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Hey nice job guys. Gyselinck has been going around all summer looking at cracks and saying, "thats what the north face of the mole looks like."
Photos?
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Nice job man, but next time i'd appreciate it if you all worked around my schedule a little better. Nice work to the Lyger and the Deadbeat. I bet you wished you had a #8 cam though.
Also, stealing 98 pounds of webbing so you can tie the scraps together and reuse it is not stuardship. Get a job hippie. Cut your hair and buy you own webbing.
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Did he place that cord at the end of the traverse?
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2. Did not consult "Extreme Alpinism", by Mark Twight for extra tips/tricks and inspiration.
Did you forget your action suit?
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As far as trad routes go, people do all of the things you mentioned. You can practice on toprope or just pick a climb that looks like it has gear and try it with or without doing some research first. Much of what you do depends on the the climb itself. For FA's on multipitch climbs you are at some point going to have to continue without knowing the terrain. If the gear is good though, you can always aid up tough parts and possibly have to bail.
As far as mercury and water go, you just have to make a nonsensical reply. Its funny.
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Oly is right and you all are missing the point. Mercury is the most powerful first ascent tool known to man. Especially when mixed with urine.
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Off white, the Lyger is just jealous, she says that those hicks are stuck in '82.
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your mom is stuck in Ellensburg
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Those rocks in the mountains piss me off. They only get in the way of all the quality drainage climbing.
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hey neswstar, your name is hard to spell. Also, do you have any photos to share.
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Internships are for suckers
So is the degree that I won't use that comes from the internship. Oh well, good drinking and climbing time.
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If I keep leaving work early, I'll be as unemployed as Gyselinck
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We looked at the variations from lunch ledge and made plans to try them later, though I don't know why anyone would want to miss such great ramp climbing.
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Climb: Guye Peak-Improbable Traverse
Date of Climb: 8/23/2005
Trip Report:
Yesterday (Tuesday), I left the unpaid internship 5 1/2 hours early and called Gyselinck to maybe go to exit 32 or 38. He suggested the Improbable traverse. We met in North Bend at 1:15 to leave a car and sort our hastily packed crap.
We started hiking just before 2 and made good time on the talus slope. At the tip of the rockslide, we scrambled/ climbed for as long as we were comfortable and then roped up.
Gyselinck led a near 60 meter pitch to lunch ledge. Then I led the traverse in two pitches, clipping two fixed pins, one old sling, and placing some small stoppers.
At the end of the traverse, I led as far as I could up the loose gully. Gyselinck followed and led to the top of the gully where we unroped and easily scrambled to the summit by around 5pm.
The descent was uneventful, we scrambled the ridge until reaching the trail on cave ridge. I had heard horror stories of this descent, but had the benefeit of gyselinck having come down Guye twice before.
Me leading the traverse
Gyselinck at the mid traverse belay
Gyselinck scrambling and hiking ramps to the summit
Gear Notes:
Medium Rack, did not use large pieces
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calling deadbeatchrist a deadbeat is also calling him the savior of mankind
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Sorry Knotzen, I meant no offense, the deadbeat message was directed to the previous post by the one who calls himself deadbeatchrist.
You, I believe, are not a deadbeat.
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Yes deadbeat, those were all spelling errors in the guide, anyone could have mad that mistake.
Knotzen, the candy wrappers were left by the fishermen, you see they raped gyselinck's stuff, but not my wrappers.
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No drugs on this trip Lyger, but it does sound like we went climbing in fairy tale land. Note: Gyselinck's hot date was not Cook, it was his mom, but she bailed. Also: we did not go climbing in fairy tale land, it was actually tough guy land. Those landmarks were mislabled in the Beckey guide. It is actually, hell mountain, flaming feces creek, stinging of death pass, and the tower of infinite pain and moss.
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Olyclimber, have you tried the actual peanuts that you put in the grinder at the store? This is an interesting method. Also, do you drink Olympia beer?
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Well Lyger I suppose that I'll accept said apology. Mostly, I'm glad you said that you're a little sorry, because we don't want to get carried away here. I gues now I can stop the string of broken hearted extreme solos I've been undertaking.
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I just found this TR, good read. I see that you took some bongs and PBR, excellent choice of pro.
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Nice work and thank you guys.
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This photo was taken looking straight down at Gyselinck at the top of the first pitch. From here, climb class 4 trees and heather to the belay.
Gyselinck leading the crux third pitch
Toppling tower. The descent is via the obvious gully in the center. The route Becky describes traverses left along the tree band and then ascends the ridge that is blocked by the tall tree.
Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass PCT Record
in Alpine Lakes
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Your mom is an ace clown. And so are you. And your mom.