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I'm going to have to call bullshit on that one...my house, built in 1969, has 4 x 12 vg fir beams on 4 foot centers supporting 2 x 6 tongue and groove car decking sub flooring. The new joists and subfloor that went into the remodel I had done this last year look a lot skimpier than the 1969 version. My contractor was pleased to be tying his work into the existing construction stability.

Yeah, on the downed power lines that lay on one of the descents.

From the descriptions, it seems akin to ascending and descending Asgaard Pass 20 times in under 12 hours, 5 times in a row with nasty briars and blowdowns that must be climbed over or under.

100+ miles... 54,200'elevation gain... 9 pages from 9 books... http://www.mattmahoney.net/barkley/ http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmd1/dave.html http://www.mattmahoney.net/barkley/09at.pdf

You might want to pose your question to the regulars at telemarktips.com There are guys who work in the industry posting there and quality info about gear seems to be the norm.

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If/when I'm 73, my son will be 33. I started parenthood late because before that, I wasn't mature enough to even take care of myself, let alone someone else. As it turns out, I'm still not.

I detect a hint of green in your tone, Kevbone...

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I don't.

I feel sorry for all you fuckers who spend so much time bickering and squabbling about shit over which you have absolutely no control. It's got an almost neurotic quality to it; like big cats pacing their cages. It's pathetic, really.

If they don't come back, I have a pair of size 40 Mythos in the older blue color that are in excellent condition (my niece outgrew them after only using them a couple of days) that are available for less than the reward you offer.

When I first climbed there, you could count the number of bolts on two hands and still have fingers left over. We literally had the place to ourselves. It was quiet. There weren't many trad routes to be had, but what was there was fun and face routes could always be top-roped. One day we show up and there's this guy hanging from a rope, prying rocks off the face with an ice axe. It all became very different after that.

"I was in fear for my life. I thought he had a gun."

I've done a good part of it, in sections, over the years. The biggest single chunk was in the middle, from Bryant Col to the Tooth. We took a rope but never needed it. We went up the west ridge/side of Bryant from the col. A little loose at first with a weird north side traverse on roots and stuff to the top of Bryant. A scramble down and then hike up through thick trees got us to the top of Hemlock. Down the south side got us to a drop above the notch between Hemlock and the Tooth. We were going to break out the rope to rap into the notch, but Kevin found a 4th class way down to the west. We reached the notch, up the north ridge of the Tooth and then we soloed down the south face. I've traversed from the Tooth along the ridge toward Denny, but dropped into the bowl near Denny and down lower International instead of tagging the summit due to the late hour. This is a fun scramble with no real exposure or technical issues. From the summit of Chair Peak, I have traversed south to a point where I could contour around the backside of the Chair Peak Bowl, ending up dropping down into the entrance to the bowl. This was mostly on snow, but it was never very steep or exposed. As I remember, the extension to Bryant Col from where we turned east looked casual. I'm guessing the crux would be getting from Kaleetan to Chair.

Today at 09:10 AM "It's 9:09 09/09/09!!" I hate it when that happens.

wow

While putting on my jacket near the top of On Line at Static Point, a golf ball fell out of the pocket and began bouncing down the slab. The third bounce was somewhere in the vicinity of the first pitch and the thing launched out over the tops of the trees at the base. It seemed to fly forever, a white speck against a sea of green, before dropping into the forest way below the base of the crag. Why there was a golf ball in the pocket of that jacket remains a mystery to this day.

The Gurschen Glacier

Yeah..it wasn't funny the first time either.

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