Bill_Simpkins

"I love you dear"

I've prusiked up all sorts of rope on anything you can tie a knot with. 1 inch nylon webbing, spectra sewn runners, mammuts dyneema, 5 mm cord, whatever. I've even used the rope itself to tie a prusik and ascend. It all works. Sometimes you have to wrap it around the rope a few more times and dink with the knot a little, but it all will get you up the rope. A cordellette is fine.

I vote for the Shuksan toilet also.

My usual sequence it shower then shit. I rarely shave. However if I eatbreakfast right after waking up it shit then shower. I only shave about once a month though ( I don't care if I look like Grizzly Adams). Shaving everyday is for whipped boyfriends and whipped husbands and people that don't stand up to their boss. Some people say they like to shave everyday because they like a clean feeling face, but they are just metrosexuals.

There are reports of a grizzly with cubs hanging out by the Ridely Creek trail.

__________________________________ perhaps I should have been more specific. -Secret 4-star limestone sport crag that is not in Eastern WA, northeastern WA, southeast WA, Marcus, B.C, or Vancouver Island. but instead is in the WA central cascades and IS limestone. Everybody and their dog has a secret bolted crag that they think rulz. You must be talking about THAT secret Limestone cave! But it's definatly not this one. not this However it may be this one: There is limestone, one can climb Just a while East from the Slew Over the hills you'll find the Lime If you drive on Highway "____".

That should work.

they aren't limestone There is a bolted limestone cave in Washington.

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Police, Duran Duran.

Once I stopped caring about women, they came in record numbers. The less I shaved, the more I just spoke my mind, the less I cared, the more that were interested in me. Go figure. I think when your happy with yourself, more people will be happy with you.

No, don't use it! How much experience do you have?

I seem to do okay there if I hadn't climbed on solid rock for a while. But if I go there with recent memories of plugging in cams in granite cracks that could hold a car or two, then I get sketched with the choss fest and wobbling columns. It is however, a very aesthetic area. I love hiking and camping around there.

Yeah, I think sticking to strict rules is the best way to go. Personally, just to keep the rules clear, the route should be started after Dec 21. If the approach is done in Fall, that's fine, unless the approach is part of the route. I mean, someone could live in a cabin half way up the mountain, and climb the rest of it in Winter. That would still be a winter ascent, right?

1. Secret ridge on a secret mountain 2. Secret peaks in secret location 3. Forgotten line on well known face 4. Fast traverse in secret range 5. A road trip south would be nice

Clearly... "I am not a number! I am a free man!. Hahahahahaha"

Those who frown will someday see That rhyming is so good for thee, Because thowst dreams of climbing things Gives thy spirit powers of kings.

The Tooth Driving on the Interstate, Is a ironic twist of fate, To end up in such a place Near rocky peaks that we must chase. We quickly slog right up the vally, To end up in a bowling alley. People yelling “on belay” And much more yelling, so much to say. Our speedy hike was all in vain, For we wait for hours in the rain. We wait for climbers wearing hats, Some wearing shorts on top of pants. Finally we set a pace, Up the southern rocky face. Then wait like little ants, For those who wear those shorts on pants. Deciding to go left or right, The daylight left is getting tight. The top is reached, but in our mind Is leaving this crowded place behind. As we dash for the set of slings, Up come men, that clip the rings. Another hour has passed us by, Then we make another try. Quickly throw that rope on down Before my partners pants turn brown. Grab the backs and put on boots, Glissade fast down snowy chutes. Start the car like were Hell Bent, To grab some Big Macs back in Kent.

Here's another (come on! lets see a few!) Mt. Larrabee Every time I touch a rock, They slip and tumble down, They go a block, or more Before they settle ‘round. If I had a quarter, For every one knocked loose, I’d be giving an order, For a case of good Chartreuse. Finally when the goal is reached, I realize why I came, For cliffs drop far below, To glaciers doing the same. Looking down the path I led, I wonder why I choose to tread, Mountains made of dirt and choss, Next time I’ll climb the hills with moss. It’s now time to go back where, The cold lakes hide, past the rim. For when I get to over there, I will take a chilly, well deserved swim.

Let's hear your rhymes for a Cascade Mountain. Here's one to start it off. Luna Peak from Ruth Mt. Luna seems so far away It glides in the mist, It sleeps in East, It silently sits, In its realm it will stay. Within the sea of peaks and valleys, No other can compare. It’s spine a stairway, To the faraway air. Someday I will meet you, Someday I will hear, The rivers roar below From atop your perch from over there.

Bjork has some great lyrics, and music.

" In the wooden chair Beside my window I wear a face born in the falling rain I talk to shadows from a lonely candle Recite the phrases from the wall I can’t explain this holy pain Six days ago my life had taken a tumble The orders came from high above they say A need to use me once again they’ve got my number Further the cause boy yes you know the game I’ll wait here for days longer Till the sister comes to wash my sins away She is the lady that can ease my sorrow She brings the only friend That helps me find my way I search the past back to a time When I was younger A target for the new society Picked to displace the leaders Countering objectives Of this new underground reality Waiting for days longer ’til sister comes to wash my sins away She is the lady that can ease my sorrow My love for her Will help me find my way My mission saved the world And I stood proud My mission changed the world It turned my life around I look around my room is filled with candles Each one a story but they end the same I’ll hide away in here the law will never find me The walls will tell the story of my pain Waiting for days longer Till sister comes to wash my sins away She is the lady who can ease my sorrow She sets the pace for my delivery of pain They’ll say my mission saved the world And I stood proud My mission changed the world The underground will rise and Save this world we’ll all stand proud Our mission changed the world, we’ll change the world We’ll all stand proud" Queensryche, "The Mission"

Old news, but thanks! Theres lots of buoldering out there if people have some time and patience.