lancegranite

Check out the Ultimate Tele Binding, manufactured locally. The binding is the brainchild of Armond Dubque,a Stevens pass local.This is a completely different animal, a step in binding that features a 6 point toe crampon. The UTB has been in devlopment for years and was used this year on the first ski descent of Mt. Hunter. The Ultimate Telemark Binding

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The cable shot under the Seventh Heaven chair at Stevens pass was always a crowd pleaser.I would do it for my first run in the morning.

How Do I post a photo? The computer center here at the prison is very nice, but, the guy who knows all that stuff got shanked in the exersise yard on tuesday. Thank you, L. Granite

The Lips put on quite a show. Instead of a huge lighting rig they had what appeared to be 20 hippie kids dancing in animal costumes with large flashlights. Brilliant!

Enjoy... Winter in Washington

These guys are the coolest. They have been playing since 1983.. I believe there was a credit card commercial featuring them. The live show is really,really...interesting.

Enjoy... The band that is named the the Flaming Lips is from Oklahoma City. Is the Flaming Lips... the band,that is. Thank You. L.Granite

It's ok...there is no need to cry. Come on guys! let's all help him look for his ski... Now,where did you fall down?

crank the backside air to the sidepull... If these dudes find out the new Alpental crag is out of the bag!

Mt. Bailey is fun, a nice hill. There was a rash of bigfoot sightings in the area around Diamond lake including one reported by a group of skiers on the north side of the mtn. does A. lakes have that?

No motorbikes in a watershed. We did it in a 24 hour push on XC skis in April '97. We left at midnight to begin the approach and were hallucinating by the time we got back to the car.I was seeing rabbits and my partner watched me step over a old man laying in the trail. On the way out we discovered the tracks of two cougars who had followed us in. Just for fun, I waited to publish this until the weather was shit. Climbing is fun, L.Granite

You can thank those stupid snowboards for the stupid fat skis that allow for stupid skiers to ski powder. 100 years and they never thought of more surface area... It only took 10 years of snowboards to change the world, now there is extereme everything! You may even thank them for the popularity that climbing now enjoys..

Finally, somebody posts some shiznit and everybody gets quiet...I can hear the Google from here. You guys are pussies! Sincerely, L.Granite

The lost walls of Kormona For your viewing pleasure: This little sub alpine wall is tucked up in the back of a little drainage. A long approach,river crossing and much bushwacking give the faithful a view like this. The good news:you will not need a sleeping bag, no camping allowed. The bad news: It's already been climbed. A couple of times. Things like this are no secret,have fun. Best wishes, L. Granite

Dear Mike, From the rest of us, thank you. You are a gentleman and a scholar. My wife thinks the rest of you are "dorks who couldn't get a date with a calendar." Sincerely, L. Granite

My god! they are savages!!!

A story was related to me by a outward bound instructor: Two of his fellow guides were hiking down into some alpine meadows from the high country. They apparently supprised two creatures... One broke down into tears at the sight.

Awful smell,..wild hair,...screaming,...sounds like a climber.

you folks might scoff, but I believe in bigfoot. Certain local climbers have had encounters,some of wich are pretty interesting. When one popular local area was being developed," J" was scrambling to the top to install some anchors,was startled by a huge animal crashing off thru the underbrush. Upon his arrival at the top, he was greeted by what he described as a"giant human shit, still steaming..." the fun was just beginning as he had to drill the anchors to get himself down. Laughing,he told me he nearly got the bit stuck because he was looking over his shoulder the whole time!

I have climbed a couple of nice hwy lines.but.I just did not know the legal side of things...

Anybody ever explored the merits of a siphon?

Mission:Impossible? We were figuring a belay from the trees above would help a bit. Just a climber and a rope exposed to sight.

What's the deal with the flows along the highway? There are some nice looking lines on hwy 2...

The Rock warrior... 5.10+ R Highly reccomended, I hid a roach in a hueco at the 3rd pitch belay...