Dennis_Harmon

The reason I'm asking this question is that while most people crap only once a day, I have a lamentable condition called, "Leaky Bowel Syndrome," which makes me shit 20 to 30 times a day. (I use up a lot of toilet paper!) Therefore, the question posed is a VERY personal one...and not to be made light of. Dennis

Don't go up there! It is too high up and you will fall off and die...and your mothers will cry. Dennis

Actually, russki182, the best place to move to up here in the Great Pacific Northwest is a small town called, 'Vagina,' in the provincence of Saskatchewan, Canada. I'm told that its a really good place to live. Look up a guy named Dru when you get up there. Otherwise, move to Seattle like everyone else in the whole fuck'in world . Your truely, Dennis

Tex, This is a very serious topic, and the advise I can derive from their experience is VERY important to me...don't belittle it. Every time someone poops in a plastic bag is a potential learning experience for me. I just have to learn to ask the right questions. Dennis

I think of RURPs as being little aid pins designed for placements in small bottoming seams...as oppossed to Bongs designed for large bottomless cracks. Pretty Freudian, don't you think? What are we... Rurp? Just a question. Dennis has spoken.

Thanks Gary, Wayne Wallace and I summited the W arete of Eldorado back in '93, and I don't recall any river problems except for that one about two miles up from where we parked. It was badly eroded then. Is that what you're describing? Dennis

Spiderman, Those are all good chosen routes and I'd be willing to climb any of them with you on a week-end, provided that you have a good running car and can shuttle me back and forth from Wenatchee, post climb. My car is running like crap. I'm chronically unemployed. Dennis

Yes... basically from '76 thru '86. Bob Robertson was my mentor, and Steve "Muff" Cheyne and Dennis Jackson (the first guy to take me climbing) re-soled our EB's and PA's. Pete Gallager as well as Earl Wiggins climbed with us often. Never met Steve Hong cause he was out of Denver. Climbed a lot with Glen Shultdz (SP) if that rings a bell. The "Springs" climbers were a tight sub-culture back then and pioneered much of the early routes in the Black Canyon and the Canyonlands. Bob R. and his daughter Carrie and Trout and a pretty girl came up and we climbed Rainier a couple years ago. Gotta love Colorado. Good hearing from an ex-patriate. Dennis

Dru, Just because I'm posting at 2:35 in the morning makes me an insomniac? I go to bed (couch actually) every night as soon as the case of beer is gone. "Alive people are almost always smarter than dead people." Dennis

Journal of the American Motorcyclist Association? Help! I can't find that article anywhere in that publication. Dennis

Just a speculative question, lads. But if we could stage a wrestling match between the current Pope and Billy Graham, who do you suppose would win? Dennis

Would all of the climber girls out there PLEASE stop PM'ing and E-mailing me with all of your offers of sexual liaisons. I already have a girlfriend. What, by the way, what is so sexy about shitting in a plastic bag? Dennis

One more quick question...is it O.K. to burn your shit in your cooking pot with any excess fuel you may have. Does anyone know the official NPS recommendation? Dennis

My first on-sight lead was on a spit of rock between the North and South Gateway rocks in the Garden of the Gods, a city park in Colorado Springs. A local climber-god named Kevin happened by just as I was ready to start up and said to me, "Just turn your mind off and let all of the power in you flow through you into the rock." Those words kept me alive on that lead...and for the next 26 years. Dennis

BigWaveDave, I quote, "Don't actually shit in the bag. Do it on the ground or snow then pick it up with the bag, turn it inside out, and pack it out that way." -Maybe I don't fully understand the procedure... but if I scoop the feces into the bag and then turn the bag inside out, won't all the shit fall right back out and get my hands all icky. Sounds like you know more than me though, so I'll try it. Dennis

Yea, JayB, most mortals aid the roof but the rest is great. Good one to do if you ever get back there. Ya gotta love Colorado. Dennis

I haven't been on Mt Rainier since the NPS enacted the requirement that everyone go do-do in plastic bags and pack them out. I have lots of questions about the techniques required and am asking for answers. What if the bag ruptures inside your pack on the way in and covers the rope and gear with feces...should you bail, or just ignore the problem? What if your partner gets shit on his or her hands while crapping in the bag...and insists on cooking dinner? Is it advisable to wait to go until just before sleep...so you can use the fecal-baggie as a foot warmer? Do you have to return the stool to the NPS...or can you take it home as a souvenir? What if your partner gets tired and asks you to carry all the shit...should you do it or let him die? Any answers would be appreciated. Dennis

Jay B, Damn! A voice from the past writing about the Center Route on Cynical Pinnacle... good route! Did you climb Turf Speader too? I never did get up the final tower pitch on that thing. Dennis

Stefan, I don't understand either, but a tremendous dearth of intellect and a morbid sense of humor seems to help. Dennis

Marvin is the man! I want to be able to write like him some day. Dennis

Retro, Let's cut the diatribe about the people of "some Chinese heritage," because Jon gave me a stern warning today about my political un-correctness. If you persist, no matter how funny it may be, you stand the chance of me getting 86'ed out of here...because you know I'm gonna play to it. Always remember, lad, "...discretion is the better part of valor." Dennis

"I am a fuck. I should die. Marvin" Ya never hear from this cat... and then he comes up with this stuff? Maybe Darwin was right. Dennis

You've got to love this great discussion, Jon and Tim. These are some of the most brilliant minds I've ever personally encountered, and it is a privilege to engage in dialogue with an entire generation of youth who are so articulate. Thank you again, Dennis

SK, No...it is not all right to stereotype any one individual, nor to 'attack' someone because of his or her beliefs. Intelligent argument, however, is the path to enlightenment for all parties concerned. But all I see on this site are personal attacks (mostly employing juvenile and lame attempts at humor and way too much profanity.) If you've noticed, I've tried to avoid much, but not all, of that B.S. and maybe deserve a little credit. By the way, maybe you can explain why most posters on this site seem incapable of writing an entire cohesive sentence, let alone a paragraph? Dennis

Sorry, Wouldn't want to have anyone out there have to think too hard... and make one think that they were actually thinking. Dennis