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You, me and the rest of the skinny folks'll be walkin' a bit funny by the end. Maybe a bit, but if we start at noon, we can hit 'em all and not get too loopy. Or is there a time limit to this experience?

If you keep experiencing the same problem whenever you wear the boots you may want to get a different pair. You can eventually damage the nerve and the numbness may not go away if you repeatedly compress it. The same thing happened to me when I wore Koflach's a few years ago. After a month of numb toes, I went to my doc and that's what he told me. I wear Lowa's now.

I vote for starting the pub crawl with the Ballard or U district. At least one drink from each establishment.

That would be a night when almost all the local cc:com chicks show up (happens maybe once a month). Better to look for a group of 6-10 guys with an age range from 20s to 40s hanging with one or two women. Oh and lots of pitchers on the table. king-5 - PC doesn't really ever start that early. Sometimes in the summer people will show at 6:30, but this time of year it's closer to 7:30.

Wow! Sorry to see Fred associated with the promoter. If the money goes to Fred I'll be there. If not, I will BOYCOT!!!

What is this? Some sort of passive-agressive fight picking? OK I'm game. Where is this Pyramid place and why should we drink at a place that sells such shitty beer? The only beer more overvalued than Pyramid is Corona and McTarnahans. Chuck - to answer your question. Nope. Not a troll. Just an observation about the lack of controversy after so many people had viewed the post. I was amazed. Given all the bs every week. If we end up at the Pryamid Brewery we have definately lost our zeal. Since there are a few places on the table now, here's my 2 cents. I'd prefer Al's to the Dubliner or Nickerson. Still think the Nickerson is too pricey. But I don't mind that as much in the summer when you can sit outside. The Dubliner is a crappy bar with watered down drinks that are too expensive, beer out of the tap is probably fine though.

So true. I guess it is still early in the weekly game.

Wow! 21 views and no replies. Guess people aren't into drinking this week. Wherever is fine with me.

I've clipped to my shoulder strap and to the harness. Both work. Make sure you actually clip it to your shoulder strap though. I lost a locker down the chute on Shucksan a couple years ago 'cause I thought I clipped it to my shoulder strap but actually got my waist belt. It fell down the route when I took my pack off...

Second hand but my roommates went up to do some back country turns across from Stevens yesterday. The scary layer was about 3.5 feet down, but they thought it was good to go. They had about 18 inches of fresh and had a blast. Went back today for more. Sorry I didn't see this last night Matt.

Isn't it also true that high intensity workouts help increase muscle mass and boost metabolism? This would in effect burn more overall fat calories because the body primarily uses fat as fuel for norlam everyday activities. Higher metabolism = higher burn rate when you're just sitting around. Mixing them in with the overall endurance stuff adds a bonus to your overall workout plan.

Cool WA Pass after the road opens = early season climbing, with an easy approach because of the snow. Or are climbers not invited?

I use the 24 hour rule.

I think it's hard to incorporate all three into a single pant. You either get waterproof/breathable, lightweight/breathable, or lightweight/waterproof. If you're looking for a lightweight/breatheable pant and don't need waterproof check out the Patagonia Talus pants. They shed water pretty well and are windproof, but would only be warm if you had a base layer on. If you go with a Precip type pant for rain gear, you could always reinforce the seat with duct tape if you're set on also glisading in them. Might look kinda funny though.

Dru, thinking of starting a museum? Do you have any really big hexes (10+ size) in your collection? I'll liberate them from underuse. They'll work great in a couple climbs I have my eye on.

Why don't climbers pay for rescues? --eternalX why dont you pay for the cops and fire and ems services. oh wait you already do, its called taxes. You don't pay for EMS services? Tell the hosiptal that next time you get picked up by an ambulance or heli. --eternal I think you get charged only when a private company responds to the call. With re: to paying for climbing rescues, I think it was mentioned in a previous thread that it is actually prohibited by some legislation that the government charge for rescues. They are generally performed by government agancies or volunteers. Also, if they charge for climbing resuces the sure as hell better start charging lost hikers, boaters, horsepeople, snowmobilers, etc. They account for a much larger percentage of rescues. Enough! This topic has been discussed ad nauseum.

Looks like the Alki is pulling into the lead based on poll results. So what time do we "call it"?

Erik - I'll support the Alki Tavern if you're going to show up this week. Maybe Hikerwa would show too.

sounds cool. Martha Stewart could add this to her list of crafts for school holidays. Please post photos of finshed product.

Call me naive but not sure what you're proposing with the tape and bubble wrap Erik.

Good try Muffy. What we should do is have a Sat night pub club in Smith sometime this spring. Maybe at the grasslands and perhaps Terminal can supply the brew. It could be the spring rope up for those that don't back country ski, since someone's already organizing the ski-in with the keg remote party. For this Tuesday, I nominate somewhere in the U-district. Maybe Dante's or the Zoo.

Nice list Tex. Topics #2, 4, 8, 9, and 11 could be some good not directly related to climbing entertainment. As someone else mentioned a few weeks ago kissing and telling is poor form.

On the lower part I finally got up the one section by putting a cam in as high as I could reach then liebacking upto where I could get back into it just below the top part. It just felt so insecure I didn't like it. At the top part I climbed a lot of that like a chimney. Still too big for my hands but I did get a could arm bars in. I guess I'll just keep thrashing about in offwidths until I get a little stronger and figure it out. Thanks. On Rattletale, I followed it laybacking the whole way. I would not want to lead it that way.

Thanks Dru. Nice diversion.

Battered Sandwich was a fun climb on Saturday. That thing beat me up and I felt it until yesterday. My hands are finally starting to look normal. I need to keep working on my offwidth technique... What do you do when it's too big for fists, too small for elbows, wrong angle for arm bars, and awkward for your feet? Maybe I need to try my first handstacks, just can't figure out how I'll move up with both hands in the crack.