snoboy

joe is a spambot. you will find this identical post on about 50 other forums today.

PC trollers are so 1990.

I helped fern pay for that guide, and I must say it was one of the most worthwhile things I have ever spent money on in my whole climbing "career"... Yeah, I know you are not my mom, SB, she was way hardcore compared to all of you. Certainly more core than me.

I think I told you this one already, SnowByrd, but here is a quote from my mom about iceclimbing (more or less.) "It was the coldest, wettest, most boring thing I have ever done in the mountains."

Don't you guys even read??? This thread is about the use of Daisy Chains vs. Camalots. WTF!!11!1!1 Loosers. I still don't see why you think that GU is better than a well placed La Sportiva Mythos when you are hiking into the 5th pitch of the Grand Wall. Pansies. Bet your daddy dodged the draft, didn't he.

Well, what the f$%^ do you know, I've been climbering for 40 years, and I have done all the courses from the Mounties as well as being a WFR, blah blah blah. I also know my ass from my elbow.

BG - it really is better, try it sometime. The biggest advantage is when you actually lock up the backup knot, it is way easier to get it unlocked and continue with you rappel.

I fell once, and went immediatly into self arrest, landed on the shaft of my axe, and broke/cracked a rib. Ow. Dru, in my "WFR" course, OEC actually, our best sucking scenario was dude falls on stick while doing stream restoration work... has double(!) wound, one in the back, and one in the front... as long as he is laying down, his rain gear seals the back one. Patch up the obvious one, but as soon as you pick him up to evacuate - he can't breath again!

Cartoons that seem applicable to cc.com should be posted in this thread... LOL Here's one to start. Seems particularly relevant to the politico threads.

I have not tried this out yet, but I trust the person who has worked it out. My friend is a heli ski guide, and they carry an emergency crevasse rescue set up that uses 5.5mm Spectra cord. Finding something to grip on that, and still be strong enough to yard on is a challenge. He finally settled on using the 1/2 tubular webbing. Not the smooth climbspec stuff, but the rougher stuff that aid climbers often use as tie-offs. I can't remember the knot used though. I think it was a klemheist.

Hey! dat's my size Oh, wait, I already have like 3 pairs.

Almost 4 pages on the very subject of using a belay loop versus not. I would love to see numbers backing up your claim that "the slop in the system produced by the belay loop, along with 'gate up and in' biener orientation, is one of the primary problems associated with these kinds of accidents in both rappelling and belaying." Seems there might be a bit of money to made from a class action lawsuit if this is really the case.

We've been through this a million times before, and I really don't want to start it again, especially in the newbies thread, but... The belay loop is there for a reason, and I think that newbies should potentially ignore those who are suggesting that it not be used. RTFM, and get yourself a good mentor, that's all.

Close CBS, close...

I would read this as they went N-S, ie they did end up in the same place... also I don't think that they would have been able to see the east side ledges from the col if they had headed N.

That all you found in your pack??

Doesn't say much for your arguments if that is "more direct and specific..."

Logic, eh? Try looking up Boolean, and then check out the definition of AND...

Hook, line, sinker... too easy Who said I'd served?

snoboy - proud member of the 1%

Stefan - yes we do, no it isn't. I am very opposed to the idea, because I am pretty categorically opposed to any development in parks, especially of a commercial nature. Some people here would like to see the gondola, but not in the Chief park. If they could be convinced to move the whole proj over to cross the mouth of the Squamish River, now that might be cool. Better veiws, and open up access to a new area.

Hmm, weird. Works just fine for me. Maybe you need to Upgrade your Opera to the latest version? I am running 7.53 I am no Javascript guru at all, but validating your page shows up a couple of errors that reference JavaScript - maybe fixing those would help. :shrug: Opera does like pages to be well written, whereas IE and FF allow sloppier coding. A strength or a weakness, depending on your POV. Nice TR, BTW. Check out www.coffeegeek.com, and note how his pop up pic windows allow you to click anywhere to close them... slick!

cracked - got an example for me? ml - nope.

Widening the road from the bottom of the hill (Rogues) to the Daisy Lake dam, so far. Right now, just logging and dumping rock.