Chad_A

Once upon a time, I worked up at OHSU. I used to bike commute up there, and I was in awesome shape. I've tried the Stairmaster, but I can't stand it. I'd rather use an elliptical. I enjoy trail running, because the uneven surfaces train the small, stabilizing muscles. Of course, I may have a different opinion in five years, when my knees will have had enough punishment from it. Couloir- Don't give up the dream, brother.

Whipped Cream and Other Delights... Well, that sounds fun to me, not awful.

Duh. Alpine stuff or Water Ice? ooohhhh well in that case I recommend ice tools Dammit, you're even better at making me look like an idiot than I am.

D'oh! I have to watch myself, as well. All these wonderful Northwestern IPAs turn me into a blithering idiot come 6 a.m. meeting times. Of course, it doesn't take much to turn me into a blithering idiot...

Hahahaha...

Seriously. At first, I thought it was a set of ovaries, fallopian tubes, and a uterus. Interesting pics.

Can't remember the name...that's the lake below Mt. Spickard, right?

Duh. Alpine stuff or Water Ice?

True, it does depend on what you want to do with them. I had a pair of G12s until they were stolen. Liked them quite a bit. The guy I just did the route on the Grand with, swears by Sabretooths. Climbs steep ice in them (WI5+), and says that the flat, horizontal frontpoints fit well into horizontal cracks while doing difficult mixed stuff.

I'm so impressed by the knowledge of Slayer, here. Slayer reigns supreme. "Angel of Death! Monarch to the kingdom of the dead!"

Nah, all it takes is to mention what I already have, and climb on currently. Isn't that what everyone else did? QUARK! So, syudla, what do you plan on doing with it?

Ooolalah.

Feel better now? I don't know why I'm posting on this; maybe it's because I've been up all night, and I'm feeling a bit surly. You use the word "judgement" quite a bit. Interesting. As I know it, climbers, by nature, are a self-regulating group. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. People on this website, from what I've seen, express concern with others' actions, not because they're "judging" them, but because it can raise red flags. I just took a glance at "Who's Online", and there's 74 lurkers...at 5 a.m. So what? Some of them may not be on "our side". There's lots of people and/or groups out there that would love to add ammunition to their arsenal in order to raise fees, increase or initiate rescue costs, etc. The "fuck you, I don't care what you think of what I'm doing" attitude just adds fuel to the fire. That said, I'm sure most people don't give a good Goddamn what you do, what your goals are, or what you climb, as long as you don't end up creating a bad image for the rest of us. In other words, don't shit where climbers eat. Flame away. I'm going to bed.

Sorry 'bout that, Oly. That really sucks. The funny thing is, I saw a cop, here in Portland go down my street (25 mph speed zone) with sirens blazing, at at least 70 mph. Right past a father, pulling two children in a bike trailer, in the bike lane. Nice.

Thanks very much for the responses. Keep 'em coming. Another question or two If anyone cares to mention, how about alcohol useage? And, if so, do you feel it affects your performance the next day? How many days do you take off before an alpine outing that you perceive to be difficult?

Thanks for the nice replies, gents. Knocking em out right and left? Ha! I feel like they're knocking ME out right and left The goal for the trip, namely the Beehive, was the goal to get me some experience on mixed stuff...alas, Stettner had nothing in it like that. Just a few rock moves, which Keith led. I imagine, later in the season, it might hold more ground of that type.

Thanks, Doug. Have you seen a good result from that, or is it just assumed that it works? I tried it for a while, but didn't see anything clear-cut. FYI, I train 3-4 days a week. I do 4-6 hours (used to be more when I could get away to hike. Now, I strapped to my pager. Keeps me closer to home). I do mostly trail running these days, with biking here and there, and supplement it by trashing out the legs once a week with weights. I also use the rock gym as a form of training, but I don't put that time toward the calculated 4-6 hours. I figure it doesn't count that much toward alpine training. I do use Glutamine for recovery, and if I remember in time, I'll supplement with OKG (Orthinine Ketoglutarate) ala Twight before workouts. If I ever get away from this weird work schedule, I'll go back to hiking long distances.

Very cool. Keep us posted!

Typically, it's listed as a February to May route. It's been a reasonably warm spring (very little freeze-thaw) so I'd expect that it's well out of shape by now.

Hopefully things consolidate down there a bit. My pal, Andy C. is down there right now. Thanks for the report.

Sorry you're not interested, Eric. I should've added that this is a cardio-power/cardio-endurance type of poll, intended for alpine training. I'm not to interested with who I train more, or less, than...just getting a feeler. Obviously, it's not a scientific poll, not intended to be put to serious use. Thanks for the input, Ade.

This is, of course, for down-time periods, or bad weather periods, where you're not expecting to head out anytime soon. Trying to see where I'm at in the grand spectrum of things. I do what I can, with the time and energy that I have (I work a weird, on-call night shift that seriously affects my rest, and motivation); somehow, I feel I'm probably in the middle. So, here's the questions. How often do you train? How many hours per week? What methods do you use? Do you use supplemenal nutrition (no, Ivan, not the illegal kind )? Example: Glutamine, Creatnine, Protein shakes...multivitamins need not apply. Anything, say, you might need to get from GNC, or a specialty store.

Cool...go get it, Alan! http://www.bdel.com/php/specials.php?id=375

Hey, Squirrel- Thanks for the compliment! I understand the ice never came in this year; Pete seemed to indicate that it's always iffy, but this year, it never came in. Yes, by the way, we did it in a day. It was a long one, but it was made longer by the fact that a slower party was below us on the descent. It's hard to tell when the ice will start forming up on the Enclosure- soon, the Jenny Lake climbing rangers will be there, and I'm sure they'll have good info on that.

Anyone have any good Mt. Hunter eye candy? Any and all high resolution pics, please. Thanks in advance!