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Doug,
I oppose fees for public lands, but please make sure you present your material with the truth. All items listed above are correct in the assessment of the fee, but 3 of them are required for a fee to be charged.
The one point I dislike the most is that they think it is less convenient for the user to buy the pass at the actual facility, they would rather involve a 3rd party to increase the fee. I do not know how they figure this as one stop shopping is always easier.
Then again they are tool and they are whores to commercialism just like the majority of America.
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Well I dunno how "self-made" Kerry is, marrying the heiress of the Heinz fortune doesn't leave alot of making to be had.
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Cracked,
The reason being is that the recreational vehicle lobby is much more powerful then anything a climbing lobby could muster. It all comes down to money and the way the U.S. government sees fit to enforce their "ideal" theory. From a vehicle one does not really have to interact with natire to experience it, it is a visual enjoyment. The Dept. of Agriculture has a warped sense of reality, driven soley on the dollar.
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Klenke,
I am unfamiliar with your exact tent, but if you do not recover it I might be interested in your tent poles. My poles found a similar fate, though in the Palisades of the Sierra.
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Life could be worse. All those "trainee's" could have all been new L-worth climbing rangers.
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We just spent a few days down in the valley, other then some night time rain, it was quite enjoyable. Few people and a low hassle factor by the Tool.
Now off to places abroad....
Have fun!
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I would call one of the Patagonia outlets and inquire about their selection. They had the Puff Jacket a couple of weeks ago for $50 as well as a few other options.
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Rumr, From what I hear it was the 2nd pitch of Stern Farmer that went down.
Anything West of Thin Fingers can be reached by doing some rope work/traversing,if the ground up option seems a tad much(ala Mr. Polish Bob).
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I would like to purchase them for the amount of $50 please.
Thanks.
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Actually Distel, I believe you are incorrect on your point. An RP is in theory a clean piece of climbing protection and should not leave a permenant scarring to the rock, unless one falls and in that case the chances of the damage being noticible is minimal. Whereas your pad and the pad of countless other boulderers creates soil compaction and the base of boulders and kills off the plant matter which resides there. So I think the pad would create more of an impact to the local enviroment then a RP placement. Granted I own a pad as well, so I am just as self serving as the next boulderer/climber.
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We passed through the Truckee area last week and there is still lots of snow at the base of the crags, Lover's Leap is a bit better but there is still snow. Granted you can still climb, though right now you can't really wear sandals to the crag.
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Goatboy, I believe you are incorrect in saying that most people use the Camalot's sizing for their descriptions, going thru all the guide books I currently have on hand(Yomsemite, Index, Indian Creek, City of Rocks) they all list sizing for Friends and not Camalots. Either way both pieces of gear work quite well and I am fond of both.
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My picks do the same, as do my Whippets. They can't use stainless for the picks because it's too soft. Don't worry about it.
No, stainless steel is actually too brittle to be used. That is one reason never to trust a 1/4" stainless bolt, even more so then a non-stainless 1/4 bolt.
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I'll give you $90 for it and I am in Nor Cal right now.
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We are planning a nice little 5 day to Yosemite, the wife has never been there so she is quite excited and I love it there so I am quite excited as well.
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My only hope with an amazing alpine bouldering area, is that one considers their impact with more prudence then they would on a roadside crag/boulder.
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The new guide boook is out, thrumbed through it the other day. Looks like all of Dr. Dave's work has created a wonderful guide book!
Just like Texplorer, I recently spent a few magical weeks in the land of red rocks, and again like Texplorer it is and always will be a special place for me.
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Duct Tape
4x4 sterile guaze pads
Bailing wire
Some idodine tpye substace
Drugs(choose your own adventure)
Sharp knife
Lighter
Bandanas
Most anything else seems like overkill as with limited resources and the potential duration of time before highly trained medical personal can reach you beliveing you can do anything other then stabalizing and packaging a person for transport is a joke. All this is in the top of my climbing helmet.
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i've got a pair of crampons that i can let go for $25. let me know.
thanks.
Sold!
Thanks.
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Sold!
Thanks.
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Undaunted Courage
Stephen Ambose
Great book on the travels of Lewis & Clark.
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Sounds good! I will be back in Oregon in about 3 weeks if you can wait if not feel free to email me and I can have them shipped to you.
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We are new to Oregon and would like to be filled in on this here event stuff.
Thanks.
Tool Dip on Wired Widgets
in Climber's Board
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Actually tool dip is a good thing to coat the Black Diamond trigger wires with. Not alot is needed just a small amount where the swage takes places. I only say B.D. as I have found their trigger wires to be class-A certified junk.
A couple ides to why they break. One is that the swaged cable is too short and the metal piece too long, it does't allow for enough play. The other I place on myself and think that I need to be a bit more firendly to them when I pack them.
Either way tool dip adds a small bit of longgevity.