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The best climber get 2nds and repeats.

Do the south ridge of Adams without a guide. No crevasses or big dangers except falling climbers. It will give you a chance to use crampons,ice axe, camp in snow etc. Then post on this board in the partner's forum or the Rainier forum. I might be going up in late June or mid July. I already have three trips planned this spring and no room on any of them for another climber. I am not a guide and do not charge. Just get some basic mountaineering experience and there are a few people who would go with you. Otherwise, I have always heard good things about RMI. All guide services have problems. RMI is no exception but seems to do all right.

Back in Montana we used to ride em to the nearest road then plug em before we jumped off.

I still have a tick head embedded in the back of my head. It continues to grow very slowly. It has been about 20 years now and I have become knd of attached to it. I am guessing that if I live another forty years it will be about the size of my nose and will make a great Halloween costume.

A friend of mine went up there two weeks ago. They did the trail from the road. On their way down there were a couple guys shooting into the brush below the road. When my friend pointed out that they were shooting into the lower part of the trail, he was met with total disdain. He left feeling like he was kucky he had not been shot. They continued shooting into the lower trail area.

I skied that snowfield a dozen times and always thought I was hot shit. Then one day, the conditions were less than optimal and I cursed and crashed my way down. It would have been easier to walk but I was determined to prove to myself that I was a skier. Good TR. Thanks.

There was only passive pro when I started climbing (sonny). I have a pretty good selection of technoweeny pieces now but stoppers are still my favorite piece and I often take only stoppers on alpine climbs. Well, I always take a .5 and 1 tri-cam too. And usually throw in a purple camelot. A great alpine rack consists of about 8 stoppers slung on single runners plus a few wires and rabit-runners. The springy cams are great for vertical cracks with parallel walls though.

Wise man.

I will be in Idaho getting powdered on.

Do the couliour on McClellan Butte. It's the next exit past 38 on I90 or take the dirt road off 38 up to where it crosses the trail but then you are cutting off a good 800' of vertical fun. Or do a ridge run from exit 38 up past the overhang past the bridge and into bushwhack central. It gets interesting in places and you can bail into death zones at any point. A rap line and harness is handy. Lots of trees so don't worry about webbing.

I'm taking my chances with Edelweis 60m 9.9 bi-colored dry at $127 with free shipping. I am hoping they don't ship me a pink one as there was no choice offered. I have a 7mm 60m rope for long raps but this rope will mostly be used for glacier this spring and alpine as time goes on. Thanks for all the input and market research.

Need a new rope. Anyone come across a screamin deal lately?

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Yeah. I never wear earplugs when I'm packin.

If you need a contest, there's this guy who says he can climb faster than you... Dan Hose-it. Personally, after a few near death experiences, I have become accustomed to living to climb another day. Summits are nice and I visit my share, but it is really being trashed by the mountain occaisionally that makes a summit seem so cool. If I summitted every time, I would look for something more challanging to pass the time.

Actually, when they fall in the fire they always yell. This releases an explosive gas that creates a small crater when ignited. Everything gets evenly dispersed.

They begrudgingly restored my admin rights after I drew a picture with a purple crayon depicting my duties as a developer. Dilbert makes me cry. Reason all you want. I need to keep my job right now.

I work at a place that is downsizing and full of butts with sticks in them. I do not dare to visit CC.COM from work anymore. Lummox's breasts were marginal but Scott's babe is clearly into the realm of what some of my associates have been escorted out of the building for viewing at work. I am in no way suggesting that anyone besides me change their behavior. But I will miss the frequent forays into climbers' heads as an escape from the mundane world I have chosen to visit in order to cash in.

Gawd almighty boy! Get yur head screwed on and forge ahead! You are ONLY 30! I am 44 and still feel young. My body has stopped producing cartelige (yours will too around age 35-40) so I supplement it with glucosamine, pack a hell of a lot lighter, and don't run down rocky trails anymore. I just started taking lipitor to get my cholesterol down but that is so I can live to 135. Heart problems at 30 are either a friggin freak that is unavoidable or a drug habit that you chose. I did drugs at a reasonable level most of the time. Some people just push it too far and everybody knows it when they do it or see it happening. I think it was Plato who said, "Everything in moderation." Sage advice about life? - MILK IT!!!! If you sit in your livingroom watching other people live via TV, you will die sooner. Double check your knots, retire old ropes, add a stopper before long runnouts, and yes, hug your loved ones often. Words are great but nothing replaces a great hug.

I've been pitchin shit to people's faces since early childhood. Why should I be any nicer on the internet?

There is a very easy way to decrease the duration this kind of behavior. Simply provide a pony keg and plastic pitchers. As you pour each pitcher, add a healthy dollop of 151. We use to do this at highschool keggars. It was a trip to pick out specific groups to intoxicate and keep others as control groups. Most people will not notice the taste. They'll be toasted by 1AM. And, as the benevolent host, you will be popular in the morning. As a side note, the last one standing and not puking, gets a broader selection of potential friendlies.

Poverty with a view.

Are you saying conflict of interest should no longer be considered? Should it now be OK for a polotician to use his office to direct government contracts solely to his own company or one that he has a huge interest in?

Last year my ice axe leash, which I tied onto the ice axe at least five years ago with a water knot, came off. The knot just came loose and came apart. It wasn't in a dire circumstance, but it sure surprised me, since I hadn't noticed it getting loose, and I'd think I'd have at least casually inspected the knot each time I used the ice axe. I weight the slings regularly with tension and falls etc. I didn't realize we were discussing ice ax slings. But take it where ever you like it.

OK. OK. So North Index is on the south side of the highway and it is not in the North Cascades but Index is?