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I went climbing with 3 people last Sunday and one of them refused to carry the rope even though he only had slippers and a harness in his pack. And then when I blew out the sole of my shoe no-one else would put a rope on anything so we went and ate ice-cream instead. At least I didn't have to pay for that too. What a bunch of losers

quote: Originally posted by RURP: And what about "DJ Highball"? DJ Highball could not get his gear and rekkids through canadian customs. There was some other dude on the 'wheels of steel'. Perhaps this was the missing magic ingredient that woulda turned my frown upside down. I am all for raising money for access projects so I will refrain from making more negative comments. I hope the Vantage and Smith Rock events are enjoyable for all. [ 09-16-2002, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: fern ]

if it's the same as the one in Squampton on Saturday it will be sooooo weak. as an example we were treated to slides of people bouldering indoors. . At least I won a pencil case as a door prize.

I also have a Arc'teryx Gamma SV. It doesn't breath well, so not so useful in warm temps. It is not very insulated so not so useful in cold temps. But it makes me look cool and outdoorsy when I walk around campus.

yeah we can top-rope some more 5.4s!!

why should anyone care. boring.

banana peel has many more bypass options than Diedre. Eg, do the direct 5.8 pitch between the faults, then the 10a thing to the left of the waves/corner pitch. Up the groove to the niche above the scraggy tree (belay as high as possible) Then step left out of the niche onto Sparrow and do a long (full 60, 1 bolt) 5.8 pitch to the trees 2 pitches from Broadway. Then just climb past people Euro style - clip their gear and step on their long-slung hexes dragging on the 25 degree slab

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I thought it started down where Snake starts and angles up and right toward the dihedral?? or is that something else (imaginary)

wow, with two lists of cc.com girls, I guess the count is complete now

One afternoon (at band camp) my friend and I found his car parked in the same spot he had left it in the morning but facing the opposite direction and the alarm had been tripped. We assumed that it had been towed, then later returned when they realized he did have a parking pass.

I didn't choose or pay for this box or the software it runs, it merely sits on my desk adding spice to my life. Speaking from experience I can only echo timmy , why would ANYONE run solaris? . Kill -9 is my salvation .

I am not a doctor or medical know-it-all. <engage random word generator> I think its a long spectrum from minor cold responses like goose-bumps and numb fingers through to the serious problems of hypothermia and frostbite. I think that if your core is warm, your head is warm and you have well insulated hands and feet yet you still have cold fingers or toes then maybe you can trick your body into warming the extremities up. I have heard of people doing tabasco shots with some success which I guess is the oral equivalent of Icy Hot. But if your extremities are cold because the energy (heat) loss to the environment is greater than your body can replace through metabolism+circulation you aren't going to fix that by smearing yourself with snake-oil. You need to find a way to fix the energy deficit - eg warmer equipment, more food, chemical heaters, stay home in front of fire. <disengage random word generator>

is Icy Hot like tiger balm or something? those creams that feel hot even though there is no actual energy source. Or is it like a shake'n'warm chemical heat pack?

my OS was not listed - Solaris 8 running Netscape 4.79 my experience is that it starts loading the main forum page then seems to poop out when it hits the chat hack. But I don't know nuthin about computers I just made that guess because the URL that displays in the location box accompanying the 500 error is this: www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/chat.cgi?f=summary ^^^^

Lulu

I have a small horse, her daily output fills one 5 gallon bucket. It's mostly just partially digested grass and not that offensive. Way less offensive than dog shit. Regardless of species the problem with animals almost always comes down to irresponsible and selfish, un-conscientious owners. Ban the owners

take cat with you. I saw someone at Smith with a cat on a leash once

I am not signing any papers, I haven't authorized anyone else to sign papers on my behalf, climbers are not unionized and anonymous internet poster spraying threats is easy to ignore. piss off.

the odds are good but the goods are odd

There's that mini-guide from Climbing magazine a few years back. I doubt there's been a huge amount of new-routing since. My bro-in-law's father is on the property-owners council at Horne Lake, the latest I heard on re-opening the crags is that they (the cabin owners) have suggested that anyone who climbs there should be a member of some organization (eg CASBC) that has liability insurance ... which of course is never going to happen. I don't think they are anti-climbing at all ... just have no idea about it, how dangerous/not dangerous it is and what sort of management is possible or sensible. I don't think the crags will be closed forever.

I wondered if there was some slick trick. Sometimes knots don't hold so well in nylon. whatever, thanks for the advice.