ivan

no, you just surgically implant a zipper in it's belly back in the comfort of your warm garage - that way yer ready when the shit hits the fan.

b/c beacon's the best place to climb in oregon.

the most memorable for me was probably the pressure chamber pitch on the snow creek wall, and i didn't even lead that one! the pitch before was the nastiest squeeze chimney i'd ever led, leaving me exhausted, and as my partner completed the last bit of the pitch above in the fading light, i realized i'd have to do that tight-ass chamber in a jacket, w/ headlamp/helmet and pack on. utterly frustrated by an inability to move my head or body while frantically straining to stay put, i slid off into the void, the slender rope ripping over a rock edge as i went careening out in the inky blackness...wow! and then to discover my prusiks wouldn't really work on so thin a rope, even better! i really did enjoy the hell out of that climb though.

naw, a baby tauntaun would be far more considerate

yippee

i wish...

At least, unlike the taun-taun incident of fame, clear weather appears to be setting in soon. A no-shit-statement for sure, but the west side of Hood is a dangerious place when avi conditions are high.

that was a busy weekend i recall...

little wing to right gull - the cracks were wetter than grandma on double-coupons day - funky how conditions can totally change the way you envision and then have to do a climb - the top outs on the many tiers along the way were the hardest, sopping wet moss n' no gear n' nothing but loose blocks to wallow onto the ledges with we dug it

great day for january at beacon - was envious of the party-scene doing the corner as it allowed free climbing in the sun - ken and i choose the path of the penitent and mucked about a great deal in dankish aid-land - man, if only we could keep doing this shit all winter!

peeeerfect! the Scene sets in 'round 9 2morrow - jimmyO,ken, mike, et al - come all ye faithful...

a hell of a batting average, even in t-ball!

word - it's hard to get more scenic then that 'roouuuund here

i've repeated that one so many goddamn times and i have no clue as to the veracity of the authorship - i always seem to change the inches of dicks'n'pants too... the real story seems to be his philanthropy - how many hardcore FA seekers these days give up on the game to devote themselves to community service? i admire him b/c it's hard to imagine being able to make such a sacrifice meself. i wonder how much he continued to just walk the hills in his later years?

i'll be there - how'bout "brokeback mtn" - sounds like it oughta have some hot mountain action - dunno, never seen it! if we gotta rewatch jim's climbing stash, ain't nothing better than the welshman soloing da eiger in winter and that 70s el cap hooterific one!

i used cheap-o rei check-out stand 20$ sunglasses on denali and loved them - kept buying the same pair every time they broke or i lost them for a couple years too, now the bastards don't have them anymore - shit! shoulda bought 20 pairs all at once. the most important thing for me w/ non-glacier glasses sunglasses is getting total protection for the eye from all directions - on rainier once i had regular polarized sunglasses but had to use duck-tape to add "mudflaps" to the bottom of the glasses b/c i was getting blinded by the bounce-up

a'ight - i heard 3 maybe's n' a definitely - more, more, more! i want like a baker's dozen present for the cool evening's 420...

the more the merrier...who else? party at the moon-tower!

looks like it'll be sunny on sunday (saturday'll do too if the forecast moves)- who's interested in climbing some soping wet (or maybe nice n' icy) rock? it'll be nice just to get out, even if it does turn into an aid fest...corner, one of da gulls, blow-me-out, whatever...

this would concern me more if i actually made enough a year to sock 2k away none of this would be a problem if we just started w/ the "logan's run" changes i'm proposing... renew bitches!

i've no doubt my 4 year old daughter'll be popular as a teenager - she's blond, rambunctious, and needs to be reminded hourly to put some damn panties on! that's my girl though!

great selection - these were the parts of vanya y mir that kept me reading!

the little thread that could! the nodder is fucking going down!

duuude - thought you swore by them things!?! it wasn't as fucked as my repair job though, no?

i refuse to give up the vigil!