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Me, too. Agree with them I mean Humping bivi gear up the slope is not a hoot. I met a couple of guys up there last summer who I think left the car 3 am and were coming through the boulder field at 10 am, after climbing the couloir on the backside. Leave the stuff at home and fly.

Wow, that was a fun game. Proves my theory, that on cc.com every old boring thread can take an interesting turn (and invariably wind up in spray ).

:drunk-happy-reading-a-book-gremlin:?

Or fluid stones.

I just remember that it doesn't really matter unless the thing fits, so I'll have to go try it on anyway, so I might as well just eyeball the size when the time comes Cubic inches, fluid ounces, cubic ounces, fluid inches, badabing, 5 years in the states and still can't make head nor tails of it

What are you, impotent? You want to see her do a slide show? Sounds kinda lame to me

I sprained my ankle a little bit, fell off a slackline, need to take it easy for a few days... so I'm going hiking with some friends that don't do that very much, and don't have hiking boots. Any suggestions for snow-free trails in the N. Cascades this weekend? I'm thinking about the Hidden Lake Peak hike, maybe Green Mountain, the Maple Pass Loop up near Black Peak, Spray Park perhaps, or just good old Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm. Boston Basin maybe? Please respond and tell me where the snow starts... Or, if you immediately think of a cool hike that is also the beginning of an approach to some cool climbing, with a good snow-free trail, then that would be cool to know. What's the approach to Snowking like? Never been there. Good snow-free trail with views?

Yeah, hmm, where to find a lawyer... on this site? Or on this thread? Hmm...

I need to borrow one of them parking thingies, for the Stuart Lake trailhead on Sunday. Will pick up from your place (Sat), bring back promptly (Mon or Tue), and buy you a beer at pube club (which costs the same as a day pass but beer for you is a much better way to spend my $). How about it? Anyone?

33 and 35, how the hell could you notice the difference?

I sent email two or three times asking, got prompt answers from that guy Russ who is the Fish but all he said was to be patient. This was three months ago or something like that.

Experienced ski mountaineer, never done glaciers or walking crampons? I don't mean to poke fun, but that strikes me as odd. Maybe not push it when choosing boots, methinks.

I have Cobras and like them. I stripped the rubber of my tool, for experimenting. It's not a big difference in diameter, but really makes a big difference in sensitivity and control. I tried wrapping with hockey tape, that lets you make a contoured grip that fits your hand perfectly. Great for tricky stuff, worse than useless for long slogs because after a bunch of plunging the tool starts building up a fat, nasty white husk that's impossible to hold onto. I went and did a bunch of stuff without the rubber, so far no damage to the tool or the owner.

We got all confused looking for the trail up to the top of Easy Ridge, had to bushwhack the whole way, then descended below the ravine before coming back up to Perfect Pass in a whiteout. Eiley-Wiley was cake, in comparison, although the final descent off it is a bit brushy and confusing. I hear it can be done without any bushwhacking though, by staying in timber the whole way.

Wow, did Miloshk write that?

Cheers to him, all his hiking and books and anti-deforestation service/multiple use work.

Ohmefuckinggod ChucK that cracked me up so bad you have no fucking idea. Real bad. I was down at the UW rock just the other day with Coach, he had had a couple, started doing laps on guess what crack, good good times. Catturd JUST LOWER THE FUCKING HEEL.

I climb with Dru a lot Does he bring a laptop along to spray at the belays?

Anybody want to open a betting pool on Perkins' next climb?

Nice. That's a burly day trip, especially with snow cover. Did you bivi? Where?

Maybe if you could actually put the snafflehound and horsecock gremlin in there? Let me guess, teacher thinks you're being entirely creative. Ehrm, pulling the whole thing out of your ass, as it were. Fess up kid, you went to a big rave party for new years and took three days to recover, right? The truth will out

Send it to a magazine, ask them to pay you with a hanging stove kit.

My wife and I had a total epic on a climbing trip this Saturday. Read on for the full story... We just wanted to do some easy climbing, get some mileage and a good workout in. So we were dressed really light, with sneakers and a small backpack for our climbing shoes and a chalkbag. Things were really cool for a while, we did some cool mid-fifth class climbing with little exposure and were having fun, but then it started to rain. We didn't figure it would be much of a problem, but it rained progressively harder and harder until the stone was completely doused. Scary! We eventually took shelter under an overhanging wall, and a roof around the corner when the wind changed. It was pouring, we're talking buckets, cats and dogs type of rain! We were totally stuck there. We figured we'd just have to hang out there for a while, until it stopped raining - not a big deal. That's when the first vulture showed up. Yikes! Nasty black thing flew in and sat on a stump, then later hopped off and kind of scampered closer. I bet it thought we were dead because we were sitting still to keep out of the rain. Yum, eyeballs! That's when the thunder came. Talk about positively frightening. We never saw the lightning, so we didn't know how close, but we knew we didn't want to stay under those spires any longer. We'd have to get out of there, into the rain, in our t-shirts and shorts. We switched shoes and got ready to move. It stopped raining, like somebody turned a faucet. My wife walked over to grab her bike and as we walked away from the UW rock we were nothing if not thankful that at least we didn't get wet. Talk about a close call.

Alrighty, it's the weekend, I'm in town with a ton of work to do, you suckers owe me some entertainment here. What should we debate? I know, let's play gear geek! What are the coolest soft shell bibs out there? I have an old pair of fleece bibs, made of something called ultrafleece by Mountain Equipment in the UK, with nylon butt and knee patches. I've had them since '97, they are hands down better than my Marmot goretex shell pants and Mammut Schoeller pants for climbing in winter. It's something about bibs that breathe and keep the snow off... Anyways, I bet there are some really cool Schoeller bibs out there now, if you're willing to pay an arm and a leg. Anybody have some? Ibex ones maybe, or the ones Cloudveil used to make? Fess up, are they the absolute shit for winter?

What's a fuckstick?