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hmm

quote: Originally posted by Dru: And the Subaru Alpinism road trip and not backing off Louis when Fern wanted to, and consequently running out to the car at midnight with no headlamp so they wouldnt lock us in. didn't want to back-off, if I'd wanted to back off we woulda backed-off eh. ... or maybe I just have a selective memory I almost never really get a sense of accomplishment out of climbing anything, whether bold or mundane. There have been a few moments of 'Oh yeah! Yay me' but I get those more often from skiing than climbing. But I still like to climb because it's fun, even if it doesn't make me feel like an awesome person.

quote: Originally posted by sk: Actualy it is TOAIST... Read up on you anciant chinese philosophy actually I think that is an ancient Roman breakfast treat [ 06-05-2002, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: fern ]

Bruce Stover scrubbed and fitted something in the W. Dihedrals last year in the vicinity of Illusion, I can't remember how 'moderate' it is but it was easier than 5.12. I'm pretty sure it's in one of the new route logs.

I have heard this condition referred to as 'pack-ne'

well I guess it's just too bad then that most of the guys I climb with are already hooked up or don't require my 4th class limited ropegun services.

I was just wondering if a guy asked me to drag him up something if I could expect to get some sometimes you guys say funny things about girls...makes me laugh.

I'm curious what constitutes a 'ropegun hooker' ... does there have to be an actual exchange of sexual favours for climbing experience? Can a guy be a ropegun rentboy?

so suppose You (the non-hypothetical but actually real Peter Puget you) remove the fixed gear (and add no bolts) so that You can free the thing, and You succeed (way to go!). If then You hear that some dude has gone up and aided the thing and bashed in some new heads ... are you going to feel like finding him and laying the smack down for hammering on 'Your Climb'? Or are you going to feel like 'well I already had my fun on that piece of rock and now he can have his fun and it's all good let's buy another round '. Whether you remove the fixed gear or not you have zero control over how much following climbers will scar the rock, only they have that control. I say have your fun, tread carefully yourself and then move on, and have faith that most other climbers will feel the same way.

on the edge of Kluane Lake about 1km before the Slims River Bridge is a single black basalt boulder with a survey marker on its top and some cool problems on the side facing the water. [ 05-29-2002, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: fern ]

maybe I am misremembering, maybe many spleens have ruptured on the Shield, but the incident I thought I recalled reading about in ANAM involved Rich Prohaska clove hitching to every piece on a rivet ladder and then taking a static fall when a homemade hanger ripped a swage ... or whatever ... I don't care ...

quote: Originally posted by Dru: I saw a climbing rope break once in a tug of war. It nearly killed Fern too.... so is the lesson then that tying in with the rope is plenty strong enough for only one person, but on those Mountaineers rope teams of 50 they maybe ought to back themselves up with daisy chains?

nay ... unnecessary piece of gear. although some people have been known to build their belay anchors simply by clipping cams and widgets directly into various pockets of their daisy ... bomber

good job K and jordop. looks like it was a fun 5 days! in the Mt Garibaldi #2 picture the low sub peak on the left that isn't blocked by clouds is the Tent.

yeah, I want to see pictures of Dru trying to ski

quote: Originally posted by iain: my f'ing wool beanie hat <snip> Wear a beanie hat <snip> since dru's away I'll pick up the slack ... Dude it's called a TOQUE! ...eh?

I have not used this binding myself. However my friend who is not a large fellow recently had a heel piece blow out on his Freeride binding. The failure was at a small plastic hinge pin. He was able to return the broken piece for a replacement from tele-pyr with little hassle. The bindings were bought earlier this season and used predominantly for touring, perhaps 25 days.

*hiccup* [ 05-14-2002, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: fern ]

For my own amusement I recently made a list of what I consider a complete rack and added up the MEC prices (i.e. Canadian $$, pretax). For a rack that includes at least 2 pieces for every size from thin fingers to small fists, all respected Western Bloc brands I got, Total: spare carabiners + quickdraws:$210 Nuts+Cams+Hexes+Tricams: $453.60 for the deluxe (22 pieces), $330.30 (17 pieces) for the streamlined. How much money is too much?

quote: Originally posted by Bronco: What's so unusual about this calving? it is bigger than usual, hence it is unusual.

quote: Originally posted by sayjay: freeclimb (and others): don't confuse glaciers (and thier behaviour/what makes them go away) with ice shelves. glaciers are formed by the accumulation of snow on land in regions where there is snow/ice cover year round. they can be depleted by either by warmer temperatures (snow melts) and/or a decrease in precipitation (less snow accumulates) true quote: ice shelves (such as the one that just split off the Ross Ice Shelf) are frozen sea water not true. The ice shelves are glacial ice that has extended out into the ocean and past the grounding line. Ice shelves are hundreds of meters thick. Frozen sea water forms sea ice which is around 2 meters thick at most.

ha ... the perspective on that photo make the belayer look like an action figure hanging Tori Allen monkey style off her chalk bag

I have a flexible schedule and can take the day off to go to Squamish on short notice. Send e-mail to fwebb@geop.ubc.ca or PM here. [ 05-10-2002, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: fern ]

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Fern it was a good thing you admitted to soloing Diamonds and Spades and not Fern Gully... who says I haven't? ... sometimes you don't have a partner handy and you just wanna get up something

obviously the picture is pre-chop, duh. robert is really cool and modest and the most kickass climber I have ever met, but he seems to have Joe Simpson style luck. he was soloing SoD and self rescued from the 14th pitch (down Chongo's fixed lines). [ 05-08-2002, 03:46 PM: Message edited by: fern ]