Gary_Yngve

quote: Originally posted by iain: why there are still so few black people who climb. Are there any on this board who could enlighten? Just wondering and bored. pdf is an interesting read.

quote: Originally posted by Retrosaurus: You will want the fattest string which is a G-string. (No, trask, your thong won't work.) Isn't the thickest (lowest string) on a guitar the E-string? (EBGDAE)

quote: Originally posted by To The Top: Paridise to Paridise in 19 hours! 16 hours of hiking, plus she was out hiking with her husband the next day. And I bet she didn't post to WTA that she felt sore while hiking with her husband because she did Rainier the day before.

quote: Originally posted by LUCKY: what they are driving (small bright red two door car around 94 they all look alike )and a gray 84 to 87 ford ranger pickup with black strips on the side and give them a discription of Good work in getting that info... hopefully we can get a little more info such as a license plate... sure the cops might do shit with it, but if we ever see a car with that plate parked there, we can make sure that it ain't leaving...

quote: Originally posted by bellemontagne: I'm buying a paddling jacket, and I have another option besides Gore-Tex. So, has anyone had any experience with Sympatex??? How breathable/waterproof is it compared to the traditional Gore-Tex and the new Gore- Tex XCR (Extended Comfort Range)? Additionally, has anyone noticed XCR jackets being more breathable than the previous version of Gore-Tex (found in garments with Paclite, For Extreme Wet Weather, and Guaranteed to keep you dry labels)? It is said the membrane is anywhere from 10-40% more breathable depending on the level of activity; however, I am curious to hear people's real world experiences. I am probably going with the XCR jacket, but I am curious to heat what people have to say about Sympatex and if XCR truly is more breathable. Thanks again for the advice kids!!!! It may be a little more breathable, but the fact is that it still won't breathe well enough for you to stay dry. I'd be more focused on weight, ventilation (I just about never close my pit zips), and other features. But I'm just talking out of my ass... I have not tried all the fancy variations of Goretex.

quote: Originally posted by fleblebleb: There is nothing wrong with sportos. If you don't want to sport climb, then go ahead and don't sport climb . Just leave the rest of us alone to make our own choices for crying out loud. Well, sport climbing is like masturbating... you don't really need to worry about protection, but you miss out on such foreplay as the bushwhack.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by Greg W: quote:Originally posted by Dru: CLINT EASTWOOD as FRED BECKEY "What?" I was thinking Yoda from Star Wars. "A lightsaber was used for safety" Now, Luke, to destroy the Death Star, you're going to have to locate the obvious gully...

quote: Originally posted by Letko Andropoff: Grade III for South Arete, SEWS??? Nyet, comrades. South Arete, SEWS becomes a Grade III when you're stuck behind a busload of ... The Toof might even be Grade IV then...

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: i'm a fucking geek You're not the only one.

quote: Originally posted by terrible ted: So it looks like climbers will be the first to take advantage of hairy palms... All you sport climbers looking to move up a grade: get to work on it! But you might get blind too...

quote: Originally posted by ILuvAliens: What's the deal then. Upon our return to the Esmarelda Basin Park Lot my brothers car had a citation: Pay $50 or show up in court on so in so date. We got fucked by that a year ago. I think we pleaded not guilty on the ticket, sent it in, and never heard back.

quote: Originally posted by pope: quote:Originally posted by sexual chocolate: Does everyone know Coach Crack? It's the good hand crack on the water side, furthest east wall. Layback the left side, features only for feet, no crack for feet. A good one! V4? This is known as "Satan's Layback". I showed it to Eric Winkleman and he cruised it like it was 5.8. The book lists it as a VH (they estimate 5.11/5.11+).

quote: Originally posted by klenke: Forget about finger jams and laybacks, the future is in suction climbing... http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020826/gecko.html Routes which max out at 5.13 could be a thing of the past. "Like, dude, I just suctioned my way up the 5.18 'Gecko of the Gods'." Those geckos are amazing... I heard an awesome talk on that stuff. They can climb a vertical sheet of glass about as easily as we can jumar.

quote: Originally posted by David Parker: But knowledge there is cold beer in your car will propell you like the wind! It's not that bad!! I was assuming he'd catch the boat at Big Beaver and not hike the seven miles. Alas, we didn't have a car waiting for us at the other end...

quote: Originally posted by David Parker: If I may be so BOLD...I highly suggest you reverse direction! Go from Hannegan to Ross Lake. You'll be much happier taking a nice swim and hanging out in the sun when you get done vs arriving in a dusty parking lot. Also, If there is marginal weather, it will only improve heading east. Take a quick spin up Whatcom Peak on the way. You'll have an AMAZING view from up there! But then the most brutal part of the trip is the last few hundred feet of up from the dam to the hwy. You reach Big Beaver camp and see it's only 7 more miles to the lake... you haul ass up a knob, contour around the lake, and then get to the dam, thinking you're back in civilization again... but not quite yet.

quote: Originally posted by fleblebleb: Hey, that was a really cool coincidence to run into you at Triumph last Saturday bcraig. How did your trip go? Did the weather stay decent Sunday? Here's a pic of the four of you crossing the glacier: pic

My parents are visiting in two weeks, and I'm taking them backpacking through the Enchantments (if we can get permits). They got $50 from a friend to purchase gourmet camping food. I've never bought the stuff because it's just too pricy for me... I stick to the couscous and HC. Anyone have any favorite entrees? Doesn't have to be MSR... there's also Mountain Gourmet?

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Wild things ice sack I love my Wild Things Ice Sac. I've used it all season, with the exception of the five, ummm... six, day Challenger trip, where I reluctantly went with a larger pack.

quote: Originally posted by Rodchester: The Mountaineers are going to mad at you guys. Tisk tisk tisk. Hey, I was with the Mounties on the Eldorado Glacier and the Sahale Glacier and we didn't rope up. As for some recent trips that come to mind, we didn't rope up on the Triumph Glacier, but we sure did rope up for the Challenger Glacier.

I was up there a few days ago via Sahale Arm. My only complaint was the trail kept switchbacking when I wanted the more direct route. Start early enough in the morning and keep moving and the flies won't be a problem at all. Queen Sabe has a few crevasses on it, but navigation is straight forward. Sahale Glacier felt more like the Muir Snowfield.

In John Long's "Close Calls," there is a hilarious account of some big-wallers who pack some clubs and a few hundred balls into their haul bag, and once they found a suitable ledge, turned the Valley into a driving range. Innocent tourists were getting bombarded, car windows were getting smashed... Fights were breaking out in the parking lot... The rangers were trying to figure out where the balls were coming from but couldn't.

quote: Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: Actually, yeah. Do you guys sell 2nds and/or blems from your HQ there in SeaWa? FF has an annual sale around April or so where they sell old rentals. I got a 20-degree down bag from them for $70.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: i have heard squirrel pie is a popular dish down South. probably with maynonnaise icing Haven't heard of that one... but a few years ago, my grandfather had a rabbit raiding his garden, so my dad shot it. He cooked it on a big ol' iron skillet, and it was quite tasty. When I was little, I ate the heart of a deer that my dad had bagged that morning. Well, it wasn't quite the full heart... you could see the bullet hole.

Nice sig, Stebbi. Though I preferred drinking water from Noel's bladder. The water had the slight flavor of caramel latte.

I had just gotten back from a climbing trip. Put my gear down and ran to the bathroom to take a leak. When I finished, I decided to do a pullup on the door frame. Little did I know that there was a pipe above the door, and the pipe was encased in a box with a sharp edge... I quickly fell to the floor as my hand went to my forehead to stop the blood...