ashw_justin

Whether you're male or female you need to balance between tolerance and pickiness when hooking up with climbers here, which is to say you want to find out enough to make sure that you can trust them on the climb before agreeing to go, but that once you do commit to it, be willing to put up perhaps with some unexpected problems. I think a good rule is don't agree to do anything with someone you've never met, that you wouldn't consider soloing. If you can't satisfy this rule, then maybe it would be a good idea to get to know them first on safer/easier ground.

Ok. You're supposed to take them off before crapping.

No gruelling bushwhack approach is complete without heavy plastic "ski" boots... http://www.neolectric.com/~justin/hardboots.html

Didn't someone get a picture of that?

Oh you mean THAT traverse... heheheh...

I think you need to stop talking shit about carnage you weren't even there to witness, you punkass!

Actually it was all part of my approach handicap. The best part was traversing 45 degree moss over bedrock with that pack on. Man that was some CORE 'shwhacking! Being on a splitboard was more than enough of an approach handicap. Uh, who skinned up the Eldorado Glacier?

Didn't you read my post? Actually it was all part of my approach handicap. The best part was traversing 45 degree moss over bedrock with that pack on. Man that was some CORE 'shwhacking!

Oh actually I take that back, those were only BD Contacts. So THAT's why...

Well, the poles are purely for beating off the mountain ladies who wait and try to ambush us on the trail. They can't resist the sight of a splitboard strapped onto such a humungous pack. You may also notice my impressively overkill BD Makos for just in case we find some waterfall ice, and the cool snowboard pack secured atop the overnight pack, so I can look extra cool on summit day. Cuz you know, there's no more to life than looking "really really really really really ridiculously good-looking."

You've never SEEN me look hella sketch, foo! Shit, I'm pimpin' even when I'm sketchin'. Just ask Sky, he's got the photos filed neatly away in one of his many gear storage areas...

ooooooh is it time for a photo-flame-fest? Bah-dow! Bwahahahahah!

Dang I was off by one day...

What's this about chasing men? Tell me in what corner of the world this happens? Man I keep getting dragged out to bars in Seattle, and that is one sad scene. 25,000-lb drunken sausage frenzy swarming over the 2 women present, like retarded killer bees... YEAH!!!

No, come on guys! Merv, feel free to post as many female volleyball photos as you want.

What are you talking about Paul. The 4th was Sunday. You slackers! I even looked for you on the summit and considered leaving our empty PBR cans on the West Summit for you. Figured you would just leave them there though...

Both taken this weekend, Skiing: Scenic:

You making fun of my mountain grin?! What, just because I post here with my real name, you think you know who I am, and the private epics waged inside my bowels?!

Big mistake man. Now we know where you shop. Listen up everyone, Mike Layton ambush bivy at the Red Apple tonight! Here's me contemplating the fame/infamy of Michael Layton on the summit of Adams yesterday. Unfortunately we didn't bring enough PBR to attain His holy level of alpine transcendence. What would ML do?

Hey we were up there yesterday too. We left the summit around 1 pm. You might have recognized us, we were napping at the false summit between 10 and 12 AM. You also might have witnessed Donelly's bid to crack 50 mph, followed by a demonstration of the consequences of hitting 2-foot runnels at 50 mph. The chutes were a bit icy at the top but were softened up alright after a few hundred feet. So many people had already skied the chutes that is was starting to look like a mogul run!

We still have yet to find a really good way to combine rock climbing and snowboarding Paul. Or at least snowboarding and ice climbing. :hint: :hint: :hint: :hint:

I thought that was textbook 5.13 technique?

ooooooo Fancy... So that's maybe what, about 1.5-2 hours out of B'ham?

"Who wants some muthaf*ckin' cheezburgas?"

If I was seriously afraid of being pounced on by cougars on the trail I'd wear a chainmail neck sheath, wolverine-style steel knuckles, and a bladed helmet. That's right, I'm about to get D&D on yo ass!