iain

having some 2nd thoughts about a few posts today Cavey?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Im not 100% sure but I think its Clemenceau area? Damn Dru that's right on, N. Face of Tusk on left, taken from Tiger Glacier on Clem.

that's a great idea retrosaurus. That would put the impetus back on the hikers as well. Trails that don't get used too often would not be wasting maintenance money that could be put to the high-use stuff. As some one who detours off trail a lot to get to places, I don't really care or want to pay for a superhighway and related maintenance.

he does demonstrate some remarkable endurance. cheers to you for battling it out scot'terminatorstout.

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rbw here's that pack in action. serious offwidth stemmin' action that is. [ 09-18-2002, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

quote: Originally posted by RobBob: ... headin' back into the physical world. That's what you think. You guys have nothing on muironsaturday. Nobody throws it down like Scott'door Research. It's at least 45 pages (and due to reopen for the anniversary shortly, I'm sure)

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: Backcountry is where its at baby. Anyone been on snowdome lately? the dome is a suncupped, speed-bumped, crack-riddled ugly-fest right now.

Corvallis Mountain Rescue and Santiam Ski Patrol put it on in Corvallis as a fundraiser, I would assume it is Willamette Pass SP and Eugene Mountain Rescue in Eugene. Not sure about that though. I have not been to one in awhile so I can't necessarily vouch for the selection (there's some stiff competition to get in the door early), but the cause is good.

usually alpine stuff. if you are in WA I don't know of any up there. I just know about the ones in Eugene and Corvallis, OR. I ski w/ silvretta 500's. 500's and invernos make for a wild ride.

quote: Originally posted by Muir on Saturday: wtf? the guy at the top is tom stoppard and the guy at the bottom is on of the dr. who's - something baker i think. get it straight all right. Well no shit. I'm just messing with Dwayner's psychotic fixation (and yours, apparently). But check out the doctor's goldline all flaked and ready to go. Dude's clearly a trad hardcore all the way. Fern: I'm still dying over your cartoon.

heh are you referring to the anchors after pitch 3 on SE corner? We climbed the corner on Sat too, probably ran into you w/o knowing. Ran into Erik and b-rock @ the first belay, coming down from pitch 2 I guess. I said I need to stop posting stupid crap on this site now that they know who I am. That area was crowded for a bit there, climbed Jill's Thrills after a wait. Had to battle on those finger jams up top. Where were you? I'm okay with fat webbing through bolt hangers for rap so I don't leave hardware, don't see the reason for girth hitching unless you're using sewn stuff though.

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: Not fair, Iain. I don't think anyone, especially Bush, WANTS war. Well he's not exactly doing the best job of conveying that, now is he? Every speech I hear from him these days sounds like school yard talk "the greatest nation" this and that will take care of so and so, increased aggression at the no-fly zone, etc, etc. And Rumsfeld's comments when asked if the increased aggression was a prelude to war: "well it can't hurt". Not exactly peace-inspiring, in my opinion.

quote: Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: Of course, it may be moot anyway, since it seems that Mr. Hussein is letting NATO come in and have a peek. The funny thing is, the last thing Bush probably wanted was for Saddam to appear cooperative...

If you're a true X-treme alpinist you'll choose the Andinista: "The Andinista expresses the Light is Right ideal better than any other product. It's the most versatile pack for the weight that exists; use it to carry the bulky gear to the base and then compress it down for the route. I used it during an alpine style attempt on Nanga Parbat's massive Rupal Face and on Denali's Czech Direct. I've had an Andinista in my gear arsenal since 1987." -Mark Twight

no kidding this whole site is like some twisted Goodall ape study.

any beta testers of BD crossbows out there? wondering what the scoop is.

Usually there are ski swaps around in Oct. Maybe you could hit those. They are usually for a good cause. Most of the stores are out of stock of the usual sizes now unfortunately.

quote: Originally posted by Uncle Tricky: Are we really the only animals capable of logic, and therefore supposedly acting on the basis of rationality rather than some chaotic evolutionary biological imperitive? Whoa dude that's some deep stuff right there but the above is interesting. There don't seem to be many organisms that have developed abstract reasoning. You can see children develop it. When a kid gets a cut and it bleeds he/she doesn't think "it will be better in the future, I just need to take care of it" he/she thinks "this hurts really bad right now and I'm scared, make it go away." Other animals appear to plan for the future, such as snaffles , but this doesn't seem like complex abstract reasoning (getting cold, must gather nuts, getting colder, gather nuts faster). Maybe we are acting on similar low-level, visceral keys like this, but the sheer complexity of our behavior makes it appear as if we act differently. Difficult to analyze your own behavior. Kind of like wrapping your 3D brain around those 4D hypercubes you doodled in calc.

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