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jordop

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  1. real alpinist not drink wimpy coffee get up at midnight - stick pot out of bivi - catch spindrift in pot - melt with body heat - flavour with GU - eat horsecock - drink wodka -get out of bivi, send WI420 M420 X - summit in whiteout - rappel using gear from corpses of all those who have previously failed on route!!!! .
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  3. The only situation in which wall-to-wall is not preferable is if you're gonna be on pretty easy or groomed terrain. That being said, you can get by with narrow skins on a lot of stuff, but it doesn't take really nasty terrain to make wall-to-wall, as you put it, preferable. Spring melt/freeze will make you wish for as much skin as possible on even moderate slopes.
  4. On p. 262 of current McLane: cause of recent forest growth is speculative, most likely climate change/global warming. I think it was an ill-advised Chamber of Commerce idea in the 1970s to brighten things up a bit. All that cold-looking stone . .
  5. The best wine in a box, pitch one. 5.8
  6. Yeah I've had a link on my profile to the GLF for a year now a no one has ever remarked
  7. People spend ALL day on the internet talking about climbing
  8. NNNUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDD
  9. "Mildly", huh? Maybe we should start a poll over there to see what the trues score is
  10. Spring
  11. If you were hard working like some of us you would like the fact that you can get up while it's light for a little longer. I'm a big fan of Fall Back (except for the time I lost a job once because of it ) "stupid farmers" is an obscure Simpsons reference meant to entertain some parties on this site
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  13. And God saw that you did a scree slog today and that it was good, and that was good
  14. stupid farmers
  15. A head gasket that works A thermostat that works An oxygen sensor that works money
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  17. Yeah, uh, cracks everywhere dude New acronym for shit like that: B.L.A. Thing's a ringer for the E face of Slesse in size and scope, no?
  18. Hiked to base on Saturday. Kinda scary actually full on spray , thinking a boulder could come down any second and squash you. Camera not H20 proof, no pics. W6+ right now
  19. C'mon, there is never more weather, just different kinds of weather Although, there is more beer AND different kinds of beer
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  21. What's the deal w/that? Looked it up and no photo or mention of a steep N.F. Any more info? You suck McBain! http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=48.79778&lon=-121.35139
  22. If there was a huge cold snap right now it would Ice columns every ten feet on the Skwamish HWY. Shannon Creek FSR now = Shannon Creek
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    good news from iraq

    This morning's Bizarro: John Ashcroft as a Psychoanalyst: "Why do you hate god and your country and what are you hiding"
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