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I shared dried bananas with Alan Steck and his woman friend as I belayed Rob on the Firecracker Roof at Donner Pass. I tried to get the recipe for the excellent bananas he offered, but Rob kept taking falls. He's a really nice guy.

quote: Originally posted by nolanr: Okay, time to bust out my Fred Beckey stories....Passed Fred and a fine looking woman coming down from 3 O'Clock Rock. We got to the cars first and were just changing our shoes when Fred and the woman reach their car. First thing Fred does after taking off his pack is he gives this woman a big congratulatory hug and squeezes her butt cheeks. She pushes him away and slugs him in the chest. She seemed a bit pissed, but he was nonplussed. I got the evil eye from him a few years later when I skied past him on the way up to Muir, though I doubt my witnessing him being pummeled by a woman was the reason.

quote: Originally posted by pope: Anyways, boys, liked the pig thing, as did everybody I know with a sense of humor. A cold wet day at Index when I first saw the pig head. The water ran differently off the grease stain that it did on the surrounding rock. My first thought was "Lord of the Flies" and my second was, "Why?"

quote: Originally posted by philfort: gregm made a functional pipe out of one of those little aluminum candle holders (for candle lanterns) last New Years in the Cariboo mtns. Found a really stinky roach in the summit register of Guye Peak a few years back. Found a rusty tin can stuffed in a crack down a ways from the summit. A knife for poking holes and some matches I had. It was a really stinky roach.

The dude calling himself "priapism" gets my vote.(A painful stiffy that won't go away, no matter what you do.) [ 12-14-2001: Message edited by: ScottP ]

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Who knows what EVIL lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows (sinister laugh). Yeah, EVIL, that's it.

I've got a #1 HB Quadcam that's saved my ass numerous times. It seems to fit somewhere on just about any route I do and is easily placeable with two fingers. The only drawback I have found is trying to place it wearing anything other than thin gloves. My Denali SuperGaitors have kept my feet dry and warm going on twenty years now. (I have replaced the rands four times.)

quote: Originally posted by David Parker: Yeah, I have some generalizations about Americans. They are shitty drivers and consume way too much of the world's resources! Maybe this should be a new thread! I read somewhere once that if all humans on Earth used resources the way US of Americans do, it would take 5 planets to sustain us all.

quote: Originally posted by philfort: thus you can differentiate the bottle from wee of the bottle of water! ?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: if you pour boiling water into gatorade bottles you can melt them. Newsflash!!! Don't pour boiling water into gatorade water bottles.

quote: Originally posted by willstrickland: ... tied off stacked pins .... A lost art in itself...

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Skins and furs, wooden club, bone tipped wooden arrows, hemp fiber shoes stuffed with straw, hemp fiber sun hat, beard. Like that dude they found in the Alps on the Austrian/Italina border in 1991.He was oldschool (like 5000 years old.)

quote: Originally posted by erik: go buy a quart of gatorade and use that bottle. $1.59 plus you get a free drink and who cares what happens to it when you lose it or what. I wrap them with duct tape (including a dead sling for clipping into belays) to beef them up some. They last for years.

Ring angle pitons Steel carabiners 1/4 inch star drivin lead sleeve bolts 120 foot goldline ropes Goldline slings Swami belts Shoulder stands Dulfersitz Standing shoulder belays Wood shaft ice axes

quote: Originally posted by the shadow: I am not who you think I am... Yeah, but you know what dangers lurk in the hearts of men, and that's pretty cool.

quote: Originally posted by Lambone:Fuckin thermarests... quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Ditto that. Me three. There is a good reason why they repair them for free.

Two firefighters are buttfucking in a smoke filled room. Their captain walks in and shouts, "What the hell are you guys doing!?" The guy on top says, "I'm treating him for smoke inhalation." The captain says, "That's no way to treat for smoke inhalation, you're supposed to give mouth-to-mouth." to which the guy on the bottom responds, "How do you think this whole thing got started?"

quote: Originally posted by monkeyboy: Thanks for all the good beta. I checked out the house sized boulder north of the U. It looks pretty fun. I will definitly go back when it isn't soaked. BTW anyone else interested it is at the cross streets of NE 72nd and 28th Ave.NE I own an ancient book on climbing in the kascades that shows this boulder with a bunch of guys and ropes and stuff on it. The caption says it was "buried" by a housing development in north Seattle. Buried but not covered. BTW: Du bist welkommen

quote: Originally posted by Dru: 12) Roof Crack at Mountie Dome is not a hand crack - it takes a #3 and #4 camalot That's hand size for me!

