iain

Dru those BD stickers are UIAA approved. Why else are they 16 duckets?

quote: Originally posted by yaya: I wish two hours wasn't so two hours away Maybe we Portlanders and Eugneites could compromise and all meet at the "Enchanted Forest" every Thurs?

Well that's good to hear. Nubbins, and the start is bouldery to boot.

nice. thing eats more mid-range nuts than a squirrel. ...that's a floater right over the plate if anyone want to grab it..

DFA - "Nubbins? on Wedding Day? Those are sinker jugs pussy"

no the Dr. Gapington occured next weekend when I couldn't get my ass off the ground on Wedding Day. Stupid nubbin crap. Settled for a trad-fest of Moonshine, Lion's Jaw, etc.

it was some eurotrash (simond?) deal with a wiregate at one end, bent at the other. My (BD - brainwashed) mind was so confused. Not to mention the 2 foot runout on slab 5.7 bolts was getting to my head. Thin air up there above Bookworm. Maybe should get one of those everest bottles. There was some rustling off to my right in Rattlesnake Chimney. I thought what the f- no one climbs that crap...hence my sporto blunder-clip. [ 11-21-2002, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

I don't know if I have business leading some routes, but I do. Gear holds when I call for a take, but I have not taken a screamer on trad. People who clean my leads will more often say this piece is an awesome placement than this piece is total crap, but the latter happens too, so maybe I don't place consistently good gear. Maybe I place gear at times simply to push me through a section, even if it is poor placement. Part of the thrill I guess but not very smart. Best not to head above a questionable piece when starting out, but you can spend too much time and energy fiddling with stuff. I find TR'ing climbs before leading them talks me out of a lead I could do sometimes.

Just let me get my uncle on the phone and we'll take care of this problem.

quote: Originally posted by rodeo: essentially those little fellas are dry tooling it with "crampons" only. how new-school of them. someone get slawinski and ogden on the horn

sorry, just saw your post out of context with the topic.

Mt. Theilsen

free Kootenay Carriages for the first 100 attendees?

are you trying to get me fired?

rock in oregon is bomber too, just remember your alpine SwingLine and you're good to go.

I will always carry a beacon winter climbing or skiing, particularly in a continental snowpack or complex transitional mountain conditions like those in the B.C. Selkirks. I would feel terrible after an unpredicted slide where my buddy's nowhere to be seen, and everything's silent around me, and I'm alone with no beacon. Even if cause of death is massive trauma. I'd want to kill myself for choosing to leave it behind. In addition, plenty of people die in avalanches where cause of death was suffocation and not trauma. [ 11-21-2002, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: iain ]

the forecasted freezing levels for this weekend have dropped a bit but are still pretty high (9K on Sat). But then 5K on Sunday w/precip. sounds like another windy transition weekend.

perhaps you would prefer a recap of the results from the polo grounds?

I think their disposable backpacking concept is really catching on though.

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Anyway I guess you have some sort of better solution to the whole terrorist issue to advise the president with. Tsk, tsk, Cavey, ending a sentence with a preposition.

mmmm this is getting so PG-13

Here's a good story involving the Tracker DTS (one of the first to have 2 antennae, but not the only one now). Novice beacon user

what's that? penalty freshiez for you sista!