Gary_Yngve

And the penalty: SMC 12A.54.020 Violation -- Penalty. Anyone convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). (Ord. 99363 Section 1(b), 1970.)

a reflective shirt to jog in and $100 to the climbing gear fund

Woah... you read CC and slashdot? Then how the heck do you find time to climb?

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: it means aid climbing (or walking on) on metal bars, rods, or other structure drilled into the rock. bastard... you edited the post and beat me to a pic. well, here's my pic. bonus points for guessing where i took it.

quote: Originally posted by ehmmic: Parking at the Zoo sucks. Let's check out a new location. Bad Alberts is probably too small, but the Pig & Whistle sounds promising. P&W sounds good... it's bus-friendly for me.

quote: Originally posted by wayne1112: Has anyone ever climbed those free standing tall pinnacles near the library.? I think there are 3 of them and they must be 100 feet tall!! http://students.washington.edu/dbb/uw_buildering/climbs/redsquare_towers.html

quote: Originally posted by RobBob: Don't get me wrong, I think Rumsfeld was a good choice for Defense, and handled Afganistan well. The key word is "handled." Afghanistan is still a festering wound infected with fundamentalists. We need to get that entire area calm and peaceful so we can go climbing for cheap in the Hindu Kush, Karakorum, etc.

quote: Originally posted by fredrogers: Ditto on Midway and Sabre but watch the start on Sabre. The "guidebook" start on Sabre is to start to the right, climb up and left, and take a committing stem to enter the route proper. And you really cannot place pro until after that committing stem. The first time I did Sabre, I climbed up to that committing move, looked down, chickened out, and downclimbed. Had it not been the first climb of the day, I might have taken the step. But anyway, instead, I took the straight line up the route. It's a little bouldery start with some other funkiness. Harder moves, but it's easily protectable. So I recommend this start instead.

quote: Originally posted by philfort: quote:Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: The crux is pretty intense You mean driving the Mowich Lake road? Yes! We had about 20 feet visibility driving up the road the night before. By far the scariest part of the trip. Either that or when I got caught away from a snowpatch and had to use pumice for TP...

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Can someone make a topo and rap clean the rock out of the route. It's scary While they're at it, can they scrub the ice with a toothbrush to remove the dirt?

quote: Originally posted by SEF: Observation Rock, it would seem, is ice climbing's answer to the Tooth. Yeah, except when we went that Sunday, we were the only ones on the NF all day.

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: can we get more beta on this route It's about 400 feet of vertical from the base. We simuled up to a belay on the ledge at the right. Then a full ropelength up to a belay, and another half ropelength to the top.

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: A couple of weeks ago there was a big scary rock sitting in the middle of the face right near the top. It had come from somewhere above the face. I don't see it in the pics, did you see it there? This is from Oct 6.

quote: Originally posted by daisy: quote:Originally posted by salbrecher: Strap on crampons eh..... hows "ice climbing"in those? Hey there young lad, some of us girls like strap on gear Hinged or rigid?

quote: Originally posted by slothrop: quote:Originally posted by salbrecher: Strap on crampons eh..... hows "ice climbing"in those? Hmm, well, it was ice, and I was climbing it. Or did you mean to ask another question? I've never had a crampon come off or work loose. The climb in the photo was only three pitches of low-angle ice (55 degrees?), but I had no trouble. Curiously, Slothrop and I had the same type of crampons, and more curiously, each of our right feet were one peg larger than our left feet... We were wearing different types of boots, so maybe Grivel just makes their left crampons slightly smaller than their right crampons? My boots (Merrell Grand Traverses) were somewhat flexy, so luckily I didn't have to do much front-pointing. Otherwise, I was happy with the boot/crampon combo.

quote: Originally posted by To The Top: BTW where are the pics of those "Russians breaking into cars" that I have heard about at 38? TTT We don't have pics of the actual break-ins in progress... here's what my dad was able to snap in a hurry before they got away:

quote: Originally posted by allison: I'm about to buy one too. The camera is going to be purchased in Asia, so I may not get a model that is available here....so I'm not looking for a specific one. Instead I am making a list of parameters. So far I have 4 MP compact and lightweight good battry life good macro Need feedback. Specific models are helpful but what you do and don't like is more important. I'm looking for one too... my old one has been MIA for a month The Canon G3 looks kinda cool.

