gapertimmy

my guess is the dogs chub mookie sticks to do their part at cleaning up the backcountry, i really don't know. munching ass, hmm, that wasn't lunch, lunch was turkey sandwhich, and one of those prepackaged rice krispy treats. *SNAP*CRACKLE*POP* RICE HOT DOGS

the sunny skies had been beckoning me to step out the back door all day long, so I finally submitted to the urge to scale the ominous peak that looms out the back door of my office. granted, i spent a good hour checking my gear before the climb, it was truly a rush to decide to go on a solo climb in such short notice. i can't truly call it a solo climb, becuase the little bitch sierra, and her fat friend chinook were the final two to make up the rope team. after consulting the topo and prior TR's on summitpost.com, we decided to assend the often overlooked line called "Old Skyliner". For those unfamiliar with this couloir, it is on the Northern face of the mountain, and is a sharp line that cuts throw a glade.... rather interesting how no trees grow on this Old Skyliner, we assumed that it is due to frequent avalanche activity... thus we determined it would be wise to wear our Avalungs, and have our beacons on for good measure. After a quick trip to the xTerra for the avalungs, and a final gear check, we set out for the climb. The initial approach to get to the base of old skyliner was a gentle slope. Sierra was at the back of the rope, chinook in the middle, and I was leading. We decided that the ridge was gentle enough to not place any pro. About 1/2 mile up, sierra began lagging behind and slowing down the team. Chinook and I had a team huddle and determined it was best for the expedition's sake to have sierra untie from the rope, and for chinook and I to carry on to Old Skyliner couloir. Once untied Sierra immediately turned her energy towards downing a pile of brown feces she had recently discovered, chinook and i plugged ahead and entered the couloir. Immediately, the pitch became steep enough to require protection. Chinook and I began a running belay about 1/4 up the coulior. Before long, we found ourselves at the top of the couliour. Sierra had amazingly decided to solo the line, and caught up to us just as we we're topping out. We both chewed her ass for putting her lives, and the expedition's safety at risk. But the topic of discussion quickly was redirected towards the descent ahead of us. We decided to ride an adjacent line called "tippy toe" back to the base. The ride was wonderful, and we arrived safely to the bottom... where we were greeted by a crowd of gapers standing outside their m-series SUV complete with WA plates. They we're asking for Beta, we passed along how great the corn freshies were, acted as hard as we could possibly be, and then returned to my office. Office seat to Office Seat 90 minutes. our ascent in red the line skied in my favorite colour all the other lines were from prior attempts on this rough peak. [ 06-14-2002, 01:25 PM: Message edited by: gapertimmy ]

LMAO, best part about this thread is that the people who lift heavy shit and kill bugs will prevail! UNITE

damn, nothing like having a snatch patch up ones nose. i once had an ENT specialist look up my big ol nose, and was amazed at the size of my veins, i think he took pictures even, perhaps the insides of my nose are printed in some book somewhere, and some gaper in med school has to look at it. My other publishing claim to fame.... My picture is in a Boy Scout handbook, I forgot which edition, but i'm in there, in all of my glory. I think i weighed around 240lbs and was a freshman in HS. Thank god for the subway diet

Schmidt 20oz tall boys.

have you tried using the moisturizing mist spray thingies? Perhaps the bleeds are caused by yer nose getting too dry as well. Does it happen more in the winter or summer times? my nose bleeds pretty often in the winter, because it is so dry down here.

some homeboys in DCSAR went to a rope rescue techniques course up in the muthaland to the north. They came back with a new chest harness config, using 1'' webbing again, but involved making little fancy loops for the shoulders, kinda hard to explain, but the reasoning behind the new system was the prevent some of the issues presented in this thread. I'll try to get a diagram and scan it. But it prevents the biner from snapping upwards and knocking out teeth, i haven't used it yet myself, and have never bailed into a crevasse either... I follow Iain's school of thinking on that one. Tim

i'll be there

what a fitting final post to this thread... for now at least.... i am re-closing this thread for various reasons, but this will not be the last of the muir on saturday... oh no, be afraid!

definately glad to hear your alright.

damn! Shasta has bagged more peaks than i have this spring

MORE MARK TRAIL!!!!!

WORD UP! He's getting out and having fun, nuttin wrong wit dat

quote: Originally posted by iain: Thanks for the tip Mark Trail. LMAO! dude, mark trail *IS* the last boy scout man that sounds like an epic SI trip, cougars are scaweee!

i like to buy the lipton spanish rice packets, usually about $1, 1 per person, and throw in some tortillas, some cheese if your real fancy boil water, cook for 10 minutes, and it is grubbin chubbin lovin! just ask jon, thats his fav when I go backpacking, sometimes i'll bring that pre-packaged pad thai, mmmmmm! can't go wrong with cous cous either cuz its so lite for trips w/out stoves, bagles with peanut butter, pro max bars, gu, and my special freshieformula

i don't think he subscribed to teh hood thread i think/hope he has learned his lesson from the muir thread. besides i was sure soemoen else would startup a new thread to cary on the old keilbasa spray lord festival of cock in teh mouth

This thread has obviously gone down the tubes. I'm closing this so our friend bob can take a moment, have some personal time, and feggin chill out a little bit.

w00t!!!! <the lurker emerges from silence to spray>

check the olympics forum, view all posts (not just last 45 days) and there are a few threads about crags here's one: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000010

puttin in some late hours at 'soft?

WORD! My head is a bit hazy this morning from all the suds-n-chuckles. In attendance last evening: sketchfest, lisa, funguy, mwills, and a lurker! (hee hee couldn't resist) A great time was had by all. I felt like a true wanker, being the only one who didn't do some serious oregon mountaineeerin the past weekend. But i made up for my lack of trip reports with my vast base of cc.com gossip. Lisa presented a fine photo show of her exploits in the North Cascades. I on the other hand gave my now famous "history and founding of cc.com" speech, complete with stories of how Jon and I truly define gapage. We sprayed, swung, philosiphiezed, pondered, pissed, and dreamed of having future pub clubs the rival the size and intensity of the ones of our gaper friends to the north. Thanks to all who showed up, it was fun to meet you all, and hope we can do it again soon! -swingin machine! TIMM@Y

chaser... btw, you left your loofa and neutrogena scrub in my shower again... you are always so silly bout that, no more arse scrubbin for you

directions?

quote: Originally posted by Off White: 4: Those charcoal renderings the Olympics Guidebook uses instead of photos? Not worth shit. amen brutha, i have felt that pain before!

i'll be driving my champagne colored m-series SUV wearing my "birth control" pants (isn't that right alison" complete with my strap-visor