology, it is related to the burning of fat by specialized adipose tissue, as a way for the body to rid itself of extra fat tissue. In older folks, this process can shut down, which is why we, I mean they tend to "spread" after thirty or so.

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