Bill_Simpkins

What's the MILF like down there? Or are you dating the young ones?

Went for a very long walk with some joggin here and there last night and did great. I think I'll do that for while and then try running again. My goal right now is consistant long periods of daily exercise, not really speed, so this will work out ok I think. I also tied my shoes looser and had no pain. I also discovered that I take slighlty longer strides with my right leg. I don't know why I developed this bad habit, but it felt better when I consiously made the strides more even. Thanks for your help!

Thanks for all the info! I'm getting on my bike tonight.

Very cool!

It also depends on what your definition of uncomfortable is. A rap on a Dulfsitze (sp?) IS uncomfortable! Even rapping on a 1" webbing harness isn't that bad. My partner is pretty boney and wirery, he's never had a complaint. He reccommended the Mammut harness to me. Probably not the harness to crag in everyday. But with clothes on, you should be fine in a non-padded harness. For glacier travel, leave the padding at home.

Click here and scroll down to the Mammut - Alpine Lite harness I have this harness. I love it! It is simple, pretty light and sleek. I've done everything from Liberty Bell, Nesakwatch and Rainier in this thing. Love it! make sure to check the mammut sizing charts.

If you go South on the beach and use your imagination you'll find plenty of good stuff. Also, walk south on the tracks and there's 5 or so spot within the mile south of Larabbee.

Thanks for your input and that website! I'm 30 years old and run and hike a lot. It appears to be my shoes and overtraining. My shoes are Nike Scramblers. They have a thin sole (width-wise) and probably allow my feet to rotate more than usual when I run. This may be leading to the knee pain I have in the same side. Also, the laces have a slight almost un-noticeable pressure point on top of the foot. I never had problems with my old $20 pair of New Balance, which I wore for 2 years! They were hard as a rock, but NEVER had any foot, knee problems. Just proves that fit is almost everything. I guess I never thought it was the shoes because they "feel" comfortable and squishy.

My big toes and top of my feet hurt after running for a while, and a little while walking the next day. Could it be my shoes? I'm about 15 pounds overweight at 210 lbs right now, could the added stress be causing the pain? My big toe is pointed inward a little from rock shoes, could that be it? I've been running for years but have taken the last three months off because of a tailbone injury and a video game that has taken over my life. I can easily knock out 15 miles when in shape, but hurt after 2 miles now. Could it be old age? HELP! I need to run again!

It's 5.8 and super easy if your tall. That's a fun area, especially if you like showing off to kissing teenage love birds.

I'm so glad they put bolts here. There seems to be no natural protect anywhere in site! There are many new anchors placed on the Summit Wall. I've climbed all these routes for years without these new bolts. Even worse, some drunk hicks will probably just steel the hangers anyways.

I'm recovering from a tail bone injury so I'll be taking it super easy. Just want to rope up and get out. Nothing hard for now. PM me.

You know you want these! It will haunt you in your dreams!

Will do Billygoat. If you look at some of the old Green trails maps there is a path from road twelve to Boot Lake Pass. Additionally, in the Beckey book, he marks the same route. However, I've been unsuccessful at locating this path, which would save a lot of time in forging a way up there! The Pioneer camp trail that leads from Road 12 is probably the best lead. It is abaondoned, but I have hiked must of it and is still in great shape. My plan is to first schwack up and flag the route, then proceed to what next fits best. I have two others that will assist. I have just recovered from a tailbone injury and this would be good stuff for getting back in shape. I'll try and put up there in my truck to check the snow level back there in the next few weeks.

I agree. The Sun is behind the Moon in that pick. The front of the moon would not be lit. Simple as that. Either one is photoshopped in or it is a picture of a picture.

So I can go in there with clippers, axe and shovel and I won't get busted?

Sweet. Glad you made it.

Even if it did freeze up, it would be like a normal biner. I don't use pulleys anyways. Never had a problem hauling someone out without them. But I may buy two of these because they are so convenient. If your worried about it, you can keep them in your ass crack and put your pants on backwards for easy access.

At first I thought these were silly, but now you can leave your pulleys at home (I do anyways) for glacier travel saving weight and space. Discuss. Click Here for picture.

I like to pack super light. For years, my system was the standard poly-pro, gortex and warm jacket(down or synthetic) method. I've been using soft shells for the last year and a half or so and have done ok in summer and winter. However, I want to streamline my system. My goal is to have a sytem thats light as humanly possible and still stay warm and relatively dry (staying home and watching tv is not an option!). Right now for winter I use a polyester T-shirt, a long sleeve half zip stretchy base layer top and bottom (powersheild?), patagonia Guide Pants, REI Minstral Jacket, and a primaloft jacket. Sometimes I throw in the pack a little plastic parka. Weighs like 1 ounce or somthing. I usually just wear the the T-shirt and the Shells and everything else sits in the pack until camp. I have summer down. I just wear my Shells and have the longsleeve base layer in my pack. Experience, tricks and thoughts are appreciated. Again, I'm a minimalist and want to keep it simple and light. Thanks!

I think re-contructing a path that goes to Boot Lake pass from FSR 12/Elbow Lake TH, is the best long term option. The distance isn't bad and it avoids any contact with private lands. How does one bring potential trail projects to the Forest Service?

"In addition he laughed at the 7 year thing Bill mentioned. He said that was quite funny--and of course not true. " My dad told me of this law. He's not a total idiot. He was in the FS until 1980, so it could of course be an old law.

You can climb in the shade if you plan your routes right. Just work around counter-clockwise as the sun moves. The problem can be finding open routes in the shade, if its busy.

The Amber thread was pretty funny.

I've never had a problem with the different thicknesses. Make sure your static line is as long as your dynamic line stretched out.