G-spotter
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It may have been an iain custom job that was never on a cc.com server.
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80ms are for guys who are insecure about their 70m
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but freshiez instead
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Where is the goddamn snafflehound icon?
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Can we still get pagetops?
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Refugio Frey
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black napkin, more like.
Who has one of those plain B&W
"Fred Beckey
Climber"
business cards? lotsa route details written on the back of those.
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"THAT WAS AT LEAST A 5.10B SHIT"
Beckey, emerging from Golden Denny's restroom, to entire restaurant
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DREW HOW IS THE COW DUNG AROUND CHILLIWACK SMELLING THIS SU MMER? THE PUBLISHER MIGHT GET THE iii GUIDE OUT THIS FALL LOW PRIORITY TO THEM APPARENTLY REALLY PISSES ME OFF
I SEE THIS GUY MC GEE IS CLIMBING A LOT IN ANDDERSON R AREA WHAT IS THE LALTEST ABOUT THE ROAD IS IT GATED? IS CATTERMOLE STILL RUNNING THE GATE? OR THE ROAD? IS THE HIKE TO LES CORNES ONLY 2 HOURS ? MAYBE I CAN COME UP THERE AND ZIGZAG ABUT AND COME UP WITH A WEIRD LINE.
BY WAY WE WENT T TAMIJIO ROAD A COU LE WEEKS AGO GOOD TO 3000 FEET ALTITUDE THEN YOU MEED A DUNE BUGGGY OR A MULE LOOKS LIKE THE SHITS TO THE FIRST SNOW NEAR 6000 FEET WE BAILED AT T HE ROAD
MAYBE HAVWE A GO NEXT WINTER WITH SKIS IF SNOW IS OKAY KEEP ME POSTED CHEERS F B
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BC has it right: tax everyone and make Provincial Park access free, unless, of course, you want to park
http://www.canadatrails.ca/bc/parkfees.htmlBC hasn't had parking fees in parks since 2011ish, and has dramatically underfunded its parks for the last 15 years, leaving shit like this trail:
People from BC who regularly go to WA comment on how well-maintained the trails are.
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Here is some info from Jacob:
Whilst I'm not entirely sure I would recommend the route, it's an outrageous wall and the climb features some excellent rock and stellar pitches as well as some looser/more runout sections.Tony began looking at the East Face in summer 2016, making two trips, eventually making the first ascent of "The Indirect East Face" with Paul Cordy. They traversed in from the left about halfway up and continued to the top at 5.10+ on a variety of rock qualities. Paul pulled off a block and broke his finger on the second pitch, after which Tony lead every pitch to the top.
This summer Tony made 3 trips back to the wall hoping to join into his previous route from below, the first with Will Stanhope and the second two with me. On our first trip we went in "heavy", hauling bivy kit to a nice ledge at pitch 5. The next day we climbed 6 new pitches to within 50m or so of Tony's indirect route from the summer before. This was arduous and slow going, we hit lots of dead ends. We brought a light power drill and added 5 protection bolts, drilled ground up, on lead, tagging the drill from sometimes fairly sketchy stances. After almost cutting through our haul line, and generally struggling, we decided that perhaps big wall style wasn't the best tactic. I suggested jettisoning the bags and pushing for the top, but Tony pointed out that "we're not sending though". We decided to return with twin ropes and minimal gear to try the face in a push.
On September 4th we hiked in and bivvied at the Propeller Cairn with Bronwyn Hodgins and Megan Cesarone and set our alarms for 4am. We crossed the dry bedrock, which the bypass glacier had slid from earlier in the summer and the ladies set off up the North East buttress. Tony and I noted ruefully that their route was easy 4th class scrambling until above the height it had taken us two days to reach last time. This time, knowing the way and having the few bolts in was an immense help. We swung leads, making it to our previous high point by early afternoon. On a corner pitch shortly above this Tony pulled off a bunch of loose rock and made some noises. I shouted down "are you ok?" and got back "I didn't fall!!" Tony was hanging from one arm on his only remaining handhold/foothold still attached to the cliff. We continued upwards, with Tony leading a lot of the upper section and me simul-ing behind, since he knew the way from the previous summer. I would pull up onto a ledge and see the ropes billowing above me, with no gear and no sign of which way Tony had gone. Every time I spotted some chalk on a hold I was relieved to know I was at least going roughly the same way as Tony!
We reached the top at 5pm, signed the summit register and traversed to the south summit to descend the South West side of the mountain. This is not really a descent I would recommend.
Mad props to Tony for having the vision, psyche and dedication to lure 4 consecutive partners up there with him. I could not have asked for a more solid, good humored partner, and generally great person to go on an adventure with. Woohoo!
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Take a look at the new Salewa North-X
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There's some good bouldering right next to secret mod cabin. Probably too hard for the moderators though. I mean one problem's V3
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The third peak is cool.
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Based on the lack of comments, people are clearly way more psyched on the 20,000th ascent of the NEB...
Hats off to Tony and Jacob !
I want to know what the deal is with the old McGee attempt of the same route that featured reportedly 12+ climbing.
Did they avoid it?
Was it deliberately overgraded to keep other suitors away?
I know Craig had a worry that Tommy and Sonnie were gonna show up and steal his line. But then he eventually gave up.
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BUD: Hey kid, wanna make ten bucks?
OTTO: Fuck you, queer!
Any recommendations for a pack raft?
in The Gear Critic
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Alpackas are much better than Kokopellis for whitewater. That's my take.
Kokopellis are more for lake fishing.