billcoe

Well, I told my kids I was done buying crap for them and that I'm now number one. (not entirely true as I did buy my boy another board and some flow bindings so that count is now like 4). However, I just counted the brand new downhill skis in my basement and the count is 4 but there may be 5. Most were picked up on SAC sales. None have bindings and the snow is about to fly. I ski hard, resort skiing - but I'm over 50 and need good bindings. What do you Snowwhores here recommend ? Do you suggest I figure out how to mount them myself? Where can I get a good deal on high end bindings for 4 sets of skis? Thanks Bill BTW, I have a pair of the Black Diamonds I'm thinking of mounting an AT binding on. Recommendations?

Tuan tauns are sooooo yesterday. I heard he had defected from academia and was directing the new Harry Potter rap video as seem below. UuBm0dvIzcc

I know someone who lives across the street from Eastmoreland. They collect a hefty amount of balls every spring in the shrubs. Small consolation prize.

2 out of 3 there. Got it:-0 Sweet sweet triangle.

It didn't work Rudy, to me, it looks like you tilted the pic too far to the right @90 degrees. Good luck.

Spray looked full.

Link Sterling Marathon Pro 10.1 X 60M Available in: Dry Green Orange Red Yellow Description of Sterling Marathon Pro 10.1 X 60M : Thick 40 carrier sheath puts more material where the rope meets the rock. This not-too-skinny cord climbs in balance between weight and toughness and is best suited for long trad and alpine routes, red pointing your latest sport project and all-out go-fast days. Firm handling, light weight and increased abrasion resistance are core. Works well with all belay devices. Diameter: 10.1 mm UIAA Rating: 1 UIAA Falls: 6 Impact Force: 8.6 kN Working Elongation: 8.4% Weight: 63 g/meter

2 words......2 words for the graduate: "The Prize". Great book by Daniel Yergin.

My list: 1) I forgot. 2) Sat was the Climb Max sale. They had free beer. 3) Sunday needed to spend some time with the family. 4) My left arm hurts. 5) No one invited me. 6) Thought Dwayner and Pope would show up spraying anti-bolt venom and we'd have to get down. Haven't been flossing so my teeth just can't take the hits like they use too when I was young. 7) Chance to be almost alone. ...in the woods...with 10,000 hunters.....all blasting that peace and quiet to hell..... 8) Saturday and Sunday was a church day, a special time to be alone at a secluded retreat: away from the hustle and bustle ............at Gothic Rocks and the Cathedral formation specifically. Put in 2 (two) bolts. Spent most of the day getting to that point. Came back Sun. with the wife and 2 dawgs and did some trail work. Hank the Dog did make the highlight reel of the day by puking 3 (three) times inside the car. Once on my rope bag. Now I'm jonesing in a big way over the place. Not saying you all aren't good company, but it's a rare and unusual treat to be the first climber's to EVER to touch a virgin crag. I have experienced this before and it's something which totally consumes your mind, waking and sleeping.

Not so, go look 1st. If you really want to help out I have outlined what I think the best course of action. Think it over.

Get on the trail down the other side. It needs to be graded better. There is parking on that end! Look for a big tree, step over the guardrail when you see the orange tag and "bingo" right there. Make it smooth and even is all, shouldn't be tough.

Wow, these guys rule! I didn't get there till 7:21 pm and the parking lot was full of folks, food and beer. Bought some gear, quaffed some beer, said hi and then hit the bricks, but everyone else looked prepared to spend the night! Side note: special thanks to the Climb Max dudes and dudettes for going the extra mile and getting GOOD beer.! I'll try not to be so tired next year, hope it's an annual thing.

I haven't seen this posted yet, so I apologise if it was. This is what BC Skiers do when there is no snow: or it was...as this was the the accident that got this event canceled. 9AFJrWN6CcM

Longer than most of us have been alive. I'm sure this golf ball thing is wayyyy old. way. As your attorney Geoff, I advise you got get your ass out tomorrow and climb! I'm going to bed, good night.

Timberline is the oldest and most classic. Has the longest season too, as in most of the year. Deeper snowpack here too, and usually colder. It can be raining at Meadows and snowing here. Meadows has the most varied terrain and fastest lifts. Buy a 4 x 4 pass to save big$ link Ski Bowl is great when it's cold. Closest resort to PDX, slow lifts, and less terrain, but some steep stuff. Cheaper than the rest, but wetter as it's lowest. Go with Meadows (best) or Timberline (next best). For park skiing, both have ski/snowboard parks if thats what you mean.

Ski park? Wuzzat Theo?

Huh? I know Fish just got in the strong 9/16" stuff.

ha ha ! Thats funny underworld

short jaunt up the river The fog slowly lifts a Beaver dam guards the entrance the fall colors reminding us of mortality in the distance, the stone a great soaring Cathedral Gothic, Grey, knobby, reaching for the heavens a short stuggle past the leafy guardians careful over the steepness, again with the mortality down the steep slope to the abyss...nothingness no glory, no cathedrals, fear and care The stone, old, surprisingly sound the mortals look at their handiwork it is good the hike out simple and quick light fades on the cathedral reminding us again In excelsis deo Gothic rocks cathedral formation that thing needs bolts in a big way. I call dibs on the big left side or any flying buttress.

Stop with all the funding of the bastards. They will redefine their mission to important things like tracking down murderers and helping stranded motorists.

This is exactly what some of us have been talking about. It echoes Josephs earlier post almost spot on, except he's late to the party and use to direct us ops in Iraq: Link here "ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. mission in Iraq is a "nightmare with no end in sight" because of political misjudgments after the fall of Saddam Hussein that continue today, a former chief of U.S.-led forces said Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded coalition troops for a year beginning June 2003, cast a wide net of blame for both political and military shortcomings in Iraq that helped open the way for the insurgency — such as disbanding the Saddam-era military and failing to cement ties with tribal leaders and quickly establish civilian government after Saddam was toppled. He called current strategies — including the deployment of 30,000 additional forces earlier this year — a "desperate attempt" to make up for years of misguided policies in Iraq. "There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight," Sanchez told a group of journalists covering military affairs. Sanchez avoided pointing his criticism at any single official or agency, but it appeared a broad indictment of White House policies and a lack of leadership in the Pentagon to oppose them. Such assessments — even by former Pentagon brass — are not new, but they have added resonance as debates over war strategy dominate the presidential campaign. Sanchez went on to offer a pessimistic view on the current U.S. strategy against extremists will make lasting gains, but said a full-scale withdrawal also was not an option. "The American military finds itself in an intractable situation ... America has no choice but to continue our efforts in Iraq," said Sanchez, who works as a consultant training U.S. generals."

I just heard there was a climbing movie. Can folks tell me A) What was the title. B) on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being "Please just kill me and put me out of my misery" to 10 being "Almost better than sex with the perfect sheep", what was it?

Ropeup? WFT is Ropeup? Huh?

You cannot put a price on good health. I expect and predict John will open the first one on the west side, where folks have a lot of money, and yet still keep his day job. He'd be a great gym owner.

I tweaked that ligament @ 3weeks ago and haven't climbed since. Don't even like belaying. Suks. I was blaming the wasps though.