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Wow! Courtenay your site is really nice. Lots of good info. Like the 6/1 6/1 6/1 pullup scheme. I need to find a better way to strap weights to me. A few years ago, I put a 30 lb weight into a daypack and jumped for the pullup bar. The zipper instantly ripped and the weight came crashing to the ground, as everyone in the gym turned to look at me...

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Sick of seeing the Exit 38 bandit stuff I posted a bunch of links for Lucky to post his message if he was serious. To date: no posts. He even sent me a word file roughly describing the situation yet when I suggested he post a real name he gave me a smart ass reply. Thus, I am fell justified in saying that Lucky's posts were complete BS. Peter has spoken! Pictures are somewhere in the US Postal System right now. Wait a few days...

quote: Originally posted by Tod: For those of you that have done NE Ridge of Triumph in 2 days (or have friends that have), where did you make your camps? Did you bivy at the notch or has anybody bivied on the ridge. Is there a bivy spot at the base of the ridge (or even at the summit for some stupid reason we decide to do that). Also, what's the consensus on the best descent route? It seems like everybody heads back down the NE ridge. Tod You can also descend by the SE Shoulder. There was a thread about this a few weeks ago. A friend of mine bivied at the notch two nights and came out early the next morning. We were going to bivy at the notch but got stuck in a traffic jam near Everett, bungled the approach in the dark, and got lost. We explored partway up the ridge the second day (getting lost combined with sleeping through our alarms cost us about six hours). Coming back down, we ran into a group (CC folks) who were planning on bivying on the ridge. Looks like a really cool climb, and I'll have to go back, now that I know the approach.

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: Hero loops are also attached to aiders as hand-holds for moving up in the steps. Also, you can use hero loops for tying off short on pins or rigid friends. Or as keepers for stacked nuts. Or as on one trip, to fix someone's broken backpack.

quote: Originally posted by Alex: how about posting the pix of the suspect cars so we can all be on the lookout? It will be a week or two before the pics will be ready... my dad took them with a film camera, and he'll develop them when he's back in GA. They're on the way back, but the only problem is they're stopping at Yellowstone and the Tetons. Hell, if my digital camera weren't MIA, we would have had pics up the same day...

Today six of us were around when someone (Lucky?) identified the suspect cars (grayish Chevy trailblazer and red 2-door Mazda). We approached the cars and they drove off, but before they could get away, my dad (sporting a stylish fresh gash on his leg) got the two cars (and their plates) on film. One of the guys managed to approach the Chevy and exchange a few words with someone inside, who apparently had a Euro accent of some sort... Russian Mafia maybe?

quote: Originally posted by erik: i dont filter either.....filters are a waste of money and weight.... you bring pillz as back up, so why double up on stuff?? if you dont like idonie taste then use the netraulizer.....or emergen'c packets.... plus filters clog, they get the inside of your pack wet and use have to replace the filter portion of it and they are not always gauranteed to work Maybe it's more of a psychological thing... if the water from a stream is fast/clear enough not to clog the filter, it's probably safe to drink. But I like the filter because it gives instant feedback. You don't have to wait 30 minutes for the iodine to do its thing. You don't have to carry that water around for 30 minutes. It's nice to pump a liter, chug, and move on, carrying no water with you until the next break.

quote: Originally posted by bellemontagne: My rigid friend is available for rent. It's a helluva lot more expensive than $10, plus it's a little choosey... Yep, you have to be choosey when you rent it out... else it becomes chossy.