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quote: Originally posted by terrible ted: If I heard even ONE account of a person in the PNW being recovered ALIVE from a burial avalanche, I might reconsider. How about this one: DTS Tracker brag sheet Select User Group: Skiers And I know someone who was fully buried on Robson (not PNW I know), recovered because of his beacon. I bet almost all avy deaths are reported, whereas maybe all recoveries aren't. [ 11-25-2002, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by MntnrMichael: If you are referring to skiing down the back side of Crystal into the park, that is illegal, and there is going to be more patrolling for that reason this year. That so sucks so bad. We can ski anywhere we want unless it's in bounds and closed.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: 8x takes about 10 seconds to type properly Why don't you copy :snaffl: and then you can Ctrl-V them in real quick?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Only 7 hunds on that one, maybe you should go down to two or something! Talk about thread drift! [ 11-25-2002, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by iain: hmmm. hmmm what?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: this weekend I placed some bolts to replace a 6" tree that was not well rooted. RIP tree. It was fun when Snoboy and I trundled it though! And then I had a major blonde moment. We were walking off the top and there was this tree in the way and I was, like, "Whats this tree doing on the trail Druuuude??" Oh wait, I am blonde.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: i bet i beat iain again even with all that warning Uh no! He's damn fast!

Why don't my urls work, are the in the server again?? [ 11-25-2002, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by Dru: The worlds largest exposed ophiolite is in Newfoundland And here's paper about it for all you geo paper [ 11-25-2002, 03:03 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by Dru: The worlds largest exposed ophiolite is in Newfoundland Where?

quote: Originally posted by Dru: if chain broke on the unimog and flew off and went through a windshield you could kill a whole VWfull of trustafarians You actually think you could get the mog going fast enough to "throw" a 50 pound chain farther than 2 feet.

quote: Originally posted by Skisports: yeah yeah yeah... whatever there is snow somewhere and if all else fails go climb some ice Sure there's snow, but it might be "rock hard bottomless crust." It might still be fun though. [ 11-25-2002, 02:39 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by Dru: BUT when they put sand and gravel on the road (like on Hwy 1) you can kiss goodbye to your windshield cause evey time you drive to the Rockies you pick up some windshield cracks or chips. He speaketh the truth. In Ontario, they have banned studs, because some body died after a stud flew out of a tire, and hit someone's windshield and so on... At least that's what my Pa says. I had studs on my last 4x4, but with the diff lock and four chains on this one I don't miss them.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: do you think crank sloper knows g spotter? From what I've heard he does... Ahh whatever... [ 11-25-2002, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

I pity the poor sods who work on the highway here in the winter. [ 11-25-2002, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by Mtn. Dude: Can you help settle an argument? Maybe One opinion believes that the best system is rope around a tree and tied off by a locking biner to a figure eight. Can you clarify this? Is the fig8 in the end of the rope, how many times is it around the tree? The other opinion is that the rope should be wrapped around a tree and tied back onto itself in a figure eight. Again, where is the fig8? the point of an argument is which is stronger...or are they both sufficiently strong methods to anchor a TR? If they are what I am picturing, they are both good. Iain - I don't think he is talking about tensionless tie offs, although he may be. I also think in the second case, he is talking about tieing off to the tree like you would a harness, not a tensionless with a knot instead of a biner?? Or maybe he's just trolling...

quote: Originally posted by Dru: I was TRYING to use them today, I skiied uphill but was to scared to ski down icy snowmobile track It's true! I never thought I would see Dru on skis, but I did today. I would have been scared too, if I was wearing mountaineering boots! quote: Originally posted by yaya: I wish I was Muffy The Wanker Sprayer Me too!, That is, I wish you were MtWS.

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Lbs of Toblerone and 12 inch inflatable mattresses is enough to make me puke. I suppose if you ate it all at once... But really guys what is wrong with Toblerone?

quote: Originally posted by cj001f: Take a look at these test for rope aging questions: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/raedward/cisdetrop.html Strength loss is well correlatable to Rope use, not age. From the "7/16" diameter, and the National Speleological Society references, I am thinking they are talking about static lines. The issue with aging in a climbing rope is not loss of strength, but loss of elasticity, ie shock absorption. At least that's what I always understood. Too lazy to find something to back it up right now. ALthough they say it themslves now that I look closer, "The energy absorption’s of the used ropes were, however, less than that of the standard by as much as two thirds [snip]." [ 11-22-2002, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Bring the uni-mog to the bar I think it's too tall to get through the door! [ 11-22-2002, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: snoboy ]

OK I'm a little behind in this, because I had to work today So I am going to have to catch up on the reading and then do some research... In the meantime, some fuel for the fire: The options on the Barryvox are: 1)Digital or Digital Analog 2)Revert to send? No/4min/8min 3)Earphone volume 4)Speaker config in the Digital mode basically wether you hear an analog tone, or digital tone in the primary and secondary searchs. 5)Direction indication stops at: 3m/0.3m (in D mode) Not really that confusing is it? I'll be back...

I helped pull a 8'x3'x1' flake off a friends project in Squish this last winter. Not really alpine, but it was raining, so maybe it can count. We got at least two trees and two bolts for our trouble. They were the bolts we were supposed to rap off to get down. One was sheared right off, the other was a flattened hanger.

quote: Originally posted by Winter: quote:1. Cranking first V4 problem 2. FA on a 5.10d trad line down in Oaxaca. Let me get this right ... you just sent a v4 and your leading 10d trad? Perhaps I'm being trolled ... but what's up with that? I don't get it Winter. Why is that inconsistent?

quote: Originally posted by ScottP: quote:Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Doesnt the nose of el crap face south? Yep, and it's one of the easiest wall routes on the formation. Is Elcap young though in comparision to many of the routes we are looking at here?

quote: Originally posted by Charlie: I've been told that switching from free-heel to down hill takes no longer than it takes a skier to remove thier skins and lock your heels? Freeheel skiers just pick up their foot with the ski on it, grab the tail of the skin and rip 'n' go. I'm ready to shred in about 30 seconds after I catch my breath.