lizard_brain

I wonder if those aren't photos from a "scrambling" course, rather than the BCC. Good point - must be, since they're not wearing harnesses. They nearly always have those on at the bcc field trips...

Come to think of it, he might be good to have on a climb in case the group got off route - there would be plenty there to eat for days. My only worry would be that he might eat me first...

What I'm saying is those pics are not the norm, either. You keep showing pics of the same fat guy. Okay, that's one guy out of one class out of one year, shown repeatedly. Yeah, it is funny, and I wonder if he ever finished the class. I can't imagine him making it to the base of a climb, let alone summiting. But he does make for amusing pics.

Okay, true. On the other end of the scale though, I've read trip descriptions in their trip sign-ups that included the statements "must be able to tolerate copious amounts of foul language and un-PC behavior by both genders" and "slow party members will be killed and eaten". Mind you, these are NOT the norm, it is entirely up to the trip leader what goes into the Leader Notes of a trip description, and occasionaly someone with some gusto and some humor says what they feel.

When you have teh layzer vision, you can do your own vasectomies.

please post a TR...that should be entertaining....is it a themed cruise? Singles, swingers, gay, retired etc....? How about single gay retired swingers?

The only reason I don't post TRs is that I only do boring climbs.

...And I wonder why all my freinds call this site 'cascadewhiners dot com'...

I also like the woman standing on the rope, grinding dirt through the sheath. Great technique!

Love the beard, too. And the look. He's into it.

I can say from experience that these guys are not Mountaineers. If they were, they would have them wearing helmets and belay gloves. There are other a couple of other details, but I'll skip those. But this ain't a Moutaineers pic. (The other ones look like they were.)

I'm having trouble accessing the pics from the Colin Haley Advertisements for Alpinism Article, too.

Well it will have to come out then, Mr. Gumby!

MMMmmmmm.... Hand sanitizer...

How long was the drive? I've thought about taking my nieces to The Feathers while they are visiting here, but the thought of a 3-hour drive each way is horrifying. (7 and 10 years old.) Camping there might make it better. Who knows who else might have used kids' rock shoes? Second Ascent? I'd prolly only get new harnesses & helmets.

Easy as ever, we strayed off it a bit for variety. It was a fun day, nice climb, great weather. North Cascades is always great for views...

Very cool! I've passed your post on to him. If he doesn't go for it, I will...! Thanks!!!

You should attend some of the feild trips. I don't know what your impression of the Mounties is but, you should see the ones that DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE COURSE! Imagine some of the people in the world that want to be 'climbers', and sign up for the basic course. We get to deal with some real delusional people. Just look at those pictures. Some people sign up for the course that are so out of shape it is pathetic. And some get vertigo just climbing up Sherman Rock. Not all of them are like this, mind you. Most of them are very average people. But a few are real gems. We get a couple each year that we remember for years. Good and bad.

I will add one thing about the Mountie program - those that climb with them (those that have been through the program) know what they're in for. In other words, the program is uniform, so all Mountie climbers know what others that have been through the program have been taught. And if people in the program don't get it, they're OUT. I've been through the Mountie program myself, and taught parts of it a few years, and persoanlly kicked people out of the basic course each year that either just didn't get it or didn't bother to. They know what they are supposed to learn, they know what they will be tested on and when, and if they don't pass by the deadline - GOODBYE! I don't see why some people bother to sign up for the course. They have literally MONTHS to learn this stuff, and some of them don't bother. Someone may have an evening class on knots, and be told they have to have them down by the next feild trip in 4 weeks, and they show up and know none of them. And what do they do? APOLOGISE! What do I do? SEND THEM HOME! I ask them "If you were me, would you put your life in my hands? I sure wouldn't put my life in yours. Goodbye." Similar things happen every year.

Here you go... Kind of subtle, but you are in the little white circles on the route...

Hey! I was one of the guys you talked to in the TH parking lot... I have a couple of pics I took from the summit of Liberty Bell that day with you guys in the background on the West Face of NEWS. You can just barely see the little black dots in the crack. I'll post them here later.

I wish I could find the article that I read in CNN or NTY or somewhere that described how much more he would be making if he were not (supposedly) on 'roids. They broke down the value of different advertisers and how much other athletes are getting from them, and how much HE WOULD or COULD be getting from them, and it worked out to something like $28 million more if he were (supposedly) clean. Big companies don't want to touch him.

Those are tights? I thought that was a tattoo...

Thanks! I'm thinking about giving that route another run in September...

Bump.