Beck

No problem ,bro, if you want to plan some drinks next week, mabye we could meet out at the Roanoke Inn out on Mercer Island, meet in the middle? They've got Guiness on tap and it is the coolest(And oldest) business on the rock, it's totally low key and sportsmans clubhouse like. Let's go next week!

Bobbinc do you mean the "Slapshot" Hansen brothers? They were reasl live hockey players in a little league in the upper midwest, they played for the Iron Rangers in real life, actually called the Carlson brothers, and two of them played themselves in the movie. They were from my hometown, their pictures were up in the donors' room of the palestra, and sorry, they weren't even Canooks, just some crazy Yoopers! Who can name the hometown of the real Hansen brothers?

Hey, cavey, where you drinking, bro/ I'm all about tossing back a few pints in about an hour or so if you want to go boozin for a bit tonight- Beck

Teddy Ruxpin- I never thought in all my years that I would be lucky enough to get to climb with a climber of such superstar status. He had a great list of first ascents and had a way of self aggrandizment that really helped assure his rise to climbing superstar. I'd seen Teddy out at the crags and the Rock at the University of Washington for a couple of years before I ever asked him to climb "She's GGGonna Blow" in the North Cascades. He had a reputation to rival the Burgess brothers, and he had a rap as a horrible belayer. Stories about him being a real slack rope handler if the Bettys on the next route over were flashing great cleave or doing wide stems bounced back and forth in the climbing community. Nonetheless, he's got some irristable charm, even though he's not too bright and tends to repeat himself a lot. I just chalked it up to all the time he's spent up in the death zone and not that he doesn't have much to say. It wasn't till I catch him drooling over me one day when i was climbing in drag at the rock that I knew I had a chance with the esteemed ursine alpinist like Teddy Ruxpin. So, I hatch a plan. I'll come on to him at the top of "She's Gonna Blow", a classic climb on Mount Analogue. It's a rugged spire out by the Gamma Creek approach to Glacier Peak. You can see it just below the Chocolate Glacier if you're up on Glacier's Frostbite Ridge. 1600 feet of steep gully,hopefully snow filled, then onto the face for seven pitches of mixed alpine and a treacherous traverse to put climbers in the massed gendarmes of the summit blocks. 80 feet of laybacks and body jams provide a variety of finishes to reach the top of a very satisfying "forgotten" cascade classic. (to be continued...)

the only time I spotted Cavey he was ordering two imperial pints of Guiness at atime and double fisting them, "no, no, make it three...no, four" it went all evening long, brother, can that boy put them back! cavey we missed you at the pub club, were you busy with the lycra clad hottie?

ship stove and empty fuel bottles(and anything else ) book rate in US mail.

Well, the first time teddy Ruxpin and i climbed togther I wound up sitting on my crampons at the base of a snow gully when my leg cramped up as I was sitting down to put them on...that was the first time he got a look at my bare ass, but boy was it embarrasing!!!

yeh, Viktor's got it right, the canyon will stay closed from just past Sleeping Lady for who knows how long...go Peshastin!! Forest Service fire hotline, 509-665-3591

Into the zone is a good one, i agree, for funny adventure, try "The Boat that Wouldn't Float" by Farley Mowat. Say, i thought Richard Dana's story was fictional but based on his real life experiences, i guess i was wrong.. There are a lot of great classic literature that would qualify for nomination Robinson Curusoe ?sp by Daniel Defoe Three Musketeers by Dumas Count of Monte Cristo by ??? Defoe?? the combined leatherstocking tales by James Fenimore Cooper Pilgrim's Progress by Paul Bunyon the Narrow Road to the Interior by Basho I guess I read way too much as a kid...

let there always be snow, to quench the climber's thirsty soul! got to have some, look for the brand new Miox disenfectant pen and throw those heavy slow filters away, coming in 2002 to a gear store near you. It was just featured in a blurb in the latest outside magazine, having field tested it already, i think this thing ROCKS! those snafflehounds piss and shit in our water supply, dirty little f------ stay away from Teddy R!

Dudes, you all rock!! and Ehmmic, too! Chris_w, thanks for the ride home, it kept me from hitting any parked cars on my bike- although I did clip one this morning on my ride to work, two hours late! Another successful "We're drinking now" event- and I like Sean's idea of a downtown Seattle meet in the future, still waiting for one our Bham brethren to call a night up in Fairhaven... Dudes?

I think I already posted this but I guess not. Thor Hyerdahl's books are all great accounts of human perseverance. Some of the best fictional adventures I've read are " Mount Analogue" by Rene Daumal or "Two years before the mast by Richard Dana" True stories that read well, "around the world alone" by Joshua Slocum or "Starlight and Storm" by Antione de Saint Exupery. Mountaineering narratives that ring true to the heart, anything by Gaston Rebauffat, his prose virtually sings! the praises of the mountains in his books!

