Ireneo_Funes

Let's ride our little motorcycles up to basecamp, OK?

Can I substitute PBR for the Beast, or would that make me too much of a hipster?

Sure, look at WWI... a waste of life on an unprecedented scale. From Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum est": "...If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori." Owen was killed 7 days before Armistice Day. He knew what war was like firsthand.

You mean there aren't big shiny bolts up there? And no chalk marking all the holds? Thanks for the beta, Iain.

What did you guys think of the belay stations on this route - solid enough?

Right on. Dying in battle isn't always brave... sometimes it's just sad and pitiful.

I'll be there tonight by 6:30. Blueberry and Vertical Therapy etc would be fun. Sounds like Jeff set the bar pretty high climbing with a broken toe -- I guess I won't be able to complain about whatever muscle I pulled in my leg. On second thought, I reserve the right to whine and whimper.

I'd like to be responsible for not bringing the summit register...

not THAT is definitely a violation of the first ammendment are they posing in a bathroom?? With scarves and bandannas. The guy on the right is gripping his bandmate's bicep in a very provocative manner.

When we did it last year, we found it was less sketchy to go around to the left at the top of the ridge, rather than following the route suggested in Oregon High. It's still airy and there's plenty of terrible rock, though.

Is it acceptable to use a bandanna to conceal one's girth pillar?

Can't make it climbing Tuesday but later in the week maybe. Might be able to make it for the drinking part - name a place?

Hiking the cascade jewels is excellent conditioning for summiting the 8.000 cm girth pillar!

8.000 cm girth pillar?

Hiking the cascade jewels is worth the effort in conditioning for climbing an 8000m peak!

Anytime you intentionally leave something on a summit there's a little bit of arrogance in it. But I think a summit register is pretty benign. I'd rather see a little metal box than a cross or a statue of the Virgin Mary or prayer flags or whatever. To answer the question that started this thread -- a summit register is a little more than trash, a little less than history. The less the better, but it seems like there's more important things to do than to start some campaign to haul 'em out.

Freudian slip, innit.

I was up there a couple weekends ago and did a little scrambling around. There was some fun stuff by Ruby Beach, and also north of Rialto Beach (up by Mora/La Push).

Hey Bill -- Actually I was thinking Breakfast Cracks again - White Rabbit or Bird of Paradise are what I'm in the mood for. I didn't get enough flail time on BOP last time we climbed there! I'd like to try Phylynx sometime but I'm out of shape and it might be too burly for me this week. I'll be up there on the road between 6:15-6:30; look for my yellow bike. Or if you want to meet at a particular route let me know. Dan

Who's up for doing some climbing at the Butte tomorrow (Thursday, 7/29)? I'm thinking like 6:15-6:30 pm.

There's a listing about Shepard Tower on summitpost.org. Here's the link: http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/1970 Looks pretty fun. I think Dodge says it was named after Alan Shepard (first American in space).

CBS, glad to hear your partner's doing OK. Sounds like the rescue went well all things considered. I'm thinking about doing the West ridge in August, descending via Cascadian Couloir. Is there usually snow in the upper couloir that late? I was hoping to leave the axe and crampons behind, but it sounds like maybe I should bring them along. Sorry for the thread drift - if anyone has any advice on this, PM me.

Hey Brad -- Are you working or vacationing? Either way, I'm jealous. If you wouldn't mind running up there and doing the route, taking lots of notes and pictures for me, that would be great. Dan

Nice! First photos I've seen of the mysterious menagerie. The rabbit ears look wild!

The helmet police are going to let you off this once...'cause you look so stylish! We're planning an early-September trip to do the standard route on Warbonnet, then maybe Mt. Heyburn on the way out. The Finger of Fate is high on my list though.