Bill_Simpkins

When you are walking down a sidewalk or trail and you see someone walking toward you from far away, do you stare at them, look at your feet, stare at some random thing in the distance? Then when you get closer and closer and pass them what do you do. Does anyone else find these situations sometimes awkward? I'm a borderline social freak.

Classic! Did you find the route unbearable without shorts over poly-pro? Would you bump the Grade up to VI without Gaitors?

This really discouraged me, seeing that place ripped up like that. We all see stuff that makes us think if people do these kinds of things out of stupidity or selfishness. It's hard to tell.

i don't ever remember having a pizza delivered the entire time we lived in europe. i don't think it's the same kind of craze that exists in america. at least it wasn't back then! and i said lazy; not cheap. and they actually just like cereal. i think my dad would be happy eating it 3 times/day. Me too. I used to eat Lucky Charms with Half and Half (that is soooo flippin good!). I also wondered why couldn't shed the weight.

You could fill it up with water to see if its leaking from specific spots.

A time proven method.

I go by myself all the time. I have no outside pressure to turn around and I can completly listen to that inner voice, which has served me well so far. When I'm by myself I'm more in tune with worrying about what I'm doing and don't have to worry about other people. And I do worry about other people. Most accidents I have seen, I saw them coming from a mile away. Sometimes when I go with other people I see them doing careless things. I think they do those things with or without people. For example, on many occasions I've seen people acting carelessly on exposed ledges, with heavy packs, on unroped scrambles. That stresses me out because I am super careful( not slow, careful). Some people are careless. I think when careless people go solo, they are depending on luck not to get hurt. When careful people go solo, they don't have to depend on luck so much. Am I careless sometimes, of coarse. But there is in inner voice in many of us that tells us when to bring it down a few levels. I think some people don't listen to it as much and it's their nagging careful friends that sometimes save their asses. However, I do want to say for the record that some people appeared at the time to be careless when in fact, they were leagues ahead of me in skill and comfort. I think the Grand Canyon is in many respects, like Mt. Rainier. Those placees are so popular that people travel from far away to be on/in them. You also get people that are not experienced with that kind of terrain and climate. It is easy to get dehydrated in the Grand Canyon and people do crazy things when they are hot and thirsty. I was on Mt. Olympus outside SLC and we ran out of water at the top of the slabs. It was 104 degrees that day. We were so thirsty we started to go a little crazy. We stumbled down a gully to a house hours later. I had a sense of urgentness I've never felt before. We were in true survival mode. Me and my partner helped each other through it. We helped each other down steep parts, routefinding and such. We are pretty careful as individuals, but being together made us stronger. If my partner was a careless person, I probably would have been better off alone. I'm rambling. Good day!

It was pretty dry yesterday. Just a little damp under some flakes and stuff, but the cracks and slabs were pretty dry at the Malumute and Bluffs. The hot temperate yesterday afternoon was the major problem, everything was greasy until the clouds rolled in, then had a nice cool breeze. However, it started to rain good at 6:30 pm

The feds spending peoples money to look at sites like this to try and find pety crimes would make a pretty good news story, don't you think? It makes me wonder how many sites they look over. It makes me wonder how much money they waste. Is this where our trail park pass dollars go?

I think you should get a full refund. It sounds reasonable. Write them that letter and give them a piece of your mind. My Lowe hiking boots are fully waterproof. You think that a high end mountaineering boot with a GTX liner would be also. Bad design or poor manufacturing. Is it possible you just got a bad pair? I was thinking about getting a pair of these but I didn't. I'm glad now. Thanks for the gear report!

Dallas Kloke did all but the last two little peaks. There is a bivy spot between Skookum and Hayden Peak. The did one rap between the South Twin and Skookum. You can bypass that by going down the West Ridge of the S. Twin a bit then travering on the west to Skookum. The south gate is closed. I tried a car to car traverse on Memorial Day weekend by myself, but I got part way up and heard shotguns down by the parking lot and there was a couger on the trail. I was tweaking, so I headed back to BBQ's and cold soda. I noticed on the way out the gate was closed, but unlocked. I've been planning on 2-3 days because I want to scope and climb other things on the way. The bushwacking can be pretty bad south of the West Ridge of the South Twin. There is plenty of water. The logging road slog to the south end of the range is endless. I'm going to try again this Sunday and Monday.

I changed plans, going to Squamish tommorrow. Solo.

My partners are all working. PM me. Ill check again around 7:30 pm.

I am trying to get to Skookum Peak area in the Sisters Range up by Bellingham.

Can you bleed over into Wed. Could you go tonight and Tuesday? How open are you? I have a couple climbs I'm trying to knock off. It's possible to do them in a day but if more time is available it would be a bonus.

Looks like suicide, but he wanted someone else to pull the trigger.

Funny! UPDATE: I'm down to 195 now. That's about 25 pounds since I started. I met my goal. I porked out this last weekend when my parents visited. You know, I thought that would be enough since I'm 6'2" tall and am not wirery, but I still feel like I have 10-15 extra hanging on me. I notice I eat a lot less and am satisfied. Before I think I ate till I was totally stuffed. The biggest difference physically is it is easier to go running because I feel lighter on my feet and I just basically lost pack weight when climbing. I also don't feel as frustrated and even little things like tying my shoes and going up and down stairs is easier. My clothes now are almost falling off me. I didn't realize I was so chunked up. Now carrying a 25 lb pack on a route will be just like climbing before I lost the weight. I've been out climbing a few times and I noticed the appraoches were easier and I used less water. My hands also didn't hurt as much after strenuous no-tape hand-jamming. Hanging on is a little easier. Just obvious stuff.

Put that together with: "If she smokes, she pokes" and your chances will double.

I think they are more prone to own big trucks and put a firefighter bumbersticker on the back window.

Pluggin in gear at Larrabee Billygoat? Theres a nice thin crack that has a nice pocket at the start. "Deception Crack". Tricams rule.

This one is good. I like the first response. uk climbing

That's what happens when you are stuck on an island.

65, 50, 80 ? Regardless, it is a framed pack. The back panel on these i believe has good insulating values. Take advantage of this. You can put your feet or upper body on the pack. Since it is framed you probably want to either put a sleeping pad on the outside or have an inflatable on the inside or both. I would reccomend and inflatable pad and a 1/3 to 1/2 length blue or yellow pad for snow sleeping. Put the extra pad on your hips through shoulders and use your pack for whatever else, if you even need to. depending on the infatable pad though, you may not want anything else. There are some pretty lightweight swanky ones out there. This one is pretty swanky, no need for additional pads. very comfy. My friend has one, he loves it, and its easy to infalte. The stuf sack doubles as the air pump. Swanky pad

Humans have been in SW Washington (in the Columbia) for years. Hardly news. They are bad news for marshes, native wildlife and sheep. You don't want sheep to get cornered by them. The sheep might win the war but it'll likely get a few real big holes in its body from the Polish guy.