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The old chute is almost always a better ski, but seems to see a lot of sloughing as things heat up. There's more space to work with, and no one seems to climb over there.

A pocket mask and gloves are nice in the glove box of your car, and the keychain keeps protection available other times. If you are getting advanced CPR training, you are the most likely candidate for having to act in an emergency. It would really suck to have to worry about disease if someone collapses at a mall in front of you.

The Canadian Pacific Railway faced great difficulties laying tracks through the treacherous mountains to join the Pacific Coast with Eastern Canada. Thanks to the surveying work of Major A.B. Rogers, a pass was discovered near the headwaters of the Illecillwaet River.

Yeah! I miss those days coming back soggy and stinking of campfires after a weekend in the Cascades with my pvc rain slicker and cheapo way-to-cold bi-mart sleeping bag. loved every minute of it and learned a TON

If it concerns you, you can get these, they're pretty cool:

I tried a friend's set of quarks (I've used BD black prophets for the past few years) and it was like a different sport. almost felt like cheating! I will be sticking with my prophets for financial reasons though.

that is Karate Crack, a 10a trad hand crack which hangs a right into a cave. Doing the top part w/o bolts would be a sickening experience. There could be 6 bolts but I wouldn't know cause I wouldn't touch the thing myself.

Crystal mountain gets a D over at that skiareacitizens.com website.

took your sweet time. you are wasting valuable spray time climbing it seems.

first, that's not me. second, tele these days is for those pudgy gearheads over on telemarktips.com who seem to afford new planks every 2 weeks. third, I won't disgrace a perfectly good TR with sweet Smith climbing with talk of tele.

ha your image isn't working but I checked it and it looks like what Distel called the "approach" to crossfire. Come-on Distel give it some credit

Yo Distel check this shit out: I'll let you try a sample, but the rest will cost you a fair price. I'm your pusher.

I'm just messing with ya. I'm all for moving quickly but I do put a good eye on things before I hang my life on them you know. I just think about Randal Grandstaff each time I set up a rappel. You can't get much more solid than that guy and he got the chop because he prob. overlooked something in his setup.

LOL true dat!!!!! this from the man who climbed the nose in what??? 15 hours. that is good for tex each of us have to manage our own risk and climb with people with a similure risk level. I seem to recall seeing some pictures from Yocum Ridge of some climbers APPROACHING the first gendarme in BROAD DAYLIGHT fast-n-light fast-n-light fast-n-light. you can be safe and fast. It takes 2 seconds to throw a half-fish in a rap rope. Not that I do it every time but it's not like it takes up a whole day doing it.

that brick down the vent stack is a great idea!

Yeah, something to think about. Not that most people would be able to stand there and do nothing.

Unfortunately, like learning to drive, the initial sheer terror of leaning out over the edge of a precipice hanging off a string of plastic dulls with repetition.

Unfortunately the odds say you are many times more likely to contract a disease performing cpr than doing any good at all. Not to say it's not worth doing, but it is pathetic in terms of helping somebody live.

I would take crampons too. It should be set up really nice the next few days. Be aware once the sun hits the upper mountain anything that cuts loose will be coming down on top of you. I'd go early with the forecasted freezing levels. The route desc. in Oregon High is accurate.

Emperor Riley: Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational destination ski resort mwahahaha

apparently that site where I got the picture from doesn't want me posting the picture of wallace and grommit that they stole.

Supposedly, the thief knot did have a purpose. Sailors used to commonly tie their sea chests shut using a square knot. If a sailor suspected that someone was going through his belongings, he would substitute a thief knot for the square knot. The thief mistakes the thief knot for a square knot. When he refastens the rope he uses an ordinary square knot and is detected thereby. did you actually read the entire thread above???

look if you're going to make a waterfall site you DAMN WELL BETTER DO IT RIGHT. I AM SICK TO DEATH OF SUB-PAR WATERFALL SITES ARGH

you actually believed I would click on a link to a flash file with "poo" as the subject line? hmm the link doesn't seem to be working.