Beck

No offense taken Cavey, AlpineK 's fippin' me some shit and I shouldn't let his dimwit spray of me affect my disposition. I'm secure in what I do, maybe he has some insecurity issues. We were talking about Big Lou sightings and he gets off on dissin' me for being in the middle of a rescue evacuation with the man while serving as a ski patroller. They NPS allows me the privledge of free weekend housing at Longmire for helping out at Mount Rainier and I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to help them out down there, rergardless of how AlpineK feels about it-he is a way more accomplished climber than me , maybe he wants to put me in a headlock and cry "uncle|" to make him feel better about himself.

I don't know what your problem is Alpinek, are you just real cynical? you've been up on Ski Patrol , you've helped do a litter evacuation and helped out one of your brethren, I'd think you'd appreciate what we do down there instead of dissing it. I'm talking about an RMI guide being an idiot for five minutes while his coworker was crushed under a cornice and he wouldn't admit there was any need of assistance when in reality she's paralyzed from the waist down now. I'm walking around talking to Comm going " it seems there's some kind of problem but I can't get any confirmation on that" and it wasn't until Pete Whittaker came up over the edge and started to actually communicate they did need a helicopter evacuation-they didn't have any live radios to start evacuation procedures! As for me not having authority as a law enforcement up there, you're right, at the same time I'm up there to inform and assist and they were definetly in need of a great deal of assistance. and as for flipping attitude you're right sometimes everyone does, just like you're flippin me BS on this thread, AlpineK.

EddieE you are the Man!! for lining that up, hikerwa the generator!! excellent and no, that's all cool, micah, hope to see you there- to AlpineK just because I don't climb like you doesn't mean I'm not a climber- you know my cred, right dude?

I'm going skiing outside of Leavenworth on Saturday, probably bive high and come back down to scope the bouldering at bridge creek sunday, free pool at the Post Office Tavern in Lworth after six on Sundays if anyone wants to go- 1000 ft yo yos 5mi carry in

hey blister if you could get spearhead that would be great, have em show up at 3 on Saturday- I'm looking for people to help with agendas for the weekend, if anyone wants to constructively help out that would be great, some planning will be happening at the next pub club- By the way, aside from a few buddies I have that post on this site, the only ones of you I actually know are from the Pub Clubs, all the rest of you are internet doppelgangers as far as I'm concerned- come on out from behind the keyboard and drink with your climbin' bros at an upcoming pubclub!!

Nah, I was skiing on backcountry ski patrol above the accident site and scoped some kind of incident at Pan Point with my monocular, then descended to see what was up- It seems NONE of the RMI radios had live batteries (scary!)and they were trying to get in touch with Comm Center on their cell phones to initiate the rescue. I called it in, then lent Pete W. my radio for the remainder of the incident. To the RMI staff that may read this, if someone with a park service badge comes up to you, you may want to cooperate more expediently, particularily in a rescue situation- it took me five minutes to draw some kind of an intelligent response from you- what were you doing, trying to pretend your coworker WASN'T crushed under a cornice block??? *idiot*

summer shell, Marmot precip, 99 bucks- Full winter armor, try LL Bean, excellent quality and features, 100- 150 bucks cheaper than Marmot/ Arxteryx or TNF Although in winter, Scholler or Polarshield is great as a most of the time outer layer and way way way more comfortable than wearing the shell anyway!!!

I've seen Big Lou magically appear in the midst of a rescue evacuation of RMI guide Cate?Casson off of Pan Point a couple years ago during tryout weekend, helped carry the litter all the way back to Paradise- any of you RMI types out here know how she's doing? A cpuple stories about Lou and Jim come to mind- they mention standing in for each other over the years, both here and abroad, and also the hilarious account of their competitive "hold your breath" training for some himalayan climb in the sixties. If anyone's ever heard it, it's a FUCKIN riot!

Seattle brethren, I'll drive and maintain a reasonable level of sobriety, would like to leave ttown 930-10 ish though- I'll pick up people sweeping south out of Beacon Hill 615-30 ish, West Seattlites I can also pick up- You Tacoma boys call the place, isn't it easy to get to the Java Jive off of 16th and ??? the street you turn off to go to Backpackers' Supply? [This message has been edited by Beck (edited 08-13-2001).]

Absolutely, Matt P, this is going to be a gathering and not a work weekend, I just wanted to do something small to put some positive local spin on it. If every one who shows up spends one hour pulling knapweed or picking up litter out on the trails we'd get xxx volunteer hours out of it , give us an obstensible excuse for us all getting togther to explain ourselves to the outsiders looking in- "Whatchoo boys doing out hear?" "Well, officer , we've come together over the weekend to pull knapweed and clean up some crags in the spirit of green recreation in the Icicle Creek Canyon." I'm hoping 009 comes out with some films or slides to show, or anyone else who might want to show some of their cool slides. I'm sure we could rig a converter rig from a car to run a slide show- Dynamite, what kind of music? There's no power and I don't want to be running any generators so it would have to be acoustic sets- Let me know ASAP I'm trying to put togther some flyers by Weds PM.

