Billygoat

Well said

Hey glass gow kiss my ass! Why don't you go and make a positive contribution (besides your photos) and post your opinion on my Gear Critic thread

Smooth! "Hey baby, what brings you to my neck of the woods?" She'll totally take the bait! You mean " so, what brings you out to this nape of the...I mean neck of the..."

Hey Chris

Not familiar with those two, but there is lots of climbing out here, some solid, some chossy but all good The weather, on the other hand, you just have to learn to love. Colorado and California offer more consistent "nice weather", if nthat is what you are seeking. What besides rock brings you out this way?

Climbingirl, are you prepared for the action you are about to get...?!

Good responses! We do alot of top roping at our local crag because of a lack of gear placements and the overall chossy conditions. I was talking to Larry at Mouuntain Tool and he was encouraging me to use a static line for all my top roping and saving my dynamic rope for trad leads and alpine routes on the mainland. Static rope is less expensive and can take alot more abuse. Larry was saying that the rope gets pretty well damaged from constant lowering over the tight bend of two biners. More money on gear but better application and longer rope lives. My regular belayers for the most part are on it so I don't fear the fall. On the knots in the glacier rope issue, I've seen it presented in magazines and books as additional insurance for rope teams of two. I've seen the alpine butterfly knot encouraged as well as others. The concept makes sense on paper but may not in practice, especially if one uses a short, 30m, rope. I could only see problems trying to bypass the knots while ascending or when yarding on a z-pulley. I'm just wondering if anyone has heard or experienced the knot thing working in the real world...

Since top roping done right allows the person climbing to fall without creating a lot of force, I should be able to use a static line for greater abrasion and degradation at the bend resistance. Any opinions/experience with that? Also, knots in your glacier rope, between people, in order to help slow or stop by catching the lip of the crevasse: 1) does it work 2) if yes to one, what knot is recommended 3) how does one get the knot out, under load, in order to ascend said rope? or does one have to be hauled out at that point?!

Yeah, and all that horsecock can puff you up like a poison toad =

Just talked to my friend who lives in Nederland, in the mountains just west of Boulder, he said his house is still buried and they were just able to get a backhoe to drag their truck out of the driveway today! He's sending a few photos, I'll post them when I get 'em.

I'll have a go: Trask, Dwayner, Necronomicon, GregW, Catbirdseat

And me....

Ahhh, it is a monster! lumbering as it were. I didn't mean any one in particular Trask, just getting the call out. I'm sure quite a bit of spray had to do with people not getting out because of the poor skiing/avy conditions and of course the war. As the weather gets better and the war gets over I predict less to moderate amounts of spray.

Some people using this board need to pony up some cash $$$ Will that help Jon?

Its no doubt Bush Administration is inept at running our nation's economy and just about everything except reading polls and PR. And even though Bush might be invading Iraq to appease his oil buddies and avenge the attempted assasination of his dad, its in the long-term interest of America and the world as a whole to get rid of Sadam's regime and proliferate organized and connected society and culture. Yeah but, if we want to promote that kind of world, we shouldn't seek PAX Americana Roman style. However, I like the way those guys party

Silicone=mental problems

I can't believe that the $750 billion tax cut might go thru on top of that. As soon as this war is over, the economy will want to start crankin' up but the interest rates will skyrocket due to the huge deficit we are currently running and the amount we are willing to raise it to. Any recovery will effectively be choked off

No, that 500 million is part of the 75 billion bush just asked for from congress

Saddam better set off a WMD soon, for our sake, or he is going to end up looking like a hero to the Arab world

Just talked to my friend in Austria, word on the street and in worldwide media is that we are the agressor and are in the wrong. Expect a lot of fallout world wide. We are losing political capital worldwide as well as spending capital here at home.

B'ham Y

Beeuooteefull!

tell us!

The dude is dressed like a Noth American, but I have the feeling he is in another country, Africa I think.