Phil K

Saturday morning, 6/24. Cam at base of Great Northern route. Identify it and claim it, or it's mine, ALL MINE. PK

Kzwhateverski is obviously delusional. Comparing this to WWI or WWII is ridiculous. Those were not wars we entered because a small group of throwbacks had a personal agenda to fulfill, and no one predicted that they would be a "cakewalk" or that they would last "days, weeks; I doubt months" like that lying sack Rumsfeld. If not for their arrogance it may not have turned into a disaster. Now they want to F'ING NUKE ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT THEY DON'T LIKE!!!!!! I just can't believe this shizzle. This looks bad folks, really bad. They have learned nothing from their mistakes precisely because they are unwilling to admit to them, like our vowel challenged friend.

That's awsome, I'm impresed. Hey, I just hit 100 posts. When do I get to become something other than lurker?

Gary, are you trying to take all the fun out of this? I'm talking real mano a mano time wastin carpal tunnel risking postaholic behavior. Would Chuck Norris try to automate this task?

Looks like I've got a rare few moments to waste, so I find myself here in Spray. I'm going to name this achievement a "Dru" for obvious reasons. Has anyone ever had their name fill every spot at once in the poster column on the active topics page? We all need something to aspire to and take our minds off the forthcoming disaster in the Middle East.

Or not.

Ayy, there I was in the Pig's Whistle tha other day when a fello Pirate comes in, an a sorry lookin soight he was too. He orders hisself a bottle a Rum, an sure enough drains it inside o five minutes. The barkeep says to him "you know matey, I loike ta mind me own business, but it sure looks like youv'e got yerself a steering wheel jammed up yer arse." "Arrrgh, I do, it's drivin me nuts!"

OK, I admit it, I clicked on this thread expecting some typical immature amusement. But this site is really cool! Great idea, and a nice alternative to the normal sno-park routine. Thanks.

He'll be getting a Presidential Medal of Freedom any day now.

Don't know if that PM went through, likely not. Trying agian.

Interesting looking climb; any more info on where it might be? Anyway, for lack of something better to do, the fellas and I went out to have a look at Hubba Hubba again yesterday. Turn's out it's a bit thinner than two weeks ago, but still certainly climbable. When things warm up, it'll go fast, I'm sure.

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There is a tendency to misspell simple words like tendancies.

Thanks for doing my research for me CBS. Anyway, I figure that those rat-bastard fascists already are watching me.

You should know. So what about my watch makes me dangerous?

Am I missing sumpin'?

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Here's a cool idea I happened across; while checking out grivelnorthamerica.com. An ice tool discussion ended with "and don't forget the 3M splicing tape." Hmmmm, what's that all about, methnks. Turns out it's a stretchable, adhesive backed rubber polymer tape which is often used on the monsters, but is great for other tools as well. I've got a pair of the Grivel light wings (should have gotten the alp wings which are just a few oz.s more and come with a rubber grip, but WTF.) I was using stair tread tape, like what comes on the air tech evos, but that has the nasty habit of shredding my gloves. 'Just picked up the splicing tape, available at electrical supply houses, prolly not found at most home improvement places. Ooooh, I like it! Doesn't add much bulk, sticky... gotta go try it out.

Well, they DID replace my helmet last week; I was strapping my Petzel Elios to my pack, when one of the chin strap attachment points came off. Bad rivet job, apparently. Kinda makes me wonder about Petzl's QC, but that's another story. The helmet was less than a year old, so no problemo w/ exchange. What I did want to bitch about though, is that I thought that I might spend my dinky dividend (Rather shop at FF across the street) on a replacement Evolution pick for my Grivels. You'd think a place like REI.com might have something like that, you know; CLIMBING GEAR, but nooooooooo. PS: I already knew that they suck.

Factor 2!

No, that wasn't me, but got a report from my friend this morning. Jeff's a great guy; nonstop talker though, and a bit adjective-challenged.

a pair of very talkative gentlemen there in front of us. Did'ja get the F-Bomb? That would be Jeff! Hmmmmm, I was thinking of giving that route a try, but it doesn't sound very "in" to me. Is it ever?

TomTom: Albania. Oh wait, that's Alabama. He climbs GOOD for a southerner.

Hubba Hubba was in pretty good shape as of last Saturday, and some of the adjacent smears looked pretty reasonalble if'n you don't mind a bit of thinness. We also checked out the climbs up Mountaineer Creek; Mr Seattle, Emerald City et al. There was some "climbable" stuff there, but not very attractive; lots of thin scrappy ice with questionable top-outs. And if you are feeling heroic, Wet'N Wild looked possible. Hellava approach!

Blue it must be, nothing else. Green also, is acceptable. Or red. Yellow and purple also allowed. All you need to know is that.