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If they're the green ones you might be able to find them cheaper, but are still worth the $160 bones if they fit you. I saw some dude heading out to Liberty Ridge with them and some overgaitors.

The tough part about descending 3rd or 4th class for me is that I'm usually whipped and need to keep reminding myself to slow down and pay attention to what I'm doing. I like to "test" dubious looking rocks by pulling on them or pounding on them to see whether they're attached to rock or just stuck to moss. When you get lazy and careless is when bad stuff happens.

dingle berries.

Visualize whirled peas.

quote: "bolted so as to allow the climber to concentrate on the moves, not the fall". I don't know about you guys, but I've thought about the fall everytime I've climbed there.

The most dangerous part of climbing is still driving there.

ummm... New England Ice Climbing

quote: She said golf is cooler then Pub Club!!!!! Maybe Pub Club is cooler than her?

That's why I just take a sharpie and write on the cork.

quote: ...free weights are better then machines. This is because they require you to stabilize your body while lifting so your low back, abs, etc. also get work.Well...not necessarily. Compare a one-armed seated row on a cable machine to a one armed bent-over row with a dumbbell. With the freeweight exercise, you're posting the arm that isn't lifting the weight effectively stabilizing the upper body. With the cable machine exercise, the muscles in your torso bear the brunt of keeping your upper body in position. Another tip for your rhomboids is to imagine cracking an egg with your shoulder blades every time you do an exercise. This completes the contraction.

It hasn't been there for awhile...I second the Owl and Thistle.

Make sure to run into the trees if you hear gunshots!

That sounds like a shitload of fun Count me in. On a similar note we could do Seattle to Rainier, climb it, then ride home

Oh...I thought that was packing fudge. My bad.

Rhomboids (not to be confused with hemorroids) are the muscles that connect your scapula to your vertebrae. They are responsible for retracting your shoulders back along a horizontal plane (rows) and also assist in pulling in the vertical plane (pullups).

Didn't Hamster Boy Mystic Nacho originally bring that up?

Scarpa/Black Diamond is a lot cheaper in Europe. The Scarpa Invernos are great for routes involving a lot of frontpointing or technical ice, but a touch stiff for walking around on glaciers.

Dwayner and the Alpine Kitty got called out. This thing has been pissing people off for as long as I can remember. I've gotten some of the best climbing info from here, but I've had to sift through a lot of HORSECOCK to get it. But whatever...it doesn't represent regional climbing - its just a bunch of screw-offs with more time on their hands than they know what to do with. BTW-If you don't know why Dan Larson sucks, you weren't around for the Golden Age.

Dwayner and the Alpine Kitty got called out. This thing has been pissing people off for as long as I can remember. I've gotten some of the best climbing info from here, but I've had to sift through a lot of HORSECOCK to get it. But whatever...it doesn't represent regional climbing - its just a bunch of screw-offs with more time on their hands than they know what to do with. BTW-If you don't know why Dan Larson sucks, you weren't around for the Golden Age.

Sort've depends on the year. Usually February/March is a good time to go. Joe Josephson's Waterfall Ice is the classic guide...I'm not sure if anything new has come out since. Sean Dougherty's Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies will give you the summit routes. Give Mountain Magic a call, or stop in their store. They usually have a list of all the climbs that are in, and what kind of condition they're in. I'll be up there at the end of the month and will post a tr.

quote: toyota way underpoweredblah, blah, blah Underpowered only if you're towing your fifth-wheel up a mountain pass. Toyotas rule.

Do you have to be a member?

I saw his slideshow a few years ago and sat in awe of a man who could show us how far the human spirit can take us. My condolences to his family and friends. What a loss.

A watermelon.

I heard you can wear while soloing rock routes, too. If you grease off, pull the ripcord and whammo - instant bouldering pad.