fleblebleb

That's damn funny

I think you need a better better poll, with half and twin rope options... And it would be cool to see what people think about that monofil stuff too.

Wow, I was sure that was really Messner but if he only solos then maybe it isn't?

Took a nap on Sahale Arm getting in shape for winter, if it ever comes... The patches of heather on the west side of all those small clusters of trees are really nice, protected from the wind coming over the pass from the east and nicely exposed to the sun over Jberg. I think I even got a little sunburnt

at Owl & Thistle

Cool thread! Holler if looking for a partner for some of this stuff, cheers - Stefan

How did go? Did you have fun? Did you find snow? Curious...

quote: Originally posted by fleblebleb: In Swedish (and Icelandic) kropp means body, so Kropping a mountain has the dual meaning of climbing the mountain by muscle power - couch to couch. I mean, dual meaning of muscle power climb and Göran homage.

Memorial: Bike to Rainier, climb, bike back home. Pick a good date in high-season. Easy enough to be doable/reasonable, burly enough to be taken seriously, obvious reminder of Göran's best known adventure. Keep a register of the people who finish, as a climbers' tribute to a climber. Somebody said something about a dulfersitz and not having ideas about what could be named for Kropp. Go Kropp Rainier. In fact you could go Kropp whatever mountain you like. In Swedish (and Icelandic) kropp means body, so Kropping a mountain has the dual meaning of climbing the mountain by muscle power - couch to couch. Seems fitting. Reading TR's of Kropped Cascade peaks next summer would be way cool.

I hate the iodine taste and think it's silly to have to carry water around for > 30 minutes when there are creeks everywhere, it's heavy and bulky... But I'm not brave enough to not treat. So I'm kind of sold on having one filter in the group.

Err, yeah, that's news, Norwegian guy wants to euthanize Trask. Any idea how many Trask burger jokes were floating around in Iceland after the dude moved there? BTW Trask required the world's biggest airplane for the move, an Antonov maybe (?), and there wasn't any runway big enough in the country so one had to be extended or something like that. Then after that a huge truck convoy and finally a ferry ride. Hehe, a dude on a ferry, ironic right? Since then Trask has been kept in a pen with not much else to do than hang out on a Martha Stewart bulletin board and occasionally troll cascadeclimbers.com. The dude's been limp for years, he'll probably never be able to get it up again. You'll see what I mean right away if you can find a photo. I say it's time they let the dude out already, put an end to the whole sorry spectacle.

Whoah, anybody else noticed this chemistry between trask and thelawgoddess? How about trask and jon then?

I'm trying to understand this Bachar ladder concept... from what I gather you're supposed to take a rope ladder, tension it at 20-30 degrees overhanging, then climb hands-only. Seems like a good way to get tendonitis since your palms are twisted away from your body all the time and the exercise is quite stressful. How about spacing the rungs much further apart and doing the exercise with ice tools? That should yield a more natural body position, right?

That's a great picture, and a great answer to my question. I can see why you'd rather simply lieback it - bomber pro just below and a short step with really good hands *and* feet. Pack looks like misery though

Boo-hoo, sniffles, my opinion doesn't count

Well, if you're feeling all lonely you can always join the Mountinsteers, they have singles activities, swing dancing, and lots of other good stuff that should be to your liking.

Yeah, I've heard that kid is a terrible troublemaker. Don't know what they were thinking to hire *him*. He should be working at a Jaguar dealership... [ 09-04-2002, 08:40 AM: Message edited by: fleblebleb ]

Q: What's more cramped than a bivi bag? A: A bivi bag underneath a tarp pitched down low. I slept through a bit of a blizzard this summer with a bivi bag and a tarp, and it worked great - but I wouldn't want to do it for an extended period. We were up on Cache Col and there were gusts of wind from different directions, so I had to pitch it really close to the ground. I'll stick to a tent for longer trips, or trips with a marginal forecast, unless the whole trip is below timberline. And I would rather have a tent that can be pitched fly first.

... starting to enjoy the falling more than the climbing... Quite a special guy, eh?

If it's a 2" crack, why a lieback? Wouldn't jamming be much less strenuous and safer while fiddling with pro? I'm just asking out of ignorance, not to be a smartass or anything.

Sheesh, it doesn't take much to annoy you does it Erik? I don't see anything wrong with mentioning the names of people that are doing something right, although like most of you I'd hesitate before naming someone and then spewing all over that person. Anyway, look, if you go to FF or PMS you're probably not going to run into the slickest customer service around. On the other hand the shop will be full of climbing gear and the employees will be pretty familiar with it. Sounds like a good tradeoff to me. Woohoo! Page top! [ 09-03-2002, 09:39 PM: Message edited by: fleblebleb ]

Flabbergasted... Let me see if I get this straight... Ray's saying no to the beer in favor of vacuuming or some such. Well, well. If I stay home and watch American Idol, do I best him? Where's the vacuuming gremlin?

I hardly have any pigment, which isn't much of a problem in Iceland where you can count a year's worth of sunny days on your fingers - but it means that I'll pretty much never be able to hang out in the desert and climb, or any stuff like that. It's just not very much fun to have to be all covered from head to toe, or go through sunscreen by the gallon. Clearly this is much less of a problem for people with darker skin. I read somewhere that black people have a higher ratio of fast vs. slow muscle fibres. Maybe there are other, less obvious physiological differences that make winter more pleasant for us whiteys? What determines how well people cope with heat and humidity? I'm a posterchild for people that can't cope with either, btw.

I have taken to leaving my wallet at home when I go on climbing trips. I just take one credit card and my driver's license and I keep those on me. My car has the stock radio and I don't leave any valuables in it - I even ask my partners to finish up their packing at home instead of bringing all kinds of stuff to figure out whether we need it at the trailhead. It sucks being paranoid though.

The FF folks have been cool to me. I run into Jeff and his wife a lot, both in the store and at the UW rock, have also talked to Todd, Marshall and Sandy, and that other guy who runs the place or something but whose name I don't know. None of those people have ever come off to me as the kind that would be rude to a customer - they're pretty mellow, everybody climbs and skis, etc.