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July 1st more likely, since he is a Canuck and all.

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Nope, cragging is practice for real mountains... bouldering is practice for cragging, ergo, bouldering is part of mountaineering.

Hence the invention of the word mountaineering.

Did you read this thread yet? One thing to consider is that it's less work to chop out a narrow ledge for two bivy sacks, then a wider ledge for a tent, if you are into that sort of camping.

I shoulda just driven down yesterday... Have a blast though.

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Wow, that's all, wow...

What is wrong with Stainless, bigwalling? If you are going to do this, I would really advise you to learn a lot about swaging... ie, if you have to ask, then maybe it's not for you.

Isn't there a hill or two that have some sort of punch card/prepaid lift pass, that you scan each time you ride the lift??? That way you can ride as much or as little as you want. Sounds good to me.

mine's auto too. sounds about the same as mine.

or howevur u spel it...

My 87 subie gets 27.8mpg in Canada, and 23.1mpg in the US.

Looks like a nice "no feet rest."

On sober ( ) 2nd thought, I think will has a good point.

Hmm, well, if thats what you have, I would go with the figure eights. But, I would clip them in to the middle man's harness with two seperate biners (one per rope). I can imagine hypothetical situations where it would be nice for him to be able to unfasten one rope while staying firmly attached to the other...

My question would by why do you want to use 2 x 30m? Why not 1 x 50, or something simpler like that?

One positive point is that I believe they actually traded a little bit of valley bottom for the little bit of alpine ridge that they got. This is a good thing, as much of our provincial parks are simply rocks and snow. I doubt that this is going to be anything like Silverton, Flute bowl is almost in bounds any ways and sees a lot of skier traffic already. Really they are just looking after runs that they already provide access too, probably at the advice of their lawyers. I thought that the original plans were for a new lift in Flute Bowl, and am puzzled at why they ixnayed that??? Perhaps they are trying to create a sort of buffer zone of controlled hiking? ashw_justin said: Sure, but the number of skiers that they have up there on a given day can sure make a mess of all the runs in a day. A large chunk of this expansion is the Peak to Creek runs. These were cut several years ago, just before Intrawest bought Whistler Mountain, and were never officially opened. To call this the largest expansion is true in a way, but also a lot of marketing hype. It's not like they are cutting any new runs or putting in any new chairs. :rolleye: stinkyclimber said: I think Garabaldi Park is under a ton of pressure. The snowmobile clubs would love to get in there, the heli skiers are in there already, the Air Tours (Whistler or Glacier - can't remember) land illegaly in the park, there is heavy usage of a lot of the frontcountry areas, and poaching by snogos, mountain bikes, and dog walkers. It is a large park in easy distance from a major urban centre, and has to endure a lot of use and abuse. Then there is the little chunks that get carved off every once in a whil eto expand the ski areas... I doubt that Whistler will go much further in to the park, but Blackcomb has a ton of good terrain out there. All they would need to do is redraw the Blackcomb Glacier Park boundaries.

Apparently you found it.

Feel free to ignore away. It's not gonna impinge on my free speech.

sausage fest right now.

Excellent solution to the Safeway Card dilemna.

Where is the self righteous discussion of NIKE's labour practices???