powderhound

No you cannot climb the wooden stakes or the climb to the climbers right of the stake route.

Yeah John was glad I was there, because when a grizzly comes you don't have to be the fastest, just not the slowest. Needless to say I was preparing to be meat.

Sick, can you post photos of the summit log, I always find them exciting.

i can smell the jealousy through my wireless connection

This is some of the biggest hype I have seen and it pisses me off: 1. Since when is any problem solved (individually, nationally, in a company) by taking a "vacation" from it? 2. This will create a higher deficit since the republicans took out the tax code law that when you remove one source of revenue from the federal income you have to replace it somewhere else. Hopefully the new president and congress will replace this law, we have talked about this issue extensively in my advanced tax class and it has been a major factor in the huge BUSH deficit. 3. The oil company's are still going to make the same profit. 4. You are just going to increase demand, when people are starting to make lifestyle changes to reflect the high cost of oil ran transportation. I think we should let gas prices rise with the market, because consumers will dictate the model. 5. Most economic analysis I have read on this issue indicate that this will compound the problem later, like what happens in you own life when you ignore problems they get worse. 7. That gas tax supports : schools, roads, health care, ect... and I can just see the finger pointing later when they start cutting funding. 7. Why do they call It a holiday: its going to be fucking Christmas for the oil company's and soon to be nightmare for consumers. 8.Ride a bike, its still snowing here in bozeman, and I haven't bought a tank of gas in a month and a half. Consumers demand and our collective purchasing power is one of the only ways we can effectively influence corporations and businesses. My Solution: Put the money from Iraq into research for sustainability, on all levels. Some of my fellow accounting and finance grad students are working on cost/benefit analysis thesis papers and it seems like we have a lot to learn in this area. New jobs are already being created in this area at a rapid pace. Most company's are realizing that this matters to consumers and have begun to implement this into their corporate structure. They realize if they don't then they are going to loss a competitive advantage to their competitors that do, possibly causing them eventually exit the market.

Looking to buy a pair of new/like new trango S evo GTX, in Size 41.5 or 42 Just throwing this out there in case some bought a pair that didn't and wanted to unload them. Or if they have a demo pair.

sickness.......

*cough* cough*. Can we put an "old" exclusion in there? So it would read, "Easy" or "Beginner, or Old". I'll add my dream route. West Face of El Cap, on sight, ground up, no falls in a day. Unfortunately, when I was getting up that grade ground up no falls on sight, and after driving down with a stronger partner, we hiked to the base and he bailed. I tried the whining, tried the crying, tried the begging, I think I even tried the yelling. (we're still buds though to this day) One of the nice things about this site is seeing others fly up the thing in good style, was reading David Triplett and Ben Priestleys run up the route in a day last year for instance. Vicarious happiness.! I'll most likely get to do some climbing with Ben this year too, so it's all good. Now I have other priorities and a big to do list so I'll most likely never get up that route, but it isn't off the list, just cause I can't get to it. [/snivelling and whining] ________________________________________________ Well bill starting next January I will be living close to Yos, and will be looking for good partners to help me complete my Yos list, pretty sure we can work something out. Sounds like my style of climbing, ground up, onsight, no falls, lots of smiles and splitter cracks.

So believe it or not I am going to purchase my first tent. I usually prefer to sleep outside but I think the bugs up in AK will eat me alive this summer. I would like to be able to use the tent for backpacking and alpine excursions. I began by website searching and would like to spend less then $400. the lighter the better. thanks for all your help. I have been looking at the golite SHANGRI-LA 2 and get the floor floor.

its one of the least classic at the tower, IMO Spare Rib, Gallatin Canyon, MT Killer Karma, Tensleep Canyon, WY Ancient Art, Fischers Wheat Thin & Carols Crack, City of Rocks MR. CLEAN & Tulgey Wood, Devils Tower Bovine Intervention, The Wedge I could climb these routes everyday for the rest of my life and be satisfied

I think that might be an understatement

Has anyone tele'd this things? If so can you give me some information on there ride.

can't remember bill - have i treated you to the all hip-belay ascent of the se corner that i like so much? it really wigs out the younger crowd i've found i don't even think jim notices! A buddy and I have gotten in the habit of just sitting down and placing our feet behind chicken heads and hip belaying at the city of rocks, goes real quick. Done it on wheat thin a couple of times, just plop down in that little alcove.

My favorites so far: Honeymoon Chimney, I think it has some of the best rock in the castle valley. The Hindu: is sick Red Rocks- The cloud Tower(best multi pitch crack climb there) Fiddler on the roof- one of the most amazing trad protected face climbs I have ever been on

I was curious about that, I didn't really know where Chelan Range was in relation to the Sawtooths of ID, but Now I am assuming that he was refering to a place in WA.

In my limited experience with the sawtooth area, I have found that a standard rack works fairly well, with a couple of exceptions. There are lots of flares, constrictions, and such, making a good selection of nuts of various sizes, shapes, and types very useful. If you have a set of offset cams in finger sizes these are eaten up on almost every pitch. The offset aliens seemed to be one of my most used pieces when in the toofs.

Sorry I couldn't join but, I was getting my truck towed out of Hyalite. Hope all went well. p.s. My gumby ass had to use 25 feet of my ice floss, and then proceed to cut it off. Any one need a semi new glacier rope?

We got out there in a Subaru WRX, loaded with gear and four dudes, but we had to be real careful . Would recommend stopping by the visitors station or the camp host for a color copy of the road topo, it takes a little bit of route finding.

Sick....looks like great ice.

Bozeman is still rocking, drove up to the trail head yesterday, somethings are in super fat and others are subliminating away.

check pms

The moderates are seeing some traffic. I was just down there for the last nine days and noticed a particular amount of traffic on the usual suspects (dark shadows, birdland, crimson, ect...)We spent a couple of mid-week days in the Black Velvet canyon and each day there were at least one party on the classic longer moderate 5.10's. If you don't want any lines I suggest taking a look at the Brownstone wall.

Don't be a sour puss, he is just trying to help someone feed their rat.

Is it coming to me, I had dibs and John said he would pick them up.

My friend Pat parks his Honda Element in a parking lot in Ashland. He notices a homeless guy reclining in the shrubbery right next to his car, and the guy mumbles something to Pat. Pat moves closer and asks the guy what he said. Homeless guy repeats himself a little more clearly, "Dude, you're out of your element."