G-spotter

You'd lower off a bolted anchor at the top of a sport route without question - but would you be as likely to lower off some slung blocks and tree roots on top of an alpine trad route?

cutesy bear pic some hikers we met took on the trail. Mom was about 6 feet away looking pissed so they cooled it till she took the cubs and headed south For some reason this pic makes me think of a shot in Alpinist of Dean Potter and Timmy ONeill

Carter? No way? He was the best player this year. without him the Sedins will go back to sucking.

He was surplus ever since Luongo.

5 pitches (30-40m pitches, none are full length, even so we were running out of gear) total plus some scrambling (about a pitch) at the top. It would have added about another 2-3 pitches of mid-5th class to coninue up the upper arete directly to the false summit, but we finished at the notch behind the top of the pillar proper. takes about 3 hours from the trailhead (4wd trailhead 2 km past Slesse parking) to bivi sites. takes about an hour or so from the bivi site to the base of the route. despite what it said in the earlier TR I don't think going straight up to the base from the FSR via the drainage below the pillar is all that smart. lotsa bush down there. bears too. maybe in da winter if conditions stabilized this would be the best way to go though.

I like to put the prussik above my device. Even if you feel the ends slip through your brake hand , a prussik above will still hold you. It's also a better setup if you have to pass a knot or somethin' and lets you make those big stretches down from a hanging end -of -rap to clip the next anchor below you if you're really screwed! And finally for those rap off the rope end and start downclimbing situations, it helps you to keep control of the ends so they don't bounce back up out of reach - like what it sounds might have happened to this mine shaft guy.

ewww

I'd say helmet cams, but it's no joke. I did see a party of 4 with tape gloves up to the elbow, and helmet cameras, climb Diedre a year or two ago.

stfu n00b!

This system doesn't keep you well hydrated but I still use it.

The older TR

Tying knots in your ropes is a good way to epic. There is a trade off here.

PINK TRICAM!

Did their boots fit?

Dolt Cart!

So if you saw Jesus up there, does that mean you had a religious experience and you don't need to pay for a NW Forest Pass?

Actually it takes a big ass to counterbalance a big rack. I mean look at Pam.... when she got breast implants but not butt implants, she ended up tripping and falling forward a lot more because her center of gravity was so wacked. Thats why the Brazilians get butt implants too. Baby got back AND rack.

I hate panel loaders cause the zippers add weight and are a weak point that is always the first thing to blow out. Those are my thoughts on panel loaders.

that was a reply to minx and not to pete BTW

Show me your ass and your rack and I will tell you

you're going to be in a lot of trouble giving out all that free beer!

WTRB is 2 pitches 10a, 10d according to book. Start up dyke as for BPP, move right early on,like at first ledge.

And for Davie Street

This is the Squamish landfill... across from the Alice Lake turnoff.

I hope they had an iPod, or Scrabble, or a Don deLillo novel