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and while on the topic of crappy american tv, MTV and boobs, lets take a moment to mourn the passing (due to breast cancer) of the Godmother of Reality TV Mary Ellis Bunim the creator of The Real World (Las Vegas and others).

his and hers? or whatever those grotto canyon thingums are called ... Mental Jewelry?

tada

If anyone wants to do an impromptu shindig I can bring up a slide projector.

heh ... I know where they are. And where a rusty white subaru is not parked is fair game right ?

oh ye of little faith

For freeclimb rope soloing an alternative to any sort of clove hitch or device is to essentially pre-tie all your backup knots in 10' loops and stack them in order on your harness. As you run out of slack in each loop you drop it off you harness, there is the option of clipping the fig-8 into intermediate pro or just leaving it or untieing it. I am skimming many details here. I am sure someone clever could search the googlenews archives to find the rec.climbing post I read about this.

how tall is she?

ice climbing on Vancouver Island I bet if you googled you could find heaps info on rock climbing opps.

duh ... I am not snart Tres Burly!

no kidding I was thinking the exact same thing Stefan!! those waterfall were sweet!! I have some ideas where it might be.

I experience no problems with Netscape 4.2 on Solaris 8. Maybe you should all switch

Tailwind

wow ... not a popular tool it would seem ... no wonder they are on sale

Anybody climbed with these? Have opinion on how they feel compared to any other tools out there? In particular they have a slightly longer shaft than most other similar tools. Does this make them unwieldy? Is the extra length even noticeable?

very good guide map: http://john_baldwin.bivouac.com/whistler.htm

I like how the line takes a little zip up the in situ toprope for a few feet there. Shouldn't that add an "A0" to the rating?

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my this-weekend-plans got postponed. would anyone like to go iceclimbing in Lillooet Sun/Mon? or alternatively Sunday-only local adventure of any nature. (Squamish?) I don't have a vehicle unfortunately. please PM if interested

I think people who are bumbly and inefficient with ropemanagement and anchor building will never realize the benefit of the xtra 10 or 20 meters and people who are way-honed and efficient will climb the route faster than me even if their rope is only 10m long. A 50m rope is a perfectly adequate tool

nah wirlwind, it just means you have to keep your mouth shut and avert your eyes as you pass the Dihedrals. On the other hand your van and hair give you complete license to lay a tarp in the middle of the parking lot to 'sort' your gear for 3 hours every morning

in the absence of correct clothing the following non-wearable substitutions may be made: - folding/CrazyCreek chair - labrador retriever (chocolate colour preferable, black acceptable, homemade climbing-rope leash attached but not held) - portable Coleman catalytic heater

last chance to jump on Dru's secret ice projects while he is out of town! who's with me?

not refrigerated, but not really a snack bar either. I think it's mashed up sesame seeds mixed with a bit of honey and ???. It's crumbly.

I think Simon Yates is a guest at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival this year (late February).