Bill_Simpkins

What, why would anybody monitor who is climbing with Neutrinos. Nice one.

Marymoore multipitch: Don't ask how I got my pole stuck up here: No comment: Head shot: Lighting? Look! Magic Wave!

It is faster to drive to Mt. Erie than to hike up to Oyster dome. You'll probably have the most fun at Larrabee if you don't have much time. Try the Grey Wall, Pink Wall (on tracks between Larrabee and Clayton),Cornflakes (just south of Grey Wall), Boat Launch Wall, Clayton Beach, The Point (at Larrabee where the lovebirds make out on the rocks).

Uh. What do you mean? Answer: With soft shells you need not pack them. You wear them, all the time. Sun, drizzle, cold. That's what's cool about them, it lighten up your pack a pound or two. Plus they are comfy, they climb well(stretchy), and look good enough to go to a nice place to eat when your done. They are kind of the perfect pant. It's scary, but I think soft shells will get much more popular for people just wearing them around. Just watch Star Trek! hehe

I have a pair a Patagonia Guide pants ($180) and a pair of REI Mintrals($90). They both fit me fine and take a lot of abuse. I run, hike, slog and rock climb in both of them. No problems. Both have good warrantees if they biff on you. My advise: Go with what fits you best.

Mt. Erie- Sunset Slabs, bit of a hike, but super easy, huge anchors, nive views. There are a couple of low-moderate routes on the right. Larrabee- Boat Launch Wall. Drive to the boat lauch and look south. You have to top tope from the top because of the length. Bring a super long sling to back up the metal anchor that is pounded into the wood.

-Eiger Sanction (good) -Touching the Void (good) -K2 (hehe) Cliffhanger (Just pure entertainment. Watching Sly bolt a route on freesolo is fun, and watching him double-dyno is funny two. The best are the outtakes on the DVD where he is campusing off of an icicle with one hand. Good stuff!) -Even a few moves are pulled in the beginning of the movie Krull when he is climbing the mountain and retrieving the Glade. Short but sweet.

dude....

0.5 Friend. #5 BD stopper. .75 BD Camalot. #1 HEX. Pink Tricam.

Dallas Kloke has a new guidebook on Mt. Erie. If it's out yet, it is probably in there.

I use it under ideal conditions. Trees, bolts. Not around rocks. I also use it for prussiks and have an alpine cordelette, web-o-lette style made of it. not for hanging belays or anything, more as a "just in case". Also my ice-axe leash and webbing on my aiding hooks.

When I am hiking through the woods alone on an approach, I sometimes have my ice axe out. I tap it on an occasional rock or tree to let the critters know I'm there. On another note: I went to Alaska a few times when I was a kid. We used to hear bear and moose walking though our camps. Even under such situations, I used to walk to the outhouse by myself. My father didn't teach us to hurt the animals, more of how to deal with them. He has ran into many a critter, face to face, with no problems. He is 70 now, and has probably had at least 50 face to face encounters, including with cougers, without problems. Yes, bears and cougers are very different. Bears are territorial. Cougers hunt.

Yeah. For volcanoes, I'd go with all straps. Grivel G10 Camp 490 Stubai

This is what I usually bring. Hard boiled eggs. Jerky. Block of Parmasen cheese(just munch on it). Ramen. Begals. All except for the Ramen and begals are very filling. The cheese is my comfort food.

I think I'll just take a poo and look at topos. That usually does the trick.

I'm stuck in a cubical.

Does kicking someones ass actually prove any point? Isn't one of the reasons, according to GWB, we are in Iraq is to liberate the people there from a government that kicks peoples asses who speak out against their government? Also, what high horse are you on that says you can kick someones ass for burning a flag. That person might turn around and kick your ass. Just becuase they are burning a flag, smokin dope, having abortions, worshipping Budda, being gay, or kicking a hacky sack, doesn't mean they are physically wimpy. Actually, this has been realized. Thats why some conservatives joined groups like the KKK and the NRA. This way they can bully people around in groups and not get their butts kicked. Personally, I believe that both liberals and conservatives are both wrong and right in some cases. Both sides have valid arguments, of which their is a lot of arguing. But in the meantime, the truth, whatever it is, gets shoved under the rug. Both sides have a lot of power, and they get that power by taking extreme sides. It is like two parents fighting. The parents are the conservatives and the liberals, and the country is the little kid stuck in the middle of it all.

Remember, there is no potential. Mike already did everything....

You just follow the shadow of the rope in front of you.

Bob was choking Layton from 5 feet away!

Theres some nice solid rock on the approach though.... Stop and do a little slabbin on the way down.... "MENTOS, the Freshmaker!"

Nope. The blocks on route are just a little bigger. I will post the evidence tonight. The proof is in the pudding.

Hadley Peak = Big choss heap! Larabee Peak = like CBS said. Chuckanut, south dihedral = sucks to be on lead. TR the thing and don't pull the blocks out. North Ridge Nasakwatch Spire= The whole peak is a precarious jumble of stacked blocks. It's like Jenga, if you pull the right one out at the bottom, the whole thing might tumble down!

I think it was the snow lizards.