I didn't know you thought of me in that way, Cavey!

Don't know about the arm, you'll get a couple hunert vert on the glacial patch- maybe better bet would be Eldorado snow if you're going to Cascade Pass. plenty of snow on Fortress Mountain last weekend for maybe 1000 vert 5 mile carry in

Does anyone out here have anything they want to present or do at the Cascade Climbers' Fall Megafest? Slide Show? Films? bouldering competition? battlecage? Mattp , what about a trails day or "Fall sweep" cleanup- put a nice positive green spin on a bunch of climbers getting pissy drunk. I'm thinking of booking a band for Saturday afternoon- Any ideas, feedback let me know-

no, dru, but I do have some cool stuff in my basement- No, before ever meeting Cavey I thought he sounded like some illmannered lout ready to feed some people some knuckle sandwiches, I stand corrected after having met Ray- I've got no beef with him, mabye he wants to "short rope" the Cellphoneposse members to a radiator? why DO you want me to bring the cuffs, Cavey? did you want to use them on Hollyclimber? Don't worry, cavey, you've got a couple things missing from people I date and I don't think you're a late bloomer- I've never seen you climb but i betcha got a NICE RACK!! lol

Sounds like one of the Burgess brothers from Britian or that other whacko Brit alpinist who tagged a lot of firsts in S. America and disappeared on one of them- he was an advocate of halucinogenics on climbs but I've forgotten his name.

How many people want to go to Tacoma on Tuesday? Lisa may have a good idea, a University District bar wouldn't be too bad of an idea with the students away for summer- still ewanting a Bham meet for our Canadian brethren to have convenient access to before the Fall megafest.

Some one should post a thread consisting of the story and nothing else as it grows, so people don't have to keep rewriting the story every time they add a paragraph- Willstrickland, are you the man?

Can't we all just get along? -Rodney King This site reflects our western culture as a whole- The same elements of interpersonal interaction we experience in the real world come to life here, an online doppelganger of ourselves - some of us are rude in everyday life, some of us are humanists. We have self centered posters, selfish posters, mean posters, poser posters- and also smart, thoughtful, curteous posters. I for one am NOT a selfish, mean spirited prick and think most of the CC.com types I've met are far from that- I encourage all to attend a Pub Club meeting to come see in person who some of us climbers really are!

REI sure has come a long way, baby! much too the ire of many longtime customers- Whispers say the REI Board and planners based their continued expansion on unrealistic growth projections- (wow, does that sound like THE business anthem of the last 7-8 years?) that couldn't, wouldn't , didn't get met. Maybe they were having lunches with Jeff Bezos! I wonder how much capital they BLEW on internet related side of REI's growth and expanding into "new" markets like midwest towns and Japan. Become a member of MEC, look at these prices- Malden Mills Powershield jackets for $170 Canadian, a lot of other things are cheaper , too! and they appear to have a high degree of environmental responsibility.

The Cascade Climbers Fall Megafest is officially called at Bridge Creek Friday and Saturday nights September 28-29 and 30th! Come enjoy camaradie, cragging and kicking back in the light of the (almost) full moon. Bridge Creek group site is reserved!!! for Friday and Saturday nights, camping limited on site to the first sixty or so yahoos wacko enough to come to THIS party- Camping is free, BYOB.- Looking for some help from all of you to help supply some gear to make this a big success.- Large tarps and rigging for such Someone to bring Garbage bags, toilet paper, cups, paper towels tiki torches/lanterns, someone want to supply some kind of family camping stove(s) like coleman and a couple big kettles for coffee and hot water 5 gal or larger water jugs big coolers firewood Anything else I might have forgotten If anyone wants to bring some of this stuff to enhance everyone's weekend, let me know via this post or email me- see you all there! Beck ------------------ [This message has been edited by Beck (edited 08-07-2001).]

Well, like, yeah, duh...stoopid!

rpetiore- I'm thinking of going up to the dakobeds last weekend in Aug to take advantage of Labor Day weekend and full moon- bringing my skis though, going for fun touring on White Glacier and topping some of the Dakobeds, maybe we could hook up- Beck

Thanks Cavey for the legwork, I don't live in Ballard and didn't ckeck it out- Hattie's hat sounds like a good spot to meet, 5231 Ballard Ave NW - same driving directions for you out of towners Sorry for the miscall, figured some of our BallardBrethern would have caught it!!

Thanks Jblakeley, just good clean fun ,no need to spike the spode, everyone'll be getting lit enuf I'm sure!!! unless of course, it's a "performance enhancing" all-natural product that helps throw big dynos, I'm sure you'll get some takers! [This message has been edited by Beck (edited 08-07-2001).]

Thanks, no, Jman, just looking for people to BRING this stuff, I don't want to buy any of it, bring it if you're showing up and haven't sold it yet