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the book Muffy is referring to is called "Leading Out" by Rachel someone or other. Has a PNW focus. I kinda enjoyed Lynn Hill's autobiography though others panned it for being dull. Annapurna: A Woman's Place is On Top, is good but so very dated it makes me cringe a bit.

you'd probably get a better whole body workout from a rowing machine and wouldn't have to worry about headroom. Keeping pedals lower to the floor sounds like jogging with your knees tied together. It sure doesn't seem like you'd be happy with that limitation for long term and if you are spending a bunch of money on workout gear it would suck to get frustrated and bored quickly. If you really want to step up and down on something you could probably score a milkcrate for way cheaper than the Stairmaster ... or if you want more headroom maybe dig a hole in the floor ... ythen you could move the hole around and just get your workout that way

my sick rad lurker friend has expressed interest in coming, so I will tag along to introduce her to all you loozers ...

I should also point out that John stepped beyond the bounds of this forum himself in some of his comments to you Muffy. I chopped it all. I hope this thread can stay on track from now on.

I chopped a bunch of bullshit from this thread. Please do not use this forum as a chat room. i_like_sun you already have a thread about your own issues with food and training, so please refrain from co-opting all other tangentially related threads to your own agenda. Muffy, you know this is not the spray forum. Please limit further discussion to the Original Topic: Zone Diet, favorite recipes, blah blah blah.

like downfall says, the essence of the zone diet is a balance of carbs and protein at each meal/snack that minimizes the insulin rollercoaster. The book-standard zone diet is not optimized for a high-output athletic lifestyle, nor for the transient caloric demands of sports like alpine climbing where time and pack-weight place limits on food choices. But there has been plenty of research/experimentation in adapting the principles towards those activities - the crossfit and gym jones crowds have both investigated and written articles on this. My reading of it is that the excess caloric requirement that is a result of steady training (going to the gym for an hour, 5 days a week etc.) is met by increasing fat intake (avocados, almonds, olive oil shots etc.) while the transient demands of a day of hard climbing etc. are best met with an addition of high carb snacks on the go(GU etc.) mixed in.

uh, ok. what do ya mean? lifting weights on monday and running on tuesday doesn't mean you will be able to run while carrying weights on wednesday. Someone who runs while carrying weights on monday AND tuesday will still crush you in Wednesday's race. the only "split" that matters is the one between training and rest - and the schedule of that has no logical or physiological connection that I can see, to the days of the week.

"segmented training builds segmented capacity"

Why doncha go climb it n see how steep it is. it's a tilted picture. gear hanging on a harness hangs straight down in an untilted picture.

Hey Ken it's missing a motor

this thread sucks without olyclimber. Here is a picture for him.

I hate you Joe and Michelle Puryear you have made me so jealous! I don't remember a 100 foot runout on Off-Balanced Rock, but perhaps I avoided it by climbing into the chimney right off the belay, only recommended for the tiny and flexible. I will add that route on Kingfisher to my list for next time. Thanks for the TR

naw ... she spent the previous night on the floor of a telephone booth and slept in. Climbs so fast she doesn't need to get up early.

Hi i_like_sun, I realize your question is sincere. However, the general topic of the merits of different models and brands of ice tools has been brought up SO many times during the life of this bulletin board. It is not difficult to do a search and pull up tons of discussions - even just by clicking back through the topic lists. So for you to broach the topic again perhaps makes the "regulars" feel like you have failed to do your homework, and as a result your genuine inquiry is met with, if not derision, at least dismissal and annoyance. As a moderator of this forum, having seen this topic hashed out a couple of times a year for the last 4 years, it's hard for me to feel particularily inclined to rebuke that response. A few basic pointers in pulling up results from our search engine: Under the forum lists choose the "Gear Critic" forum or the "Ice Climbing" forum. Set the date filter for results "Newer Than: 7 Years" Under the Keywords, perhaps try listing some of the common brands or models eg. Quarks, Vipers, Grivel ... etc. rather than a more vaque query such as "Ice tools" good luck with your quest for information.

if you are just going to follow some ropegun why would you not just top-rope at the 'next' level, bring your same plateaued friends and get everyone out of the rut.

I am sorry your cat is so unwell Carolyn.

print screen (button on top row of keyboard), copy to paint, save as jpg, upload picture. HINT: hide all porn windows on desktop before print screen, or crop out of jpg before saving.

Home Depot

awesome

for full disclosure the uppermost pillar was brittle and insubstantial dry icicles. We were scared off and bailed from the high tree out right. We should have brought more rock gear. I am optimistic about the quantity of ice remaining in shady and high locations around and about. I spotted someone climbing The Groke on Saturday too ... I hope they thought they were making an FA, because I can't imagine being enticed by the guidebook description to bother wading the river and hiking up there.

good job Don! Here's some pictures from Duffey's Delight, same day.

I think the movie was actually based on the play

we aren't in the habit of creating special forums to cater to the idiosyncrasies of individuals - except pirates. If there's something seriously dysfunctional with the geographic organization and ease of browsing through and finding info you want we are open to discussions of other ways of setting things up. So far I haven't heard any complaints that people don't know where to look to find info on conditions in Canada ... It's just a forum title, is it really such an important thing that someone should take it personally?

and banned. armchair quarterbacking, anonymous judgementalising, jerk with superiority complex. You fail to convince me that the new member "unethicalhiker" is going to contribute anything of lasting substance or value to this bulletin board. So either re-think your motivations for wanting to participate here and register a new ID with a better attitude, or just piss off forever.

you mean the title of the forum? it is already British Columbia/Canada ... it's not British Columbia, Canada. It's not Western Canada, because this is the forum for Eastern Canada too ...