MtnHigh

Punk tricks by a hick kid Filled my front of my mouth with lighter fluid, lit a match in front of my face then spat the light lighter fluid toward the ceiling. Big ball of fire. Wanted to be Gene Simons of KISS. Walked through a camp fire in bare feet and shorts when drunk off my ass Started the neighbors hay field on fire Hit a cow that was running down the road right in it's ass with my '67 Fury, shit went flying all over the car. Later that day went to the farmer who owned the cow to confess. My dad and I helped him butcher the cow.

Snaffle Hunting in the Bugaboos

Snowpatch Sprire Bugaboos

What's with all this hangover talk. I just finished cleaning up the kitchen and from what I can tell there was more food consumed than beer. Everything was eaten. Even the bananas. On the other hand there's lots of beer left. The IPA is empty, the Golden has a gallon or two left and the keg of Triple still weighs over a 100 lbs. Hmmmm.....what to do on a rainy Superbowl weekend with a keg of beer.

Doesn't sound like good climbing until the current snow dump, up to 5 feet through Friday, has a chance to settle. MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1000 AM PST WED JAN 28 2004 .WEDNESDAY...RAIN AND SNOW. BREEZY. SNOW ACCUMULATION 8 TO 14 INCHES. SNOW LEVEL 3500 FEET. .THURSDAY...RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION 12 TO 18 INCHES. SNOW LEVEL 4000 FEET. .THURSDAY NIGHT...RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION 12 TO 18 INCHES. SNOW LEVEL 400 FEET.

The keg will be set up by 6, so any time after that is OK. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

For no reason what so ever a kegger is on. When: Thursday 1/29 Where: At my place. Many of you already know where I live. If you don't PM me for directions or ask a mutual friend how to get to my place. TG is bringing a keg. I also have a few bottles of wine sitting around. If we drain the keg early there's a Plaid Pantry just down the street. If you want to eat bring you own The grill will be fired up. I'll have salty snack food out to keep everyone thirsty.

Sweet....and Thanks for the info. I'll be looking for it during the next Gorge ice age.

I'm in Wausau watching the Packer game. Go Pack

Just east of the Crown Point hairpin turn Winter and I were turned back in our attempt to get into the Gorge this morning. A large snow drift blocks the road. On the side of the road were an ice tool and one climbing boot. PM me if you'd like them back. Curious as to why a single tool and boot where left there???

If anything should be banned from this site are the dorks who want to bolt the alpine. Sure the comments were rude, but apprearantly being PC is above principle. CC is going down the tubes.

Washing your climbing socks or longjohns might bring bad luck. Bet your life on it.

Leave the screamers at home and save a few onces in the pack. There isn't any ice steep enough to warrent using them.

They chopped the replies to the Alpine Bolt Kit thread faster than.....

I did a recon trip into the Gorge on Saturday. Checked out the climbs between Shepperds Dell and Ainsworth. There's ice , but it's thin. Hopefully it will thicken up Sunday.

There's a cold snap hitting the Gorge Sat night through Tuesday. Anyone out there wanna get on it??? I checked out a number of climbs between Bridal Falls and Ainsworth today. Still thin, but ice is already clinging to the rock.

Taking the advice from an old school skier I met this Fall, Jim said when the freshies are deep ski the steeps at Skibowl. He was right. There was 12-18" of fresh to push around this morning. Friggin increadable.

Maybe he picked up a hitch hiker, they hit it off and are holed up in a swanky North Bend motel doin the nasty.

The parking lot looks like a piss soddened belay station

Skinned up to the base of Crater this morning. Cold and windy mother up there. Even though a shit load of snow just dumped there is little powder to be found above Timberline. It's all wind packed and even crusty in spots.

Still ain't cold enough in the Gorge. Day temps are mid to upper 30's in Cascade Locks today through Thursday. You'd have to sniff out something above 1000'.

The price of success is never cheap

Placed a bunch of these Grivel screws recently and really liked how easily they drill into the ice. One negitive about them is that the handle does not rack as well as other screws.

I read that bd changed their manufacturing process for the turbo. The machining of the ice screw is apparently puter controlled, more accurate, making a more precise ice screw that is easier to drill into ice.