olyclimber

Man, I don't even go over there. Those SUV-driving westside yuppie scum wouldn't last a second over on the east side, where they take their pain out on each other, including their gear shopping! You wouldn't stand a chance on the east side! You make me sick! Don't start it with the East-side/West-side biz playa!

Ya, I'm a corporate tool too. My dividend last year was over $200. Stocking up on the seven essentials will cost ya, and you can't get that stuff at the small shops.

Ya, that one and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

The Anna Kournikova of the climbing world.

Especially if you like to see people get naked for a free 60m rope.

Is this the top ten Mountie essentials list? Wait, that is only 7 items. That blender would be great for the basecamp wet bar. Now the kitchen sink...I prefer cast iron coated with enamel.

And don't forget the toothless woman at the Whistling-O!

The funniest skits I have ever seen on SNL are Christopher Walken skits. The Census skit is hilarious. Census-Taker: Mr. Leonard? I'm with the U.S. Census Bureau. We sent you a Census form, but you failed to return it to us. Mr. Leonard: My mail is piled up like crazy. Census-Taker: Yeah. Well, I just need to fill out this Census form with you. Uh.. how many people live in this residence? Mr. Leonard:Oh, boy.. good question. I'm bad with numbers.. Maybe 80. Census-Taker: 80 people live in this apartment? Mr. Leonard: Seems high, doesn't it? Not 80. How about 4? I don't know.. I'm so bad at guestimating.. Census-Taker: Well, just take your time, and count. Mr. Leonard: Okay.. there's me.. my wife.. our plants.. we have some candy bars.. Census-Taker: Well, you know, we don't count candy bars or plants.. Mr. Leonard: Well, then, there's just the two of us. Boy, I really overshot with the 80! etc...

Timmy, thank you for immediately addressing this urgent issue. You da man. I can now get on with my life.

I would use the money to save the children.

I think the clear moral to this story is that we need to ask Hairy Pie how to understand our wives rather than how to post a TR.

Well, this does sound like a Hairy Pie conspiracy. I guess you only get so long to edit them. I guess the only other option is to delete the original and repost.

5 1/2 hours to the summit from the lake. 2 hours from the summit back to the lake (7 1/2 hours round trip). I'm pretty sure this is a dog-less ascent record, but I'll have to check with -.

BTW, the way around the problem is just to post the TR even if it is fscked up. Then after it is posted, go ahead and click edit and tidy up your speeling errors and re-add the chopped off sections if you can remember them. This way the editing worked and allowed me to save, at least. Or, give up on posting as mentioned before.

Next time I have a problem posting I'll consider this option. This board isn't a good place for TRs anyway, right?

Get loaded and it will come to you. Just be sure you get the tattoo before you sober up.

Who runs this board? Hairy Pi? Timmy? Anyone? Who ever you are, the Trip Report function seems to be having a problem. If you post, and ask to review for editing before posting, then actually edit....it doesn't save what you edit in. Very frustrating! Hairy, fix it! Thanks. WAAAAAAAHHHHHH

Climb: Mt. Constance-Chute's Notch/Finger Traverse Date of Climb: 5/1/2004 Trip Report: The night April of 30th my little brother and I left the new trailhead at the washout on the Dosewallips at around 9pm and we ended up camping at the trailhead at Constance Creek on the road. The next morning we headed up to Lake Constance, and this has to be the longest two miles I have ever hiked (especially with an 80 lb pack). I bet my little brother's weighed even more...I like to call him Sherpa Oscar, because we like to make him carry any extra gear. Rope? Throw it on Oscar's pack. ? Oscar's pack. etc... We drug ourselves up to Lake Constance, and I immediately attempted to break through a snow bridge and fall into the lake. Oscar rescued me by dragging my pack away so I could crawl off of the chunk of ice before it fell all the way into the lake. After lunch and setting up a camp, we headed up Avalanche Valley, up through Chute's Notch and to a point above Point Schellin before heading back down to camp (the glissade down was fun). Up Chute's Notch Glissade Down The Bros and Lake Constance A friend was supposed to come up on Saturday, but he never showed, so we wrote him off as dead, probably perishing on the gnarly trail on the way up. However the next day, right before we left to go summit, he showed up. Luckily, he was not trying out any new internal body cleansing experiments like he did on the last trip I made with him, and was in good shape. We left around 8:30 and made good time up to the second notch, just below the South Summit. We decided at this point to go the Finger Traverse route. After flailing thought a couple of snow fields, we made it to the actual 'Finger Traverse', and then on to the ridge that leads to the summit. We scrambled up to the summit, and then proceeded to trundle a ton of rocks down as we traversed the last 25 feet to the crack in between the last summit blocks. (There is a way better way to reach the summit around the corner). After reaching the summit at 1:30pm, we spent 1/2 hour before slogging back in, arriving back in camp at 4:00pm. There we met up with Steve from Port Townsend. The plan was for him and I to climb Constance again on Monday, but he had to work...so after working Sunday night, he ran up Sunday morning and tried to catch us. He mad it up to the Cat's Ears before turning around. So instead, we headed back to Steve's house for a hottub, pizza, and beer. Gear Notes: Used ice axes, brought rope and crampons but did not use them. A full case of Rainer was packed in and utilized. Sherpa Oscar and I brought 80 lb packs full of gear you would never use in the Olympics, in the name of training for another climb. Approach Notes: Everyone should know by now that the road is road is washed out 4 miles from the trailhead at Constance Creek. Lake Constance is still 90% iced over. Snow starts right at Lake Constance. Bits of exposed scree on the way up (up to the second notch after the Cat's Ears), but snow with minor post holing the rest of the way.

I was just thinking the same thing the other day. Could someone go climb the Colonial and tell me about it? Looks like a challenging climb.

Based on the early results and going to a few pub clubs, I would say the the majority on this board are still alive. I love this edit feature.

Marmot hunting is best in the winter. You have to dig'em up, but they are pre-marinated.