Richard_Pumpington

Hey Crazymouthfullofjizz,Better to be named Dick than to always have yourmouth full of it, like you. Lick it, like you always do!

Why don't you just take a WFR course(Wilderness FirstResponder)for $450-$500, an Avalanche Level 1 course $200, basic & advanced mountaineering and crevasserescue courses $1000 and take the rest of the moneyand just go climb on your own. You'll end up gettingmuch more experience that way. Or take the rest of themoney and buy equipment and do local climbing with itand your newfound skills. you'll get much more bang foryour buck this way, instead of paying NOLS $4000. [ 02-01-2002: Message edited by: Richard Pumpington ]

You're a bit confused. YOU like boys with little dicks; type slowly and it will come out the way you think it.

If you'll be my 696, I'll be your 969!

Thank you AlpineK! My fellow skier and brother; I also ski occasionally with a couple friends who board, but they rip; they also bitch about the same boarder traits as I do.

Whatever, I don't have a problem with good boarders, just the problem children I spoke of(unfortunately there are a higher percentage of them). My skiing? Just fine!I'm sure I was ripping it on skis, long before you ever picked up a board; I won't make any assumptions about your ability.Why don't you let your fellow boarder Mr.Strickland, know it's "heelside" and not "backside" and if you've ever set foot on a surfboard, it's "backside"(thought there might be some crossover).

You ever go to one of your favorite steep runs ona good powder day, just to find that some snowboarderside-slid all the snow off of it, because they reallycouldn't board it? That and the rude,give no shitabout anyone but themselves manners, is what 90% ofsnowboarders are like. Plus, 50% of their turns aremade blind("backside" turns). If you're a good snowboarder and can make TURNS in the steeps,fine;if not stay where you belong! [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Richard Pumpington ]

Trask, there's much love, except on the topic ofsnowboarding. I don't flip you any different sheit,than you flip me or anyone else. I don't fire, unless fired upon. Not quite the kind B.C. ganj andnot likely to improve, if they don't stop making those900+ lbs. busts at the border! I love you man! [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Richard Pumpington ]

I'm serious! He has openly admitted to not being a climber and to owning a pair of crampons for "when he encounters snow on hikes"; I'm just telling it like it is!

The word "freshie", is f%*cking stupid! The only possible redemption, would be if your a skier and not a snowboarder!

Sorry, I should be more thoughtful! Who needs anavalanche poodle, when you have snowboarders!

He's mad, because he's not a climber and everyone else here is! He is a self admitted scrambler, at best. I think he might be a knuckle-dragging snow- boarder as well!

Stupid things, happen to stupid people! They should have just let him drop onto the snow, snowboarders are expendable anyway!

quote: Originally posted by Heinouscling: "A Tale Of Two Shitties" at Smith. Supposedly the climb consists of two shit filled crack running parallel to each other. -Heinous Kind of ironic that a guy with the name of a SmithRock sport route, nominates this climb(with very vague beta, to boot!).

1)Northwest Buttress of Denali 2)Fred Beckey(the man who first climbed my #1) 3)Mt.St.Elias

The WFR course is FAR superior to the WFA and much more in depth. Several companies that offer courses are Wilderness Medical Institute-Pitkin,CO(company I used), Wilderness Medical Associates-Bryant Pond,ME Wilderness Medicine Training Center-Winthrop,WA SOLO-Conway,NH and American Alpine Institute-Bellingham, WA, just to name a few. These are the most recognized orginizations though.

Do you plan on being a practicing EMT? Riding in an ambulance? If not and what you want is the medical knowledge for climbing/backcountry, then I would recommend a Wilderness First Responder course. The reason for this, is in order to achieve the Wilderness portion of a WEMT, you must first become a EMT B (basic)and then pay more for the wilderness portion of the certification(not offered by any college that I know of)through a private company. This will all end up costing more than the WFR course. Also, when it comes time to re-certify and your not a practicing EMT, you will be tested on knowledge that you will not have used since the original course(if you don't use it, you lose it!). The WFR courses are 9-10 days and 8 hours a day(short and intensive); the EMT course will be a quarter long and many more hours and the W portion will be a week long on top of that. It all depends on what you want out of it. I went the way of the WFR and when it comes time to re-certify, (certification is good for 3 years for WFR & WEMT) the class is only 16 hours.

Sorry, didn't know you meant the east side of Illumination Rock and yes, there are several lines over there that are fun. I've only done one, down to the Riley Horse Camp, but looked like several other good lines to be had, some with really good steep shots. In the winter and early spring, you can only drive to where the Lolo Pass Road and Road 1825 fork and then it's a 20 min. ski to/from Riley Horse Camp. If you haven't been over there before, it would be best to ski up from there, because it would be easy to over- shoot that fork in the road and are several cliffy sections.

I don't think that from Timberline down, is worththe effort; best to do from Illumination to T-Lodgeand skip the shuttle/hitchhike. Most of the waydown from the lodge, will be barely steep enoughto glide, let alone make any turns.

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Let's look at the logic in this: a bear is charging you, so with nerves of steel and an aim like Wild Bill, you pull out your bear spray and utilize its 5-6 foot range; this is just going to put a bad taste in its mouth before it rips your head off! Oh, and that's if the bear isn't running down wind AT you(ie. you spray at the bear, which is into the wind and YOU get blinded, before the bear rips your head off). This shit doesn't even look good on paper! Bear Bells are much better(or something of the same nature); let the bear know that you are around, before you know the bear is around; they will avoid you almost all the time then(unless you haven't stored your food properly).

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Ah, another loser! Mr. "I need a ropegun in order to do any climbing at all", must be the pivot man in the four man circle jerk, with alpinejer'k',crazymouthfullofjizz and enormus johnsonhead. Open wide, shit eater!

Work? yeah right! You were working on your favorite passtime, chugging cock! Also, boy of little mind, the origin of Smith climbing was on all the bomber basalt and pretty good tuff trad climbing. The fact that you associate me living next to Smith, to me being a sport climber, means that because you live in Seattle, you must be a Mountaineer; I don't think you have enough experience for that either, though! Lick it like you always do!

Trask, You couldn't find ice, even in your own freezer andif you could, you'd probably wear your crampons(whichshould be taken away from you!) From bottom to top,lick it!