ScottP

quote: Is this true and do I need to puchase another one? Yes. No.

quote: Originally posted by trask: Hey ScottP, every time I look at your avatar it reminds me of the crazy cannibal lunatic in the movie "ConAir". Are you vegan? No, I'm a lacto/ovo/poulto vegetarian (whatever that means. That pic is Bug-Eye Earl from Redmeat Comics (www.redmeat.com) Here's a taste...

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by SEF: (Now I'm dating myself). At least when you date yourself you can assume youre gonna get lucky at the end of the date! Speaking of dates: The next time you're having a bad day, imagine this: You're a Siamese twin. Your brother, is gay. You're not. He has a date coming over today. But you only have one ass. Feel better?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by ScottP: I've noticed plenty of new barcodes on the backs of the trail signs and on the downstream side of bridges. And something else I noticed this summer is the little magnetic strips that they are putting in the permits and forest passes. What's up with that? mark of the beast- see Revelations. 667- The neighbor of the Beast.

I've noticed plenty of new barcodes on the backs of the trail signs and on the downstream side of bridges. And something else I noticed this summer is the little magnetic strips that they are putting in the permits and forest passes. What's up with that?

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I can just imagine someone taking the "Big Ride" down the granite sidewalk on Blueberry Hill. Or they could cheat: Flake out a rope, anchor one end to a good 3 bolt anchor. The other is tied into the back of a harness. Shreddin time.

I recently inheirted a rather large batch of soft iron pins that I plan on using to put up a piton ladder on one of the big leaf maples in my backyard. I was planning on doing it soon, so if you want to come by and aid up it for practice, let me know.

quote: Originally posted by Drew Jones: Bunny Face - Smith Rock. I think it's maybe an 11.a I got on that fucker once right after a late afternoon shower during which I downed a couple/five shots of Stoly. The Bunny Face kicked my ass big time. 10d/11a for sure that night.

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Oh yea my favorite sandbag: Gutbuster 5.12b in Leavenworth. Anyone actually do that guy? I can't rate it because I can't get up it! Why don't people give their "correct" rating for the sandbags. I've heard people say that Liquid Nitrogen at Wart Wall is a bit of a sandbag at .12a. (The trick is being able to reach over the edge and feel for the crimpers while standing on greasy,sloping, slabby feet.)

Princely Ambitions is definately mentally harder than it is physically. The "step out into nothingness" factor comes into play, but IMO it isn't harder than Sagitarius, or 5.9.

In my opinion, your best bet would be to approach via Terror Creek and the Barrier. My experience with Goodell Creek beyond Terror Creek was pretty nightmarish. YMMV.

quote: Originally posted by MATT B: Walking around the base of elcap one spring day my buddy said stop! do you hear something? It took about a half a second to realize what it was so we made a V line to the trees and cowered behind the bigest boulders we could find. When it hit there where big rock and ice chunks flying over our heads. Never saw how big it was but we both trundled our pants. As your story indicates, it has been my experience that the base of El Cap is not the place to be walking around. I've observed big rocks, ice and haul bags taking the plunge while lounging the Meadows and had rocks and biners fall in the immediate vicinity while climbing at the base.

Off topic, but... Best combo on Careno Crag: 1st on Regular-Cool Struttin'-3rd on Bale/Kramer-Pocketmeister

Off topic, but... Best combo on Careno Crag: 1st on Regular-Cool Struttin'-3rd on Bale/Kramer-Pocketmeister

Fault-Catapult-Bone-Old Gray Mare-Canary

My best, and first trundle occurred during the first summit I climbed when I was an adolescent. After a morning of fishing, my curiosity led me to scramble to the summit of The Watchtower in Sequoia National Park. On the way back down, I came across a saucer of granite the size of an end table perched on a slab above a drop. At first I thought it looked cool, sitting there all by itself like that. When I touched it, it rocked a little, so I gave it a little shove. I can still hear the grating noise it made as it slid toward the edge of the drop. I scrambled after it so as to see it fall. It dropped about thirty feet before hitting the wall, where it then bounded out into space, flipping like a coin and making a weird whirring sound, before hitting again near the base wall and shattering into hundreds of pieces. The sound echoed off the walls of the canyon and drown out the river far below. strange smell of ozone hung in the warm, summer air. I watched the dust settle for a considerable time after, dazed by a ferocity I had never witnessed before. I was hooked. I must have sent another dozen chunks of Sierra granite on the inevitable erosive journey before I hit the talus field that had been my approach to the ridgeline that led to the summit. A close second was in Boulder Basin on Glacier Peak and was quite by accident: My friend Brian had been trundling in the basin (and pissing off the other climbers camped therein). I walked over to tell him he was bugging the other parties camped there. (He said something to the effect of "Big Whoop.") As I watched him working on another launch, I leaned against a boulder the size of a VW Bug. It immediately started to roll and didn't stop until long after it hit the trees. I thought Brian was going to pee his pants he laughed so hard. We went back to our bivy and broke out the Stoly to salute the occasion.

No way man. I'm so slow in the alpine that when my partner tells me we gotta haul ass, it takes me two trips.

The Watchtower Marble Fork of the Kaweah River, Sequoia Natl Park, Sierra Nevada Range: I scrambled the right-hand skyline(and scared the shit out of myself) at about the age of twelve. [ 07-16-2002, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: ScottP ]

I've got some stuff that's been gathering dust for way too long... Chouinard Perlon Hexes: 2@ #1, #2, #3, 2@ #4, #5, 2@ #6, #7, 2@ #8, 2@ #9, #11 Chouinard Perlon Stoppers: (original style) #4, #6, #7, #8, 2@ #9, #10 Chouinard Wired Stoppers: (original style) #1, #6, #9, #11, #12 (newer style) #1, #2, #3, #11 (newest style) #12 Wild Country Wired Rocks: #5, #6, #8, #9, #6 Perlon Rock #2 DMM Wall Nut Lowe Tricams: #2.5, 2@ #3.5, #5, #6 All rock pro $3 to $5 each Forrest single-point suspension hammock with fly-make offer Light weight Gaz Globetrotter butane stove with pots and one cartridge-$10.00 Coleman Peak 1 "Feather 400" stove-$15.00 PM or e-mail me if interested.

quote: Originally posted by chucK: quote:Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: I climbed a couple peaks and watched some parties bail on one. OK, so one was Forbidden. What route did you do? What was/were the other peak/peaks? East Ridge on Forbidden and Sahale.

This sounds pretty normal for a route on a peak. "Ya gotta do what ya gotta do."

Trailheads (etc) that don't require The Pass. (downloadable PDF document)

The rock is good, but the routes are really short. It's a fun diversion, but IMO, not worth the drive in itself.

Take your pick...