John Frieh

Just in time for ice season porter!

Dont be fooled! They may look cute but those little bastards will run around all night and bring the ruckus on tu casa!

Note to self: don't get married and/or have kids.

Thanksgiving in LA w/ the family then surfing in Santa Cruz on the way back

FYI: the Nepal EVO does come with goretex assuming we are talking about the same boot...? Goretex in a nutshell: - Goretex is a membrane (piece of fabric) that has holes in it. The holes are smaller than water molecules but bigger than water vapor molecules. Basically water cant get in but water vapor can get out. - Then why do my feet get clammy? Goretex much like a seattle freeway can and will clog up if you try and push too much volume. Goretex can only allow so many molecules to pass through the "holes" per hour. For goretex (not XCR) this is roughly 1 liter of water vapor per hour. What does than mean for you and I? Not too much... that is everyone perspires at a different rate. What you will find over time is you must remain vigilant and take layers on and off your torso before you feet get sweaty. - Goretex as a material must be laminated (glued) to something to work. For boots this means either leather or some type of synthetic. - Anything (not just boots) that has goretex isnt automatically waterproof. The fabric the goretex is laminated to must be periodically waterproofed. - Are Goretex boots more waterproof than non Goretex boots? IMO it more depends on the manufacturer than whether or not it has goretex... I briefly submerged my non goretex boots in rivers/lakes before and my feet stayed dry as the boot was well made. I have had friends submerge their cheapo goretex boots and gotten soaked. Generally boots made in Italy tend to hold up longer than other countries... but that is based only on the few boots I have owned and/or climbing with a number of partners. Bottom line: buy a boot first on fit. You will find some brands fit you better than others. Next buy off warmth... get a boot that will be warm enough for temps you plan on climbing in. Third: weight. The lighter the better. Hope this helps.

I'd stand on the porch. All night if needed.

http://www.gravsports-ice.com/icethreads/

PM or email Ade... I believe he climbs in them. DirtyHarry climbs more than most people on this site... I would talk to him more. Also Elisif Harro wears them and she climbs a lot of ice/alpine. And if you get a good fit out of Scarpa then Kayland will fit you also.

Lot of people I know use this method: beast skills I personally use nail clippers on a weekly basis.

Wow, great fucking advice. "HEY, here is a SITE with hundreds of THOUSANDS of articles that MOST of which you WON'T understand that you can READ" I wonder if i_like_tospray can find on that site that paper that shows that excessive typing is a result of low levels of STFU-1 which has been found to be a trans-acting agonist to EAD-2.

A little competition never hurt anyone

Routes to do: W face N peak http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=709879 NE face Main peak http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=588816 This TR covers both of those http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=705016 Traverse (awaits a free ascent): http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=702676 What else? There is a sweet looking unclimbed line climbers left of the west face of the north peak route (Nelsons route)… series of roofs… PM me if you want some pics Enjoy the hike

I think that depends on how you define diet selkirk. Fundamentally a diet is the food and drink regularly consumed... basically we are all on a diet. Each of our diets is different as we consume different percentages of carbs, protein and fats on a daily basis. The zone diet encourages a ratio of these three and then depending on your fitness/health goals allows you to scale it up or down depending on if you want to lose or gain weight. The zone diet is more an approach to daily nutrition and healthy living and not a quick fix for body weight (though it turns out most people lose weight on it).

Alpinist Article I hope everyone makes a point to make at least one trip to the canyon this year.

Slow Burn by Mittleman is an excellent zone diet based book for marathoners/ultra marathoners

And cutting out refined sugar is just the start. Buy this book and stick to it for a month minimum

I'd like to meet the supervisors of a few of the posters here and ask for a job.

He can't help it... he's related to you!

jelly beans = crack rock

I honestly want meet KKK just to see if he has the letters "STFU n00b" tattooed on his knuckles... that or "LICK SACK". And I want to see if his OR Seattle Sombrero matches his OR gaiters

If baa was all I could date, like if I was a shut in nerd addicted to the Internet still living with my parents in Chillwack, maybe I'd date them too.

Its impressive how hard Drew can climb with out you holding him back huh Rudy?

Refined sugar found more addictive than cocaine:

Leavenworth has not. If you haven't already the introduction to Washington Ice is prerequisite reading for understanding NW ice alchemy. As far as Hyalite canyon some of the early season suspects (twin falls) were in but a recent warm spell melted a lot of it. After a week of above freezing temps it finally dipped back below freezing Sunday night so things should be forming back up. The best up to date conditions can be found on montanaice.com which for some reason has been down today. Get in a habit of checking this website once every few days or so to keep up on what is getting climbed, etc etc.