Crackbolter

Why does two ounces matter and why is it so much fun to call them on thier error? Of course it will not weigh as much as they advertise! They never do!!! Bored climbers waste my time. Just go pee and you will save as much as 8 ounces in weight every time! Go number two and you can save even more!

Speak for yourself homes

There is still snow coming from Snow Lakes and Vivian is mostly still frozen over although the lake outlet is melted out. The S. Face is totally dry. The traverse back to Prussik Pass will be in snow as well.

Lets not forget what kind of impact eco-tourism has in our own country. Take a look at Maui or Yosemite for example. Both places are loaded with people who just want to get away from home and spend lots of money on stuff. There is environmental damage and cultural destruction all over our own country. Both places were very sacred lands for indigenous people yet now that are packed with tourists who could care less who lived there or what they did while they lived there. Before we citicize other countries, we need to address what is going on at home so one does not create a hypocracy. If there was anything we could do, it would be to stay home and clean up our own act. Now would be a good time to overt the discussion and address the FS, NPS and BLM. Wolves are endangered, salmon are endangered and bird of prey are endangered in our own woods folks.

Good morning Dryad! My rrommate just got back from India and this was her biggest concern to Americans traveling to foreign countries. There was a big need for bottled water because of our inability to cope with contaminated water but there was no recycling available. Also the exchange rate was so good that even though her income here was at poverty level (student), it was easy for her to live well above her means for an extended period of time. I have also seen a couple of National Geographic shows that cover some of the aid that Tibet has received for schools and restoring historical monuments by Westerners. It seems that they are accepting quite a bit of help in hopes to gain political strength through the UN to gain independance from China. I believe Western occupation could very well benefit Tibet, at least more so than communist rule but less than their own political independance.

Streams? Yeah, I guess that is cool but I am heading up into them hills! 3 days and 6 lakes. Catch and KILL!!!! I just hope the lakes are iced off

I was 0 for 7 on Saturday. Thanks for showing me all of those bouldering routes I couldn't do on Saturday. Sorry Szy and Rat for not hookin up later on. That is the first time I have ever seen som many pad people in the woods at the same time. Talk about talent!!! MR.E, can you e-mail pics? tony@featheredfriends.com Thanks.

Speaking of real climbing......

For those who attended the meeting last night, cheers for caring about our access. I can understand how a meeting of such nature would need to be limited to those who are in the interest of each area currently being scrutenized for publicizing new routes and new trail development. I only wish I could have attended but I already had my hands full with another issue at hand. I hope to hear more about the result of last night's meeting soon. -T

Today at 7 is when the music starts. Don't forget top check out the sweet stuff in the silent auction. There are guided trips, climbing gear and gift certificates from quite a few local companies. The lucky one will get a sweet deal on a 2 hour massage. Can you believe there will be Hefevizen and Curve Ball on tap? Well believe it!! Don't forget to bring your checkbooks! See you tonight! - tony

from the gekos, spiders and those little nymph looking things

http://www.trunkmonkey.com It is about time! Thanks Xcen

Still there. I thought it was a metolious though.

Thanks mods!

"This post can no longer be edited because the maximum edit time has expired Please use your back button to return to the previous page. " The edit function doesn's work.

Or maybe just don't post at all?

Yeah, the last TR I posted won;t let me go back and edit my poorly written content. I guess the TR is locked and doomed to be wrong forever.

I started just above Beverly Camp. When I returned, most parked cars were 1.5 miles to 2 miles up the Teanaway. I had to hike sections of the trail and road, skin on small patches of dry road, etc.

Climb: Mt. Stuart-Ulrich's Couloir Ski Descent Date of Climb: 5/1/2004 Trip Report: May 1st, 2004, Mt. Stuart-Ulrich's Couloir « on: 05/02/04 at 19:11:35 » Quote | Modify On April 30th I started up the Teanaway River Road only to find a hiker with his rear wheel drived minitruck stuck on the snowpatch where most park and avoid further progress. After 10 minutes of digging his rear axle out and pushing his truck back, I hopped in the truck and drove his sorry ass out of the way and proceeded to start hiking. Instead of hiking directly to Long's Pass, I decided to circumnavigate Ingall's and up over Stuart Pass which was quite eventful as a descent route to the base of Stuart. 4 snowmobilers were poaching Stuart Pass, Ingall's Pass and I also noted a highmark up into the West Ridge Couloir. That evening I bivied in the trees at the base of the route. The next day I bootpacked up what I thought to be the couloir entrance, only to realize that I was a tad too far to the right. After about 1000' I descended around a rib and entered the couloir. After slow progress upward, I stood at the base of the ridge ampitheatre, put my poles on my back and put crampons on, grabbed the axe and moved leftward towards the summit pyramid. About 40' before the summit, the couloir ended abruptly at a notch where I was able to carefully peer down into the north side of Stuart. I decided that it would be useless to try and ski from the summit so I parked my pack and skis and traversed steep snow ledges to the summit. After downclimbing back down I stepped a few feet to where I could cut a ledge to put my skis on and descend. The descent was about very steep and narrow for about 50' but after going through the slot, it mellowed out to enjoyable turns. The stability was not so good since the couloir was exposed with sun all afternoon. After knocking snow loose, it started sluffing. The sluff was very slow but also heavy which caused me to proceed with caution as I went from slot to open slopes. Towards the end, I descended to where a small cliff blocked my descent so I took my skis off and traversed right through a chossy cliff band and into a thin gully that connected the final exit. I went to bed with plenty of daylight to spare, woke up very early and climbed to Long's Pass and descended to the road. 2 miles before I was at my car, two nice ladies were very kind to give me a ride back down to my car. Gear Notes: BD Havoc 175cm, O2 bindings, Glidelight skins with loops that were to narrow (kept falling off, replaced with ski straps), Raven Pro 75cm, Grivel G-12's Approach Notes: The road was 1.5 miles advanced by the time I was back to the car. Glad I didn't have to boot it in my plastics all the way back.

Dan, Contact Tim M. since he was up at SCW yesterday. At least he can tell you if it was lost before of after the wall.

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You might try and hunt down the Crowder/Tabor book on the Mt Challenger Quad. It is called Rocks and Routes written in the 60's. Check the Mountaineers Library. There is very useful hiking information in that book. Between the Beckey approach notes and the Rocks and routes book, you should have enough info. Bring axe, cramps, 8mm rappel rope and expect rain.

I can see how you would be alarmed if some guy just jumps on your route without a rope. His nickname is "The Gaper" and I'd be willing to guess that he does it a few times a week and has been for 15 years or longer. Now is it still alarming? I know folks who do the same thing at Marrymoore and Uw rocks. Oh yeah, I'm bringing those slides to you this weekend Mr Gaper. I'll be looking to climb something if you are available. You should post something about this topic!!!

what a convenient way of ignoring all those pinnacles and summits that are too hard for you. There seem to be many technically challenging pinnacles, needles and spires less than 400 ft. tall that only Pete Doorish has ever climbed Can you list a few Dru?

I made the first in Google for Crackbolter!!!!