Bill_Simpkins

Maybe someone put it on the best smedge.

I still reccommend the steel ones with tennis(G10's). I like trashing on them and not feel like I'd bend a tooth on rock or take them off for a short bit of scrambling. Most likely, the time of year when you can wear tennis, there is a lot of rock of talus around too. I also like to use them on steep, wet heather slopes. I'm a light freak though and cut my weight elsewhere. Sometimes I'll just bring the front half of them and strap them on with ninja tricks.

I haven't had any issues with mine over 10k. Yeah, there is lighter, but I can whip that thing out and boil my water before other people set their stoves up. It is just simple and easy.

Bouldering is on the rise, as is climbing overall, thus freesoloing.

High Mountain Woody. Stephanie's Tears. Banana Peel. Sole Mate with traverse to it. Backsack is awesome!!!!!! Fatty Bolger (the actual climb, not the crag) is a great TR if you are noobish like me(really interesting). One of my favorite climbs is Joe's Dyke on top of the Chief.

Worn about 10-15 times. Still in good shape. Good for tennis shoe size 11-11.5. My feet don't like them but many feet will. Nice shoe and good for hard routes. $30 Was $140 new.

I agree. Snowboarding saves my winters. I just focus on that now until climbing season is in. Yeah, the gyms blow up here.

Black Peak is fun, and it's tall!

Deidre was dry on Sunday.

I thought it read "SpoonMe"

Wing Lake is one of the best places in the world

I heard the Chinese army is posted up there plucking off Tibeten sherpas with rifles. Very Sad!

Selling my 5.10 Anasazis size 12. I've used them about 10-15 times and they are a bit too small for my feet. I would suggest them for someone that wears a street shoe of 10.5 - 11.0. I'm an 11.5 They are used, but have lots of life in them still. They are good for hard routes. $35.00 Bellingham

Yeah, pretty snowy and the roads and trails are pretty beat up.

I'd get strap ons. That way you can use them with your tennies

I wear running shorts and softshell pants over them. Actually, I do that all year round.

The best climbing at Squish is on the weekdays. The place is getting too infested with trendy Vancouverites on the weekends. That being said, might be good to plan your rest days on the weekend, depending on the weather

Any extra calories used to make up for the work to power something or carry the weight will have to be made up when the hiker returns anyways. The energy required to make that food may be more than the energy gained by carrying the thing up there. I say just get a generator and hire a bum to turn the crank.It would be a better use of the time. This act of trying to create energy from manpower might actually be worse for the environment as it contributes more to entropy and the heat death of the Universe. Do you really want to be responsible for destroying the universe? I think not

From what I've seen so far this Spring of the trails, they are really beat up from the winds this Winter. I've never seen them so bad in the last 25 years. It's going to take a lot of work.

If it were me, I'd paddle up Ross Lake(if the roads were closed from Hope). Ross Lake isn't too high(1600 feet), so the trail into Hozomeen Lake shouldn't be too much of a snow slog most times of the year. Just my $0.02. Last time I was there, there we naked German girls swimming in that lake. If you see them, tell them Bill seit, "Guten Tag!"

Peshastin shitty? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Castle Hill is nice. I could live there ...so nice. I stayed at the hostel on the pass just west of there for 5 days. There are a lot of easy scrambles there if you are alone.

I like Erie. It is best when you know where to go. So don't get discouraged if you spend a time or too just figuring that out. Powerline Wall is nice. Basically harder on left easier as you go right. Zig Zag is fun too.

We should ban WAR because it is too dangerous.

I called all the gear shops around and no one is carrying Scarpa Freney XT's !!!!!!! Only online shops have them in. Anyone know any secrets?