jennie

Thanks for the sympathies, I was only in Colorado for a couple seasons. I've moved on to lighter snows after a torturous winter in the icy east last year. As for pictures of my shoulder... I do have pictures from during the surgery not very interesting but I'll try and find them. I wish I had a picture from when it first detached. Every time I flexed it looked like I had a tennis ball sitting on the end of my humerus.

What has the world come to? Sorry to hear about the knee. -Jennie

My shoulder was popping out for a while and pretty painful especially after climbing so about 4 years ago I had surgery to correct it. About three months after the surgery the long head of my biceps tendon ( which was completely healthy pre surgey ) detached and shot down to my elbow. Pretty crazy looking. Apparently the surgeon overheated my shoulder capsule and my tendond essentially boiled it to death. After another surgery to reattach my tendon and 3 and a half years later It's finally getting strong again. I missed way too much climbing over this.

Thanks for all the info. Java was not effected by the tsunami. Sumatra is where all the chaos is. I'm out here to help with the tsumani releif. We just have some time before we head up to Aceh. The reports are pretty scary , the word in Aceh at the moment is aid workers will not be targeted. Keep your fingers crossed! As far as climbing the outward bound Indonesia staff showed me some great stuff in Jatiluhur. I would love to check out climbing in singapore and malaysia, but I wont be heading ou there this trip. thanks again jen

Hey Does anyone know of any climbing spots in Java. Thanks Jen

Thanks!

Can anyone tell me how to open word/excel attachments on a mac. Thanks Jen

Snow at 5000 ft!!!!!!

Thanks Jay , but I ment when's the snow coming in the North West. I live in the NW until December then off to Breck for the winter. I just need a fix before december. jen

Silverton! a little slice of heavan!

When's the good snow coming?!?!?!?

A freind of mine was just diagnosed with chronic lyme. She's had symptoms for over a year. She had to do all the research herself and tell her doc which tests she needs. We have found many people with chronic lyme are being misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue. there is a new tick survey being done in Oregon testing for lyme. The official results should be out soon. From what I've heard so far there are quite a few ticks that carry lyme

Just curious about the ticks in the NW. What have people heard about of lyme disease in the climbing community? or any climbers with " chronic fatigue syndrome".

2003 rocky mountain slayer $1300 OBO 19 inch aluminum frame full suspension 5 inches of travel front and back IT's in perfect condition. It was only ridden a couple times. Too much skiing and climbing, not enough time for the bike. It's incredible! It 's tough enough to take big hits but light enough to climb like a goat. check out the link below for specs http://www.rocky-mountain.com/bikes/2003/allmtn/slayer.aspx

Hey Wayne The Chart looks good. It's nice to see it up.

Does anyone know of any good PT's in Portland?

Thanks...

Does anybody know when the yosemite decimal system started. I was thinking it was late 60's.???

His contributions to climbing were outstanding. He was definatly one of the great legends. Is there an article on-line about what happened?

I'll be headed down to Utah at the end of this week. I'm going to try to get some climbs in as well as snowboarding and skiing. As far as I know the ice isn't in yet. I am extremely new to ice , but have some friends in SLC who are seasoned veterans. I'll be there until the 26th if your up for climbing. Jen wadej@ohsu.edu

My father died in a climbing accident when I was 18 months. I have never thought he failed me. I am proud of his accomplishments as a climber and as a father. My step father is also an accomplished climber. CLimbing is a part of him and he has made it a part of me.

EArly morning of 16th of August a man died on kilimanjaro of HAPE. He apparntly was driven to the shearer plateau (10,000 ft), proceded to climb the western breech and camp in the crater( just under 19,000 ft) . Due to lack of acclimatizing he developed pulminary edema. I was at the high camp when the streatcher passed through. our group had brought some oxygen and meds ,but it was too late by the time we were notified. Unfortunatly the rangers had no oxygen or meds. This was a very sobering experience watching him wheeled down, and a good reminder of how dangerous altitude can be.

quote: Originally posted by David Parker: You guys who learned from your Dad should thank him! Let him know how much it means to you. It's the nicest compliment you can give him! Cheers, David [/b] I definatly owe a huge thanks to my parents for exposing me to climbing. I believe climbing is a passion your born with , luckily my parents helped me find it. It started when I couldn't even walk. My parents would take me up to the crags and I would just watch them climb for hours. Our family vacations were to yosemite, gunks,tietons,ect... or where ever they were climbing. It was great! All throughout my childhood we had climbers from all over crashing on our couch and telling amazing stories of their climbs. Every slide show of my fathers would drive me to want to get out and climb what he did. In high school we moved to SLC, I rebeled and become a sport climber for a few years.... After taking a few years off I came back to my senses and have returned back to more alpine/ mountaineering climbs. SO if you have kids , let them into your crazy climbing world. It was great climbing with my dad when I was 5 and it is still great climbing with him in my 20's. It has created a amazing bond. Jennie

I was on the opposite team of the party of 3. Our party came in from Ross lake /big beaver . We met up with our perfect pass party as they where rapping off the summit. Perfect timing. It was a great climb. The snow bridges where stable and the weather was perfect!

I'm down in portlannd , but I'll be heading up north periodically. It would be great to get together with other women and climb/ drink. I am willing to drive up north!