Buildering: The excellent handcrack/expansion joints of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the water tower traverse at Volunteer Park are fun little diversions. Intown bouldering (besides the UW rock):Just north of the U a block or two east of 25th Ave NE, between 65th and 75th is a glacial eratic smack dab in the middle of a residential area. It is 3-4 steps from the curb, and is situated as though it is it's own little park, with the sidewalk on one side and the street on the other. I don't remember the exact cross streets, but if you polk around a bit you can't miss it. It is the size of a small house. There are some wicked hard problems on it. There is another erratic at the north end of the private airport slightly north and west of Martha Lake up by Mill Creek. It doesn't have the difficulty of the Seattle boulder, but it is worth a visit. The airport is soon to become sports fields, so the boulder will probably continue to be accessible. I know of a third on in the Edmonds area, right at the entrance to a trailer park across from the vetrinarian office as you are driving to the ferry. It's on private property and access is sketchy. Does anybody know of any others? [ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: ScottP ]

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Right there with you on this one Lambone. That is why I am trying to figure out why he is sprayin about it and even sending images etc. You're the one who brought up the subject. I posted the image in response to Chuck's malevolent request that you post the directions. quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman on 12/5: What I am is an Angry Climber. Scott you are sooo cool. By the way. Why do you bother to send me private messages of topos to a crag and no directions? I dont care what route you did. Just what route I am gonna do. To which I resonded:"Lucy, you're an idiot. It wasn't a climbing topo, it was a topo map. You know, like with roads and trails and those elevation lines that are really close together that show where the steep stuff is.I sent it to you because late last spring I told you I would tell you where it was, bonehead.Just trying to be nice.A big mistake on my part, thinking you would appreciate the attempt" Remember? [ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: ScottP ]

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: Do you think that is because of the climbing guide, or might it had something to do with the highway that is blazed up to the top of Little si??? I don't know, I'm just curious...haven't been around here that long. The trail had been there long before I first started climbing there. I don't think the trail had as much to do with it as the number of routes and the proximity to Seattle quote: If this place is such a secret, why are you talking about it on this public forum? Do you have some thing to prove, or what? I have nothing to prove. If you look back earlier in this thread, you will see that Lucy...I mean that cavedude brought it up. A while back, I jokingly offered to sell the directions to the highest bidder in the Garage Sale forum. At that time, I mentioned as how I might post the directions after I had done a couple of the lines I had my eye on. That is all. As far as I am concerned, the subject is dropped unless someone asks me more about it.

quote: Originally posted by chucK: Canis Crag? What kind of a sissy name is that anyway? Sounds like an English teacher named it or something. Note that is does rhyme with anus Crag, or anus rag, shag, drag? You really oughta rename it Double Dead Dog Wall. That's what I think,Chuck Canis= latin for dogPronounced "can" as in trash can, "is" as in "miss"I originally named it Dead Dog Wall, but the alliteration in Canis Crag flows better.Either way, it is a pretty cool place to hang out.

In the Sept 15, 2000 (the "Epics" double issue) Climbing Mag's Vantage Point article (in the back) the concept of ice dams is discussed. Some points made: --They tend to be found where wide fluctuations in temps occur. --They form at the upper end of steeper ground, at the face of benches where water can pool. --Usually there are no tell-tale seeps or fractures because if there are, the pressure doesn't build. Hope this helps.

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Whatever ScottP. I bet if we met we would certainly get along fine. Unless you are gay or something. Have fun at your secret Dead Dog Crag. Looks like fun. That's what I have always thought. (Does this mean that you're not going to hit me in the melon with a club and kick me in the nuts?) BTW, I'm not gay.