No pen , I really fell for Teddy on OUR FATEFUL CLIMB of She's Gonna Blow. but it's sick. it's twisted. it may even be stranger than fiction. you know, even if I am a prevert for talking publicly about my love for a big bear of like Teddy R. I hope you would support both of us- we feel it will make us stronger partners, on belay or off!!!

Slack Line!! Slack Line!!! You guys(girls too) are ALL GREAT! I'm thinking about switching this to the Tumwater CG, going over this Sat night/ Sunday to get an KOHO radio update in Lworth, will be letting all know new location ASAP if we need to move the event as it appears we will be.As soon as I know Bridge Creek is no go, I'll switch it and get the new group site paid for- Beck

Come on you guys, Don't you think I'm the only ?true authority on my and Teddy Ruxpin's climbing history? I'll blurt it all out if anyone wants to hear, but I thought you all wouldn't be amused by such vapid tales of ursine perversion!

I'll pick you up if you don't mind jogging behind my bike!!! Naw, take the 16, runs right by the ferry terminal get off at 45th and Wallingford, you can walk down 45th and be at Dante's in about 15 minutes

Thanks, Eric, I couldn't remember the name of the author of "Bone Games" but I HIGHLY recommend it. As to great climbing literature, I don't know the list everyone is referencing, but any story of the Endurance expedition is well worth reading- on a related note to that trial of human courage, Conrad Anker and Reinhold Messner just went to the island Shakleton and his buds had to cross to get to the whaling station and recreated their climb- it was filmed in IMAX and will have some focus on the environmental changes that have occured on the route in the short span of just 100 years, like, there is no way they could have slid down the glacier if they had to do it today! because of global warming. More great mountain lit: "Mount Analogue" by Rene Daumal and "The ascent of the Riffelberg" by Mark Twain.

Sept 28-29-30

Cool, Dynamite, I'm figuring on letting the band's pass the hat, I might give em a twenty for gas money but that's about it- as for DJ, I don't think there's going to be power for that, a slide show is in the works but I think the generator use should be limited to that and some night climbing, if possible. As before, all assistance is much appreciated, hope to see some of you at the Pub Club- B.

Hear Ye hear ye, barring any dissent, the next meeting of the Cascade Climbers "We're Drinking Now" Pub Club is called for this Tuesday at Dante's Steak and Grog 5200 Rooseveldt Way NE University District To Dantes I-5 North or South take 50th St. exit to the east, less than a km on 50th cross rooseveldt,(one way South) take next available left to cut up a few blocks, come back to Rooseveldt Way, dantes is on the East side of the street, just across from Rainy Pass Outdoor Repair. Jim Nelson's just around the corner at like 54th and University, if any out of towners need to go to Pro Mountain Supply. Hope to see you all there, coz, "We're Drinkin' Now" Beck

I don't know ehmmic, I've been going back to wearing a wool sweater and it's got way more comfort range than fleece...I'm behind the rest of your post, however but , really, in response to Neri's original question,why do the assholes in the mountains usually have all the best gear? Because it's compensation for their dissatisfaction in everyday life, the same reason an unhappy housewife has to brag over how much this or that home improvement cost. But it's not the gear's fault. I wouldn't go judging anyone on how they look,or what label they wear, it's more by what they do and how they treat others at the same time.

I don't know , Pen he's a real BEAR that Teddy, and a total scoundrel, I couldn't stand to lose him again!! He'd be after you like a bear to honey, you buff 5.13 climbing stud! No, seriously, yes, I hope we can all make it to the megafest, and we have a cool place for it. Keep looking for updates on the Cascade Climbers' Fall Ropeup, location TBA, last weekend in September. "To assist climbers in fostering stewardship of the vertical environment"

Holding off on a change of venue, KOHO radio stated Bridge Creek held. Was in Lworth yesterday and it does look grim , suggesting second loc to be Tumwater CG...looking for suggestions...Beck

Was up in Lworth yesterday, local Koho radio had fire reports on and they said Bridge creek was saved.. however, the fire is 0% contained. Am considering another location , do any lworth local climbers have any good locations up the Tumwater or the Chiwawa Valley? I'll need to look into , any ideas for alt loc will be appreciated...we're looking for fee campground (group)with running water and relatively nearby bouldering. Tumwater CG looks like a good 2nd option, there is lots of good looking rock up by Chiwawa horse camp or across river from Alpine Meadows up the Chiwawa valley but haven't checked out the rock... any one out here have any opinions?

As my edit to this, I didn't realize I reposted my message. Se you guys there. [This message has been edited by Beck (edited 08-20-2001).]