G-spotter

Pound in ice pins in ice are next to worthless/body weight only. Testing reveals they blow out at about 5 kN, or more practically, less than the force that a Screamer or other load limiter limits the load to. Thy are alright in frozen moss, mud, ice filled piton cracks etc. espcially if they are placed so they cam. Mainly because they are the only pro that will work in such situations.

There's usually no sched flights to logging camps unless they are active. Flights to Scar Creek and Klinaklini are usually done from Campbell River side of things.

It happened when I pushed the button

Ummm. Not really.

I remember getting to the base on an "injury day" where our hands were too beat up to climb cracks anymore. We arrived just behind a party that took an hour to rack up and tie in. We passed them at the first belay and when we got back to the car they had just started the third pitch.

It's when they fall out faster than they turn gray that you really have problems.

"If you ride in the front seat you get there faster." - Flaming Carrot

I've done it 6 or 7 times between 1995 and 2004 and it took us 2 hours on average from Hidden Valley to Oak Creek. Longest spell was two and a half hours.

Aren't there driving directions to the crag in the latest article on it in Rock and Ice?

What about if I show up early or stay late for PDX, like the weekend before or after. Is a run up the Hood south side daytrippable? Should I bring my own Tauntaun?

Still some climbable ice in Box Canyon as of Saturday. It won't be there for long! Look out for the giant red spot of frozen blood.

Chicks dig coloured feet.

Red Rocks to J Tree = 2 hours via Cima/Kelso/Amboy

Good points - near PSU. I can use Google Maps to find Stumptown. What is there climbable in March? Is Beacon open or closed.

Dude, that got covered by condos.

That's right y'all I'm going to be hanging out in PDX from March 10 to 14 at a conference. What are the chances that if I brought a harness and shoes down I could find people to climb with? Also where is the uber-hippest coffee place near the university? I have a soulpatch and like shade-grown fairtrade organic dark roasts from small nations no one has ever heard of. Final question: where is the Lair? I have not seen Cobra Commander for several years. I'd kinda like to meet DFA too although I understand if the two of you can't appear in the same place at the same time.

I'm not willing to pay a red cent until I see some examples. What have you designed before? What's your track record? Domestically made gear from techy fabrics wth useful features sounds appealing but design is where products succeed or fail. If your design skills aren't up to snuff and you make a pack that doesn't fit, rides like a wooden box, or gets in the way of my harness, I'm not buying it.

What is your background in design? Show us something you've already made. If you are using this project to teach yourself to sew vs. if you are experienced in making packs makes a big difference.

posts in the Climbing Forum, and the 150,000th one is spray

I'll make sure to take a shopping cart next time I'm in the backcountry so's I can pull a couple dozen out.

I think that back in the day it was more often approached direct via the Capilano River. That's the way the Latta bros went in 1903 with rope, lantern and lard pail to bag the FRA of the East Lion.

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